Barbarossa Guitars
Fine Hand-made Guitars
Useful and Fun Links
Click HERE for sound clips of my guitars!
See how I build guitars:
Steel String Guitar Construction
These may also be of interest:
Violin construction
My Published Articles:
My article, The Guitar As a Structure, was published in January 2009 in American Lutherie #100, the journal of the Guild of American Luthiers. You can read it here (their published version has better graphics!)
My article, Wood Stiffness: An Analysis of a Substantial Sample of Woods of Interest to Guitar Makers, written with fellow luthier Alan Carruth, was published in March 2016 in American Lutherie #125, the journal of the Guild of American Luthiers. You can read it here (their published version has better graphics!)
My article, Proposed Standard Glue Strength Testing Method, was published in June 2016 in American Lutherie #126, the journal of the Guild of American Luthiers. You can read it here (their published version has better graphics!)
My article, A Large New Set of Stiffness Data for Lutherie Woods and a Proposed Standard Test Method, was published in December 2016 in American Lutherie #128, the journal of the Guild of American Luthiers. You can read it here (their published version has better graphics!)
My article, More Glue Strength Testing Data, was published in October 2017 in American Lutherie #131, the journal of the Guild of American Luthiers. You can read it here (their published version has better graphics!)
Guitar Making: http://liutaiomottola.com/ Luttaio Mottola -- R.M. Mottola's lutherie site -- loads of information http://www.seattleluthiers.org/ Seattle Luthiers Group - Join Us! http://www.luth.org/ Guild of American Luthiers http://www.mimf.com/ Musical Instrument Makers Forum http://www.notablewoods.com/ Notable Woods http://www.lmii.com Luthiers Mercantile - Lutherie Supplies http://www.stewmac.com/ Stewart MacDonald - Lutherie Supplies http://www.alliedlutherie.com/ Allied Lutherie, Luthier's supplies (Todd Taggart's new biz) http://www.frets.com/ Frets.com: a great site from Frank Ford at Gryphon Instruments http://www.tkl.com/index.htm TKL Guitar Cases http://www4.viaweb.com/stringitup/index.html String It Up guitar strings http://www.stringsandbeyond.com/ Strings and Beyond http://www.wood-database.com/ The wood database Henry Strobel's Violin Making Site:
Friends and Fellow Instrument Makers: https://www.myamoeukuleles.com/ Mya-Moe Ukuleles in White Salmon http://www.davidhaxtonguitars.com/home.html David Haxton http://mcelroyguitars.com/ Brent McElroy http://www.savageguitars.com/ Ken Savage http://www.whitesalmonguitar.com/ Craig Wilson, White Salmon Guitars Music: My current guitar teacher, Rick Taube at Northern Pine Studios My former guitar teacher in Seattle, Tony Beaulaurier, playing the guitar I built for him: photo: Mark Locke, Seattle, Washington http://www.asharpmusicco.com/lessons/lessonpages/tonyb/tonybbio.html My former guitar teacher, Tony Beaulaurier http://www.asharpmusicco.com/ A# Music Company in Renton, Washington http://www.roguefolk.bc.ca/ Rogue Folk Club - Great Music in Vancouver BC http://www.gobyfish.com/ Don Ross - Guitar God http://www.sheetmusicplus.com Sheet Music Plus http://www.rivera.com/ Rivera Amplifiers http://www.martinsexton.com/ Martin Sexton Official Site http://www.jessecook.com/ Jesse Cook Homepage
Various Fun Links: Artistic Photography - Minnesota Brad and Patty took our family pictures in fall of 2006. They did a great job, came to our location, were very professional. Highly recommended. http://www.cadencewinery.com/ Cadence Winery - Super Washington Wines (Ben Smith and Gaye McNutt) http://www.majorcreekcellars.com/ Major Creek Cellars winery - Super wines from Oregon and Washington grapes (Steve and Jeanne Mason) http://w3.gorge.net/sjmason/ Jeanne and Steve Mason's Cabin in White Salmon, Washington http://www.kayakacademy.com/ George Gronseth's Kayak Academy. George is one of the best teachers I've ever met. He does a great job teaching kayak skills to everyone from beginners to experts. You'll enjoy you kayaking more, be able to do more and do it better, and you'll be smarter and safer. Try sea-kayaking! http://www.snorkel.com/ Snorkel Stoves: the people that made our hot tub: We liked our wedding photographer Peter. See his website: http://www.peterdanio.com/ |
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