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The irisguitar DE-11 Dan Erlewine signature model is something truly unique…Dan’s first signature guitar, based on his beloved 1937 Kalamazoo KG-11, features a 1930s V-shaped neck, Rickard rear-mount banjo tuning machines, an Adirondack spruce top, a satin finish, as well as Honduran mahogany back, sides, and neck. Most intriguing, its neck extends past the nut before transitioning into the ears of the peghead, and threaded brass inserts in the fingerboard accept screw-down capos. We have two of these amazing guitars newly in stock!
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Another snowstorm, can't get to the shop. There's only so much paperwork a luthier can do working remotely. Catchin' up on my "Danification". Watching monsterfret doin' his thang courtesy of stewmac_guitar

I was gonna go outside and make a guitar shaped snowman but that almost feels like work.

Thanks mother nature!😊

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Such an innovative acoustic guitar! irisguitar DE-11. Get it before it’s gone!
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So excited about this guitar… This is an irisguitar DE-11 Dan Erlewine model and there is nothing else like it. Inspired by Dan’s 1930s Kalamazoo. V-shaped neck, Rickard rear-mount banjo tuning machines, an Adirondack spruce top, a satin finish, as well as Honduran mahogany back, sides, and neck. Most intriguing, its neck extends past the nut before transitioning into the ears of the peghead, and threaded brass inserts in the fingerboard accept screw-down capos. Available now!
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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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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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#tbt de 2008 workshop do luthier Dan Erlewine, na Galloup Guitars, Michigan. Dias cheios de valiosas dicas, desde colagem de headstock e cavaletes de violões Gibson, restauros em nitrocelulose, instrumentos vintage, setups e histórias de astros da guitarra, como Buddy Guy, B.B King, Albert King, e muitas outras coisas.

Nessa ocasião me lembro de ver o Dan citar um determinado instrumento antigo, e logo em seguida ver Bryan ir correndo pegar um exemplar de sua coleção no armazém da escola. Um verdadeiro show de “mostra e conta”, inclusive um dos momentos mais marcantes foi quando um aluno ofereceu sua stratocaster reedição anos 50, para comparar a elétrica a uma strat original 1957 do Bryan, em condição impecável.

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TBT from 2008 with Dan Erlewine´s workshop at Galloup Guitars, Michigan. Days full of guitar repair tricks, how to fix Gibson acoustic headstocks and loose bridges, nitrocellulose restoring, vintage guitar talks, Buddy Guy, B.B King and Albert King setup secrets and some funny stories about them.

I also remember Dan mentioning an instrument, and soon after Bryan would show up with that particular guitar from his private collection to demonstrate to students. A real show and tell kind of thing. One of the coolest moments was seeing a really nice condition 1957 stratocaster, that was used for comparison with a reissue model.

What a handful of great guitar people.

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