Dan Erlewine
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Council of Elders 2.0, December 2025The council meets for its monthly review of looth-submitted questions. 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:21 Q1. Cleaning and polishing 0:21:20 Q2. Humidipack explosion 0:28:47 Q3. Pickup winder…
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Great to see that we are having an Ohio chapter; I will tell other looths that i know. Does anyone know when, where, etc. and who is in charge of organizing it? thanks, dan
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I put you in charge. You didn’t get the memo ?
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I have talked to Ian about this and the where and the when may move around, Athens, Columbus, Cleveland, Cincy… I think we will figure that out as we see who joins the group. I think it might be great to the first in person get together in Athens, visit your place, visit SM etc.
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Seüf Guitars in conversation with Dan ErlewineSpectacular vintage inspired custom guitars, built out of Kansas City Missouri, using superior components, hand wound pickups and beautiful finish wor
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Loothing Outside the BoxRecently a 1941 Martin D-18 that had seen better days dropped in for some bridge work — the bridge was splitting on both treble and bass sides in fron
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# 13 made me spit my coffee out.
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Outstanding Dan! Such a great idea to save the bridge and not disturb any more of the guitar by replacing it.
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Mandolins & Pearl, with Tom Ellis and Pava KnezevicMandolins & Pearl — a visit with Tom Ellis in his shop in Austin, Texas. Since the business opened in 1977, “Ellis Mandolins” has made 1200 mandolins,
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I was asked to turn this Fender American Natural Strat into a hard-tail. It would have taken a good while to finish this plug without LED Coatings. I used SM Colortone H2O base grain filler colored with MIxol Ochre; sanded it flat an hour later, then put on a finish with LED Clear Gloss colored with Colortone Stains (Straw, Light Yellow, and…
Doug Proper Guitar Specialist, Ian Davlin The Looth Group and 2 others -
Truss Rod Helper CaulThis is the 4th version of an old tool that I use all the time: 1) was my Fathers old heavy ’50s heavy cast aluminum…
Brett Nelson Brett Nelson Guitars, Peter Meyer Peter Meyer Stringed Instrument Repair and 4 others0 Comments -
Color Theory on Wood and LED TechnologyAvedis Duvenjian of LED Coating Solutions provides a primer on color theory and demonstrates his game-changing LED-cured oil finishing system. Bryan G
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I have three aluminum Ukulele molds for sale. I was surprised to find them in a thrift store here in Athens, OH. I bought them
with plans to refurbish them. They are heated with propane or gas via copper pipe with small holes similar to gas stove burners. i had planned to use new piping but would probably have tried what’s there to see how it…
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John Monteleone, with Dan ErlewineRenowned archtop and mandolin builder, John Monteleone, invites the looth group into his shop for a chat and walk though. Be sure to also check out th
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