John Fitzgerald
John is a master cabinet maker and luthier who lives in Dallas, Texas. John builds steel string acoustics under the Perreta brand name. His acclaimed Cowtown SJ guitar was reviewed in the September 2001 issue of Vintage Guitar.
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Bob Harris
Bob is a founding member of LINT who lives in Dallas. Here is Bob scraping sides to thickness (2mm!!) at Jose Romanillos' classical guitar making course in the town of Siguenza, Spain.
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Steve Kinnaird
"Steve lives in Nacogdoches, Texas, where he pastors a small church and builds steel string guitars as an avocation. To the right is the peghead of a guitar built for Dana Woods, owner of a local music store. The hand-cut inlays are of green and red abalone, as well as gold lip mother-of-pearl. Steve enjoys working with the traditional "tone woods", but also very much likes to use alternative woods. This guitar is built of Padouk, with an Engelmann spruce top."
E-mail Steve or call: 936.560.5342
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Chuck Lee
Chuck is a maker of "fine, one of a kind" banjos. Not wanting to become just another "reproduction" banjo maker, he set out to build on the classic banjos of days gone by. He strives to use detailed inlay and necks laminated of multi-colored veneer to bring an artistic flair to his creations. Chuck desires to build instruments that become the player's best friend. He has standard models but each one has a "one of a kind" flair of it's own. Come visit Lone Star Luthiery, Home of the Lee Banjo. Click! on image for a view of a recent insturment.
Web site http://www.LeeBanjos.com/
Email: Chuck@LeeBanjos.com

"Once you have played one of our Lee Banjos you will see why we are so proud of them. "

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Ed Schaefer
Our dear friend and Texas master archtop maker Ed Schaefer and his wife Judy recently moved to Duluth Minnesota. Ed has been in finishing for more than 30 years. His finishes are considered by some to be the finest in the business. To read an excellent article on guitar finishing check out Ed's article on Mel Bay's Guitar Session.
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John Timblin
John is an accomplished furniture maker who lives in Arlington, Texas. He currently makes three styles of guitar. A 17" steel string named "Fat Bottom Girl" , a 16" called "No Name" and a 15" nylon string called "Chubby". Shown here with his first instrument completed in January of 2000.
E-mail John or call 817.483.1749
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John is the web-master for this site.

Bo Walker
Bo is from Benbrook, Texas He builds a variety of instruments from fine classical and steel string guitars to mandolins and even ukuleles. All are custom made to the customer's requirements. He has taught guitar making and performs restorations and repair work on antique instruments as well. He is a Guild of American Luthiers member since 1978 and is a board member of the Ft. Worth Classic Guitar Society.
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E-mail Bo or call 817.249.5972

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Jim Whelan
Jim, originally from Chicago, lives in North Richland Hills. He works full time as a Branch Manager for a commercial lighting and electrical distributor in Fort Worth.
He completed his #1 guitar in November of 2001. Jim has been playing guitar since the age of 18. He is a member of the Guild of American Luthiers and looks forward to building more guitars in the future. He enjoys RMMGA guitar playing get together's and reading about guitar building on the 13th Fret website.
E-mail Jim or call 817.849.1149.
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