GUILD OF AMERICAN LUTHIERS We publish the world's foremost lutherie magazine: . . .a quarterly magazine entirely devoted to stringed instrument making and repair. Our next GAL convention will be in the summer of 2004! WA residents - sales tax is going up to 8.8% beginning July 1st. The Guild of American Luthiers is a non-profit educational membership organization, formed in 1972 to advance the ...