Rick’s Workshop at Cairns Uke Festival
(photo by Rob Williams)
(photo by Allen R. McFarlen)
(photo by Rob Williams)
Take a look at more great pictures and discussion on the Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum
Winding Pickups
I recently snapped a picture of Rick winding Model 1 pickups just before he left for Australia. He is in Australia now, teaching (post to follow) a series of Uke building courses at the Cairns Uke Festival.
Blasts from Past, Present, and Future…
Yesterday I went up to San Rafael to a barbecue party at Red Michael’s in honor of my old friend, Sam Cutler , former road manager for the Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, and Willie Nelson, and whose booking agency, Out of Town Tours, was co-managed by my former wife, Gail. [...]
The Pretzel Guitar
Here’s the first “neck through” instrument that I made in early 1969, a year before I co-founded Alembic and brought lutherie to that company. I call this “the Pretzel” for obvious reasons, and it was mostly built without the use of power tools other than a Sears electric hand drill and [...]
I’ve Got Blisters on Me Fingers!
Boy, are my fingers tired! I don’t really have blisters (name that quote, though!) but it sure feels like it. I’ve just spent that last six hours over on the Seymour Duncan forum, answering dozens of questions. That on very little sleep thanks to an emergency call from Sweden, no less.
I had a wonderful time, [...]
Rick’s First Post
[Note: Rick sent this first entry while traveling. - ed.]
Welcome to our Rick Turner/Renaissance Guitars blog. Several of us will be contributing here, and we’ll try to cover a range of topics from our philosophy of instrument building to technical articles to some of the music we like to listen to and play around [...]