Advanced Guitar Making - Short Course

The Cass Short Courses

Short course

In London

£ 475 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Level

    Advanced

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    10 Weeks

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Continue to learn the art of guitar making by building on the Intermediate Guitar Making classes and concentrating on the advanced stages of construction and assembly, with the emphasis being on the final completion of the project.

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Location

Start date

London
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Start date

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About this course

These advanced classes are particularly suitable for anyone who has completed the intermediate classes. They're designed to run on from the initial construction stage addressed in these intermediate classes in order to further equip you with the skills and techniques to finish your instrument.

Please note, these classes are not suitable for complete beginners or inexperienced woodworkers.

The center will contact you once you have sent your information through the form.

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Subjects

  • Guitar Making
  • Project
  • Guitar
  • Music
  • Skills
  • Woodworkers
  • Inexperienced woodworkers
  • Techniques
  • Assembly
  • Construction
  • Music classes

Teachers and trainers (1)

Nick Pyall

Nick Pyall

Course Tutor

Nick Pyall builds guitars using hand tools. He specializes in instruments inspired by Viennese guitars of the early and mid-nineteenth century, including those with extra bass strings, and the mid-twentieth-century guitars of the North American 'golden era' of acoustic guitar making. Nick is also a player and teacher of the guitar. In recent years his passion for the instrument has led to him studying its development and societal history. His previous teaching posts include being a senior lecturer in guitar making and the course leader for the Musical Instruments BSc at The Cass.

Course programme

This short course follows a tried and tested programme that has been used for more than 30 years with great success. The evening course runs in blocks of 10 weeks and is designed to allow participants to build on the skills needed to build guitars. This course aims to help you to:

  • refine the skills and techniques already acquired through the introductory and intermediateclasses
  • independently use these skills, under tutorial guidance, to develop and finish your project
  • build upon previous knowledge

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