In January 2011 we will be holding our next guitar making course in downtown Wellington, New Zealand. There is normally room for around thirteen people on t is three week course. These courses are run every two years and so far they have been attended by more than sixty would be guitar makers, who have walked away with their own steel string or classical guitars.

The course is run by myself and Canadian guitar maker David Freeman. of Timeless Instruments, in Saskatewan. The mass guitar building takes  place in the Wellington High School's woodwork rooms..

David Freeman has been teaching guitar making in Canada for many years and hundreds  of his former students are now making instruments in North America. Top quality engleman spruce, cedar, rosewood and mahogany was provided to make the guitars in Wellington.

Students come from all walks of life, and in the past have included a hospital surgeon, university students, musicians, trades people and some who have never used woodworking tools before. Limited woodwork experience is no obstacle as the course is designed to take construction one step at a time with instruction on how to use the relevant tools included.

The course is held in the first three  of January, and requires attendance six days a week, ten hours a day. You only need to bring your  willingness to learn, a  notebook and a coffee cup.

Spaces will be limited.. If you have any questions, or require more information on the course, please contact me.