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August 5st, 2012 |
New aNueNue harp ukuleles |
The Harp Uke Craze |
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| June 21st, 2012 | New harp guitar builder Woodley White from Hawaii |
New Hawaiian Harp Guitars |
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| June 21st, 2012 |
A re-cap of all past and current Canadian builders |
Canadian Harp Guitars, Past, Present and Future |
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| June 15th, 2012 |
Italy's Max Monterosso creates a brand new travel HG! |
Monterosso Travel Harp Guitar |
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| June 10th, 2012 |
Fred Carlson's latest may be his most intricate yet |
Taproot |
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| May 11th, 2012 |
Not harp guitars, but "cousins," as I visit Milan's School of Lutherie |
Milan, Day 3: Civica Scuola di Liuteria |
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| March 14th, 2012 | New luthiers revisiting the curious "combolins" of the late Roy Williamson |
The Mysterious, Magical Combolins |
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| February 29th, 2012 | Tim's got a new line of production TD electric harp guitars going |
Tim Donahue’s Growing Electric Harp Guitar World |
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| February 21th, 2012 | New Holloway harp guitars include made-in-the-U.S. prototypes and a lefty |
Holloways to the Right and Left of Me |
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January 2nd, 2012 |
Recent historical reproductions (some with a twist) by Bernhard Kresse |
First Harp Guitar Build of the New Year |
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December 27th, 2011 |
Musician Tom Hoelle builds his first guitar - a Sullivan-Elliott harp guitar |
Hoelle Harp Guitar |
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| December 18th, 2011 |
Antonello Saccu builds a custom modern classical harp guitar for Christian Saggese |
New Saccu for Saggese |
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| December 16th, 2011 |
India's harp guitar builder Arul is back with a new Dyer variant |
New Arul Harp Guitar |
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| December 13th, 2011 |
Beloved harp guitar luthier Fred Carlson has his "Imaginary Instruments" book finally published |
Fred’s Book is Here! |
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| December 9th, 2011 |
Latest new builders |
New Luthiers |
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| October 20th, 2011 |
The Luthier Panel at the 9th annual Harp Guitar Gathering |
HGG9: Luthier Panel and Demo |
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| September 4th, 2011 |
Yes, there are other options besides Dyer knockoffs |
Knutsen Kopies |
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| August 27th, 2011 |
New Ukraine-built harp guitars |
The Ukrainians Are Coming! |
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| August 22nd, 2011 |
Another visit with Fred Carlson |
…and Post-Healdsburg |
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| August 20th, 2011 |
More harp guitars at the Healdsburg Guitar Festival |
Healdsburg, Part 2 |
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| August 16th, 2011 |
New harp guitar sightings at Healdsburg |
Healdsburg Trip, Part 1 |
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| August 6th, 2011 |
More on Keith Medley, who built his own imaginative instrument |
Keith Medley, Part 2 |
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| July 24th, 2011 |
Latest luthier finds |
New Luthiers |
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| July 21st, 2011 |
Kathy and Jimmi Wingert are profiled in the FJ. Plus Muriel Anderson, with her Doolin harp guitar |
Fretboard Journal #22 |
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| May 16th, 2011 |
Jeffrey Elliott's unique classical steel-string harp guitar is back on the market |
Dream Harp Guitar |
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| May 12th, 2011 |
New builder Luciano Buscarini |
New Italian Luthier |
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| May 10th, 2011 |
Not a harp guitar, but a new form of an old "cousin" |
Have You Heard of the Liuto Forte? |
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| April 25th, 2011 |
Another handmade harp guitar of sorts |
Pikasso HG on a Budget |
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| April 20th, 2011 |
Respected builder Sedgwick is profiled in this issue |
Steve Sedgwick’s U.K. Article |
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| April 11th, 2011 |
More on the new build of an old design |
Bogen-Building |
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| March 30th, 2011 |
A rare historical harp guitar is recreated by Jan Tuláček |
The Bogengitarre Lives Again |
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| March 29th, 2011 |
More "meets minimum requirements" harp guitars - reproduction of original Viennese instruments |
And MORE 8-strings (plus the odd 7…) |
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| March 28th, 2011 |
Several players using new 8-string copies by Jan Tuláček |
Attack of the 8-string Riess Copies |
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| March 21st, 2011 |
A new modern harp mandolin by Martin Delabano |
Latest Harp-Mando Finds |
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| March 20th, 2011 |
Latest electric harp guitar finds on eBay |
New Electric HGs |
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| March 19th, 2011 |
An original harp guitar by the late Lance McCollum is up for sale |
McCollum Harp Guitar |
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| March 16th, 2011 |
New player and builder |
Wallace & Reeder |
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| March 12th, 2011 |
Mervyn Davis adds extra strings to his unique guitars |
Smoothtalker Harp Guitar |
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| March 10th, 2011 |
Builder Max Monterosso's first harp guitar is also a lefty |
Harp Guitar Southpaws |
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| February 23rd, 2011 |
Allan Beardsell's well-regarded harp guitars get some P.R. |
Beardsell Sightings |
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| February 22nd, 2011 |
The discovery of musician Keith Medley, who designed and built his own unique take on the harp guitar |
Harp Guitar Medley |
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| January 22nd, 2011 |
Several more new luthiers |
New Luthiers, Part 4 |
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| January 15th, 2011 |
Harp guitar sightings at NAMM |
NAMM, Day 3 |
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| January 14th, 2011 |
Holloway harp guitars at NAMM |
NAMM Day 1 |
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| January 10th, 2011 |
Many new luthiers and instruments |
New Luthiers, Part 3 |
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| January 7th, 2011 |
Catching up on the many new luthiers and instruments |
New Instruments, Part 2 |
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| January 4th, 2011 |
New luthiers and instruments - harp ukes this time |
New Instruments, Part 1 |
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| January 3rd, 2011 |
Tony Karol designs a new harp guitar |
New Luthiers for the New Year |
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| December 12th, 2010 |
A visit with Fred Carlson |
Harp Guitar Road Trip! |
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| December 9th, 2010 |
Not so much about the few harp strings, but the other unique gizmos |
The Kertsopoulos Pneumatic Foot Pedal Guitar |
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| December 3rd, 2010 |
Luthiers at the 8th annual Harp Guitar Gathering |
HGG8: The Luthiers |
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| November 8th, 2010 |
A baritone harp guitar build by David White |
How Low Can You Go? |
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| November 5th, 2010 |
Yes, a cigar box harp guitar! |
Harp Guitar in a Box |
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| October 23rd, 2010 |
Luke Brunner expands his Outdoor Harp Guitars with more custom commissions |
Travel harp guitars are going strong |
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| October 21st, 2010 |
Ken Bonfield's new harp guitar from Alan Carruth |
Just in time for Halloween: The “Beastess” |
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| October 17th, 2010 |
Focus on decent Chinese harp guitars |
Chinese HGs, part 2 |
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| October 16th, 2010 |
The title says it all |
Chinese harp guitars: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly |
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| October 13th, 2010 |
Michael Dunn builds me a custom harp-uke! |
Dunn is done! |
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| October 5th, 2010 |
New harp uke by Harry Eibert for Dick Dilloff |
Tenor, Dick and Harry |
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