#47 - Gabby Losch
Episode Overview
Gabby Losch is the owner of Losch Guitars. Losch guitars creates custom handmade guitars in Illinois. In June 2024, Rich won one of these guitars in a raffle held by Losch Guitars.
Key Topics
- Gabby's Lutherie Journey and Influences
- Technical Legacy of The Grateful Dead
- Overlaps between engineering and woodworking
- Managing burnout with a hobby
- Guitar Specification Preferences
- Rich's Losch Guitar (Losch Guitars #06)
Selected Links From The Episode
- Rich's Losch Guitar (Losch Guitars No. 006 - Walnut Semi-hollow T-Style) - https://www.loschguitars.com/builds/006
- Constructing a Solid-Body Guitar A Complete Technical Guide by Roger H. Siminoff (1986) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126960085-constructing-a-solid-body-guitar-a-complete-technical-guide
- Mojo Guitar Pickups - https://www.mojopickups.co.uk/
- Atlanta Guitar Works - https://www.facebook.com/AtlantaGuitarWorksLutherie
- Alembic Guitars - http://alembic.com/
- Irwin Guitars - https://www.irwin-guitars.com/
- Bear - The Life and Times of Augustus Owsley Stanley III - https://www.amazon.com/Bear-Times-Augustus-Owsley-Stanley/dp/1250081211
- Call Them Hippies, But the Grateful Dead Were Tech Pioneers - https://www.wired.com/2015/07/grateful-dead-fare-thee-well-tech-pioneers/
- Michael Daves - http://www.michaeldaves.com/
- Walker Guitars - https://www.walkerguitars.com/
- Mule Resophonic Guitars - https://www.muleresophonic.com/
- Josh Williams Guitars - https://joshwilliamsguitars.com/
- Wide Sky Guitars - https://www.wideskyguitars.com/
- Rosa String Works - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC29Dkc6-RMU8TCrloPN0Cbw
- Collings Guitars - https://collingsguitars.com/
- Santa Cruz Guitars - https://santacruzguitar.com/
- Prewar Guitars - https://www.pre-warguitars.com/
- Ken Parker - https://kenparkerarchtops.com/
- Daisy Tempest Guitars - https://www.tempestguitars.com/
- Tom Sands Guitrars - https://www.tomsandsguitars.com/
- Goat Rock Guitars - https://www.goatrockguitars.com/models