#47 - Gabby Losch

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)

Connect with Gabby Losch

• Losch Guitars - https://www.loschguitars.com/
• @losch_guitars - https://www.instagram.com/losch_guitars/

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