Galloup Guitars offers courses designed to give students an understanding of how guitars are designed and constructed. In the school's Master Program, which takes 24 weeks to complete, students learn about how to build classical guitars, mandolins, electric guitars and bass guitars. During this program, students are required to create a business plan and build instruments to fulfill this plan, as well as fulfill their own personal interests. Galloup also offers a Journeyman Program that covers topics such as the electronics of guitars, guitar maintenance, and guitar finishing and assembly.
Students who enroll in programs at Galloup Guitars can stay in the school's student housing, which includes four fully-furnished houses.
Galloup Guitars
10840 Northland Dr.
Big Rapids, MI 49307
galloupguitars.com
The Summit School of Guitar Building and Repair offers classes on how to build mandolins, ukuleles, classical guitars, electric guitars, and electric and acoustic bass guitars. These instrument construction programs cover topics such as how to laminate an instrument, install the hardware of an instrument and use blueprints to construct the instrument.
Programs at the Summit School of Guitar Building and Repair can take two weeks to one year to complete. When students complete these programs, the school gives them assistance in finding employment
Summit School of Guitar Building and Repair
6114 West Island Hwy.
Qualicum, BC
Canada V9K 2E2
250-757-9903
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Minnesota State College Southeast Technical offers programs that teach students the fundamentals of making instruments including the materials and components that instruments are made from and how the acoustics of instruments work. In the guitar repair and building program, students learn how to safely prepare and use the tools needed for making guitars and how to build electric and acoustic instruments from scratch.
The school maintains an online forum for its graduates, where they can network and share information.
Minnesota State College Southeast Technical
308 Pioneer R.d
Red Wing, MN 55066
651-385-6300
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