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Originally Posted by ruby50

The H-13 was designed by Paul Hostetter, luthier extraordinaire - in 1976 if I recall. He passed away last year and my daughter and her business partner (brooklynlutherie.com) are hosting his voluminous website:

http://www.lutherie.net/luthlinks.html

Lot and lots of history, techniques, and ideas there. Paul was a Nick Lucas specialist. He interviewed Nick twice before his death in 1969. One of his friends sold Dylan the Nick he played. When he first designed the H-13, he had SCGC make a batch of 15 for him and his friends. The "H" stands for Hostetter, and they are heavily influenced by the Nicks. Check them out here:

http://www.lutherie.net/model_h.html

Pink Ivory??

Paul was interesting, very knowledgable, and generous. He gave me a piece of Italian Firestripe pickguard material for a '33 L-00 I was rebuilding, among other tools and materials. He is missed.

Ed

I didn't hostetter had passed away - sorry to hear that. I recall reading about the h13 and sobell years:ago on his website and enjoying learning about them.