1972 Dan Erlewine Les Paul. Made alongside Albert King’s “Lucy” Flying V and Jerry Garcia’s Stratishcaster guitars and using the same black walnut, maple, and Brazilian rosewood. The walnut was a tree that had been cut, milled, and stored in a barn in 1925 on a farm outside of Ann Arbor and acquired by Dan. #customguitars #boutiqueguitars #danerlewine #albertking #jerrygarcia ...

People, this is a lot of guitar legends in one room. Also, this is a great crossover between my two passions, Benedettology and Gibson guitarchaeology.
Seen here are luthier godfathers Bob Benedetto, Dan Erlewine and Erick Coleman, inspecting a late 30s L-37. The L-37 can be easily discerned from the L-30 by the amount of sunburst on it, which cost 7$ more back in the day, hence the name.
They were taped and photographed by the wonderful Cindy Benedetto who was so nice to ask about the guitar for me when she saw it on the wall during the Benedetto‘s visit with StewMac in Athens, OH in August.

Erick is looking for a FON or Factory Order Number in the treble f-hole of the guitar to find out about the exact year of manufacturing, which is sometimes tricky because the FON was used by Gibson to keep track of the guitar while being manufactured but not for the customer (or vintage lover 80 years later!) to see.
In another picture Erick measures the guitar (it‘s 14 3/4“ across the lower bout) because Cindy teased these well seasoned professionals since they weren’t able to eyeball the size of the guitar 😅
They obviously had a great and fun time and I’m very grateful to Cindy that she sent me this material and even cropped the photos for me 🤗

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A Special Event Sunday 3pm!! Ian Davlin ianhatesguitars will be hosting the one and only Dan Erlewine monsterfret to talk about the greatest contraption known to the fretting universe!  The Neck Jig!  Dan invented the neck jig decades ago and it changed the world of fretting forever.

I`ve been a neck jigger for more than 30 years and I gotta tell you, I`m excited about this one.  Dan`s going to be covering the what, why and how of the jig and it`s history.   Scroll through the pictures to see some of the versions of the neck jig we`ve use over the years and some fun we`ve had with the greatest mousetrap ever created!

How can you participate? Easy,  join Ian`s IHG patreon group at ianhatesguitars.com to get in on the fun. Ian`s group of wayward luthiers is a fantastic platform to get to know other looths, learn from one another about the craft and connect with luthierians from all over the planet.  The greatest part is the "Loothalong" where twice a week you can work in your shop with dozens of other luthiers,  learn from one another,  ask questions,  talk shop and get advice.  Just this afternoon while working in my touch-up room I was hanging with Dan and Evan Gluck newyorkguitarrepair talking about jigs, frets, finishing and vises - until the conversation moved to Dan`s gourmet fried sandwiches.

For less than the price of the cup of Starbucks you spilled on your bench this morning you could have been hanging out with us.  Head over to ianhatesguitars.com or ianhatesguitars to sign up before the big event with Dan tomorrow.

I`ll be there and participating.   I`ll see you there!

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A question I get asked a lot from y’all out there is if I can recommend any books about guitar and amp repair. While cleaning out the shop, I found some good ones for you…

Well, there’s obviously nothing like real world experience, but if you’re wanting to dive a bit deeper into the world of instrument repair, I highly suggest you start by checking out several of these books to get your feet wet.

monsterfret and stewmac_guitar have done a fantastic job of creating instructional books, tips and even a video series to showcase some of the most common repair techniques and industry “trade secrets” in regard to instrument repair.

The Ultimate Bench Repair book by Lee Jackson is also a pretty great read.

If you’re serious about guitar repair, you should also go follow ianhatesguitars and sign up for his Patreon page. He is the master Jedi of finish repairs and fixing broken things!

Never stop learning and if you’re having fun learning, you’re doing something right. Good luck out there!!!

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-Staff Pick Saturday-
Matt’s pick is the Iris Dan Erlewine DE-11 Sunburst acoustic. This model Dan’s first signature guitar, based on his beloved 1937 Kalamazoo KG-11. It features a 1930s V-shaped neck, Richard rear-mount banjo tuning machines, an Adirondack spruce top, a satin finish, as well as a Honduran Mahogany back, sides and neck. This guitar also has a really neat capo system that screws directly into the fretboard that we forgot to photograph. Whoops! This guitar really bulldozes the competition.
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Back in 1986 I was 18 and a Senior in High School and scalloped this Series 10 by Bently plywood strat copy but the neck would be the perfect project. I did this all by hand with my Dad`s 5 piece Craftsman wood file set starting with the round rat tail to bring it down to depth and using the others to shape it to what you see here. This was all done in my bedroom while listening to King Diamond, Testament and Slayer. After I was done I brought it to a local orchestral instrument repair shop in Berwyn, IL and they asked me who did it as it was a pretty good job according to them. They fixed a small area on the 3rd fret where I went too deep and put in the small dot markers. All I had was the Dan Erlewine article in Guitar Player Magazine that I still have. These are pics I took from his book and the only reference anywhere at the time. I think I`ll just install a few pickups and go from there, see if I can set it up to shred!

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Into the shop it goes! monsterfret is testing the bass’ overall sound quality, it’s a little know use of a multimeter 🙂 We were also working to get the LEDs in the fingerboard lighting up again. But it’s looking like@more than a quick fix, so will leave this bass with Dan to get back to top playing shape!
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This special irisguitar DE-11 Dan Erlewine model is a little different than a standard DE-11. It is still inspired by Dan’s 1937 Kalamazoo KG-11 but this guitar does not have the built in capo system, extended headstock and banjo style tuners of the standard DE-11. A great choice for players looking for vintage vibe and tones in a guitar with modern playability! Spruce over mahogany. Available now. Contact shawn@staygoldguitars.com if you have any questions.

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