‘Mad scientist’: Haines luthier carves out top-quality guitars with local materials
30-04-2024 18:18 via ktoo.org

‘Mad scientist’: Haines luthier carves out top-quality guitars with local materials

Luthier Rob Goldberg lacquers a guitar he made for Burl Sheldon on April 5, 2024. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)
All that exists is the tip of his chisel and a piece of wood.
The rain battering outside the window, a dog whimpering at the door, a portable radio, and a fire crackling in the corner — all of it might as well be silent.
The dozens of tools on the sawdust covered work bench — lathes, chisels, sanders, scissors, wrenches and paint brushes — all of them are invisibl
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