Discover guitar making by building a guitar

Luthiery is the art of working wood to achieve a beautiful musical sound. This training module is aimed above all at people who have the sensitive and precise ear of the musician.

You will study the link between technical choices (thicknesses, choice of woods, internal structure, dams, weight of elements) and the final sound rendition. The laws of acoustics and modern research and manufacturing techniques in lutherie will also be covered.

Depending on the candidate's prior knowledge, the operations involved in making the guitar will be more or less complete and complex.

The pedagogical organisation will enable everyone to practise at their own level and benefit from the experience of others to acquire the techniques involved in building an acoustic guitar or instrument, and the manufacturing stages covered during the course will be adapted to the trainee's prior technical skills.

Depending on the level of the learner, the work to be carried out during the course could range from the simple assembly of a quality kit, to the entire construction of the instrument from A to Z.

Woods and related acoustic imperatives.

Tools and their specificity in Lutherie. The construction mould; the Solera.

Making the guitar's constructive parts:

- The soundboard, neck, heels, ribs, back, counter ribs, headstock pallet, fingerboard, preparation and shaping, joint work, bending and thickness settingof each element.

- The bridge, rosette and perimeter purfling.

- Determining the dams and preparing all the dams (table and back).

Assembling the guitar:

- Making the neck and its head pallet.

- Gluing and making the top bracing, gluing the neck to the soundboard in the mould.

- Adjustment - gluing the ribs to the soundboard and reinforcing the counter ribs + cleats.

- Gluing the back counter ribs and working on adjusting the ribs crown.

- Gluing the back dams, adjusting the back to the ribs. Taking out of the mould.

Finishing the instrument:

- The purflings, prepared in advance, will be inlaid around the perimeter of the guitar.

- Adjusting the angle of the neck and fingerboard and shaping the neck (setting to thickness, rounding, junctions...).

- fretwork, fitting frets.

- Finishing, varnish preparation, varnishing (filler and finish, sanding and polishing, buffing)

- Positioning the bridge on the soundboard. Gluing the bridge.

- Making the saddles, adjustments - alignments.

• Statement of skills and/or competencies

• All audiences

Be motivated by sound research.

Know the instrument's technique and basic settings.

Have very good manual skills.

Experience in cabinetmaking or woodworking will enable you to acquire violin-making techniques in a more comprehensive way.

• Fully classroom-based training

• Personalised course

• Equipped technical platforms

Professional luthier, experienced in continuing professional education.

Contact us by email to send a quote and training proposal.

Registration upon validation of the quote.

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