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Alex Kapranos on the Emerald Deluxe Beetle Wing Guitar
October 19, 2022 -
Video – Ian Schneller on the TAR Aluminum Guitar
September 9, 2022 -
Repair Journal Gibson U Harp Guitar Restoration
June 8, 2022 -
Guitar Making – Archtop Electric Tenor Ukulele Kit
August 9, 2021 -
Guitar Making – Reimagining the Bass V
June 24, 2021 -
Specimen Instruments Luddite Family Reuinion
May 20, 2021 -
Guitar Making – Chumcaster
June 30, 2021 -
Guitar Making – Special Telecasters
June 24, 2021 -
Guitar Making – Checkerboard Binding On A Custom Tele
January 15, 2013 -
Guitar Making – “Reverse Three Way” Esquire Circuit
February 26, 2021 -
Guitar Making – Emerald Deluxe Beetle-wing Replica
March 1, 2020 -
Guitar Making – Video: Guitar Body Thicknessing
July 2, 2018 -
Guitar Making – Gluing A Body Cap
August 4, 2018 -
Guitar Making – Joining A Guitar Body Cap
August 1, 2018 -
Classes – Tube Amplifier Making
July 1, 2013 -
Amp Making – 5E3 Deluxe Line Out and Dummy Load Modification
January 8, 2021 -
Classes – Guitar Design & Blueprint
October 29, 2012 -
Specimen Instruments Aluminum Electric Ukulele
June 1, 2018 -
Repair Journal – Epiphone Masterbilt Olympic
January 10, 2012 -
Guitar Making – Joining Guitar Top Plates
June 28, 2018 -
Guitar Making – Emerald Deluxe Custom Guitar for Alex Kapranos
July 30, 2013 -
Ian Schneller Interview
June 17, 2017 -
Sonic Arboretum Guggenheim Poster
April 23, 2012 -
Sonic Arboretum MCA Poster
August 30, 2021 -
Video – SAIC Alumnus Profile: Ian Schneller MCA Sonic Arboretum
October 13, 2014 -
Video – Film Documentary Feature The Art of Listening
February 28, 2017 -
Specimen Instruments Aluminum Maccaferri
November 5, 2019 -
Television – Specimen Audio on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
May 1, 2012 -
Guitar Making – Amontillado Luddite Acoustic-Electric Guitar
June 13, 2012 -
Specimen Audio – New XL Horns Tour 2015 Andrew Bird Gezelligheid
December 11, 2015 -
Guitar Making – Blank Canvas on an Autumn Morning
October 10, 2018 -
Repair Journal – SG Headstock Break
January 10, 2018 -
Specimen – Designs The Aerobund
July 30, 2015 -
Specimen Audio – Calla Hi-Fi System – ICA Boston Museum Shop
February 3, 2015 -
Specimen Exhibition 2015 Sonic Arboretum ICA Boston
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Specimen Exhibition 2014 Sonic Vignettes University of Wisconsin at Whitewater
February 5, 2014 -
Specimen Exhibition 2013 Sonic Vignettes Elgin Arts Center, Elgin IL
September 19, 2013 -
Specimen Audio – Making A Horn Amp Combo
August 26, 2013 -
Guitar Making – New Design Mando-beest Guitar
May 29, 2019 -
Specimen Audio – Aerosel 24
August 12, 2021 -
Specimen Audio – Gimbal Horn Speaker Takes Shape Part 3
August 26, 2013 -
Specimen Audio – Gimbal Horn Speaker Takes Shape Part 2
August 22, 2013 -
Specimen Exhibition SOFA ArtExpo Chicago
November 19, 2012 -
Specimen Exhibition 2014 AeroDynamisms and Music of Glenn Kotche Chicago
February 14, 2014 -
Specimen Audio – Special Hornlet Exhibition 2012 Columbia College
June 5, 2012 -
Fan Mail – Specimen Hornlet Tattoo
May 1, 2012 -
Specimen Exhibition 2011 Sonic Arboretum MCA Chicago
December 11, 2011 -
Specimen Exhibition 2014 AeroDynamisms Packer Gallery Chicago
March 30, 2014 -
Specimen Exhibition 2014 New Crop of Horn Speakers Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago
October 23, 2014 -
Specimen Audio – Making The Spinning Janus Ceiling Horn Speaker
January 28, 2013 -
Repair Journal – Epiphone Electar Amplifier
May 29, 2009 -
Fan Mail – Instagram’s Hornling Speakers
November 20, 2012 -
Specimen Exhibition 2016 CHIRP Record Fair Chicago
March 29, 2016 -
Guitar Making – Luddite Bass Guitar
April 30, 2013 -
Specimen Audio – Gimbal Horn Speaker Takes Shape Part 1
April 26, 2013 -
Guitar Making – Super Luddite Electric Guitar in Progress
August 15, 2010 -
Amp Making – Single-Ended Stereo Tube Amp
November 26, 2008 -
Specimen Audio – Penland School of Crafts – A Mountain Oasis
April 16, 2013 -
Amp Making – 300 B Single-Ended Monoblock Tube Amplifiers
December 15, 2009 -
Guitar Making – Custom Beetle Wing Pickguard
January 15, 2013 -
Classes – CSGM Ukulele Building Seminar
November 16, 2012 -
Specimen Audio – Finished! Janus Horn Ceiling-Mounted Spinning Speaker
September 26, 2012 -
Specimen Audio – Aerosel Tour 2012 Auditorium Theater Chicago
June 4, 2012 -
Specimen Instruments Tiple Touring 2012 Fiona Apple/Blake Mills
March 20, 2012 -
Specimen Audio – Aerosels Tour 2012 Andrew Bird SXSW
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Specimen Audio – Aerosel Takes Flight
March 2, 2012 -
Repair Journal – Harmony Cartoonist
February 1, 2012 -
Classes – Electric Guitar Making Workshops
November 2, 2011 -
Guitar Making – Neck Block Machining of an Aluminum Guitar
January 20, 2012 -
Press – 2012 Time Out Chicago Kids features Specimen
January 16, 2012 -
Specimen Exhibition 2011 Sonic Arboretum Preparations!
November 28, 2011 -
Press – 2011 Chicago Magazine Sonic Arboretum
November 16, 2011 -
Repair Journal – Silvertone Archtop Brace Repair
September 8, 2010 -
Specimen Audio – Exhibition Photos Guggenheim Sonic Arboretum
August 4, 2010 -
Specimen Audio – Making The First Sonic Arboretum
July 15, 2010 -
Repair Journal – Ibanez Roadstar
April 26, 2010 -
Repair Journal – Bowl Back Mandolin
March 31, 2010 -
Repair Journal – Dreadnought Acoustic Headstock Break
March 18, 2010 -
Repair Journal – Gibson Bass Neck Joint
February 10, 2010 -
Repair Journal Gibson Les Paul Headstock
December 17, 2009