| Lessons in Lutherie with Brian Burns |
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Individual, hands-on instruction for beginning to advanced guitar builders
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| I make classical and flamenco guitars in a large shop here in the small town of Fort Bragg, on California's beautiful north coast. I'm offering hands-on instruction in all aspects of lutherie work for everyone from absolute beginners to advanced luthiers. I charge $40 per hour, or $240 per day, and can arrange times to suit your schedule, whether it's during the week or on weekends. Since it's individual instruction, we can work on the specific things that you are interested in. I have been self employed as a full time woodworker for 37 years, with 17 years in guitar making, and 6 years as a woodworking teacher. Over the years I've developed many unique solutions to the problems we all encounter in our craft. I also teach Flamenco guitar playing. |
A few of the things
we might work on
we might work on
~ Double bevel sharpening
~ Joining tops and backs
~ Tonewood testing
~ Laminating sides
~ Vacuum clamping and work holding
~ Thin kerf resawing
~ Woodworking machinery setup
~ Fingerboard slotting by hand or on
the table saw
the table saw
~ Surfacing veneers
~ Jig and fixture design and construction
~ Voicing, using the computer for
acoustic analysis
acoustic analysis
~ Hide glue techniques
~ Conical section fingerboard crowning
~ Making and bending purfling & binding
And anything else you might think of...
~ Hand plane tuning
~ Neck construction
~ Drill press thicknessing
~ Scraper sharpening (really well!)
~ French polishing (new techniques)
~ Spanish rosette making
~ Spanish heel assembly
~ Router-Mill construction and use
| Brian Burns 18000 George’s Lane Fort Bragg, CA 95437 brian@lessonsinlutherie.com Toll free: 866-214-9472 |