Guitar Building

Australian Guitar Making School Townsville

Build your own classical or steel-string guitar from scratch — not from a kit — at Studio Dubbeld.

No previous woodworking experience is required

  • Open to students of all skill levels above the age of 18
  • Choose your own timbers and design
  • 4 hour sessions
  • No weekly commitment necessary — book when you have time
  • Current costs are $200 per session for the first 4 sessions and then $150 for every session thereafter. Class fees are paid as you go. Materials are extra and average approx. $700 and are paid as you go as well. Average spend $5000
  • Approximately 30 sessions are required to complete your instrument (time based on an average acoustic guitar build)
  • We build from scratch, NOT from kits!
  • All our classes are kept to small numbers
  • Work at your own pace at your own bench with high quality woodworking tools and advice from our instructor along the way (instructor's time is shared amongst the members of the class)
  • You will finish this course with your choice of your very own hand built Classical or Steel String guitar — you can also make just about any other stringed instrument

Interested in joining?

If you would like to attend classes and want to find out more before booking, enrol online or arrange a time to drop into the studios Wednesdays to Fridays for a tour. Contact Joel at oi@studiodubbeld.com or call or text 0412 243 444.

More details are on the Australian Guitar Making Schools site we share: www.australianguitarmakingschool.com.au

Typical guitar school hours

Hours vary by term. Live availability is always on the class calendar after you log in.

  • Wednesday: 8:30am – 12:30pm
  • Thursday: 6:00pm – 10:00pm
  • Friday: 8:30am – 12:30pm
Close-up of a handcrafted acoustic guitar, showing abalone inlay along the lower bout