ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF LUTHERIE

Build a Modern
Acoustic Guitar

In Your Own Shop — With a Clear, Step-by-Step Online Framework

You've thought about building a guitar. You can picture it — bending the sides, carving the neck, stringing it up for the first time.
And then the doubt shows up.

"What if I ruin the wood?"
"What if I don't have the right setup?"
"Where would I even start?"

You don't need more inspiration.
You need a clear path.

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The Real Problem Isn't Skill.
It's Confusion.

Guitar building is often taught like a secret craft — scattered advice, rigid traditions, and very little clarity about why things work.

So capable, careful people stall. Not because they aren't capable. Because they don't have a roadmap.

And you shouldn't need a decades-long apprenticeship to build one excellent guitar.

You Don't Need Another Luthier.
You Need One Who's
Solved the Hard Problems.

THE OUTCOME

What You'll Build

A Complete Steel String Acoustic Guitar

✓ How to select and prepare tone woods

✓ Modern neck construction with cantilevered bolt-on design

✓ Top bracing and Chladni pattern voicing

✓ Body assembly, Binding, and Finishing

✓ Setup and final adjustments for playability

The result: A fully playable instrument and the knowledge to build more.

IS THIS FOR YOU?

Who This Is For

✓ Woodworkers who want to try lutherie with a method that respects their experience

✓ Beginners who want to build a guitar without outdated, hard-to-execute techniques

✓ Anyone who's wanted to understand how guitars and build one with their own hands

What you'll need: A workspace, basic woodworking tools, and patience.
I'll guide you through everything else.

Is this a kit build?

No—you'll build from raw materials.

I'll show you why this matters and what you'll actually learn.

What tonewoods are best?

I'll cut through the mythology and explain what actually affects sound.

What if I don't have the skill?

I'll walk you through what's really required versus what's nice to have.

Ready to learn the contemporary approach to guitar building?

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