Northwest School of Lutherie

Have you always wanted to learn how to build a guitar but just haven't been able to find the time to go to a lutherie school? Have you built a guitar from a book but wished that there was someone you could ask about a detail that the book didn't quite cover?

The Northwest School of Lutherie is an on-line school dedicated to bringing you the finest instrument building instruction available, taught by skilled and respected luthiers, at a reasonable price.

Call for Instructors
We are looking for qualified instructors. If you are interested in teaching a course, please click here for more information.

Free Courses:
Basic Lutherie Tooling Hand Tools Machine Tools Jigs	Wood Selection & Sources	Basic Instrument Design

Courses:
If you are interested in any of the courses below, let us know here and we will contact you when the course is available.

Introduction to Guitar Building - for the first time builder Intermediate Guitar Building - Development of forms & jigs Archtop Guitar Building Classical Guitar Building Acoustic Bass Kasha/Schneider Techniques Electric Guitars Electric Bass Guitar Electronics Resonator Guitars	Archtop Mandolins - A & F-5 Weissenborns Harps Hurdy Gurdy Lute Violin Dulcimer Hammered Dulcimer Guitar Repair Violin Repair Bow Making Lap Steel Marimba - Folk & Concert	Inlay - Introduction Inlay - Intermediate Inlay - Master Class Lutherie Jigs & Tools CAD for Luthiers Instrument Finishing Lacquer, Polyurethane, French Polish Business of Lutherie

Course Availabilty:
Basic Tooling
Wood Selection
Instrument Design
Intro to Guitar Building
All courses are currently in development