Welcome to Atlanta Guitar Works
AGW currently offers two classes that are two-week in-depth courses.
Training individuals for careers in lutherie, our two-week comprehensive fret work based workshop offers individualized hands on training in fretted instrument repair. AGW’s workshops are designed to walk you through the typical everyday variety of repair work and creative problem solving performed in repair shops, while the two-week acoustic building course takes you through the steps in learning and understanding the materials, designing, and building of a steel string acoustic from scratch, (not prefab kits) along with in depth fretting techniques.
Classes are small and housing is provided.
Let AGW help you take those firsts steps of many in the journey of the career in lutherie.
The two-week acoustic guitar building course takes you through the steps in learning and understanding the materials, designing, and building of a steel-string acoustic from scratch (not prefab kits), along with in-depth fretting techniques. Students will have the opportunity to build 1 acoustic guitar, (Dreadnaught, OM/000, Parlor, Jumbo, or other possible options) from some of the finest and exotic woods available. All aspects of the building of your guitar is done 100% by you the student, from the knowledge you obtain from hands-on instruction.
A two-week comprehensive fret work based workshop offers individualized hands-on training in fretted instrument repair. AGW’s repair course is designed to walk you through the typical everyday variety of repair work and creative problem solving performed in repair shops. Students will learn how to correctly identify and repair issues such as broken and lifting bridges, unlevel/worn frets, set-ups, intonation, neck adjustments/alignments to repairs of splines and electronic problems and so much more. Bring your own instruments and your friends instruments to work on too!