Workshops
These are private bench sessions built around a real instrument. The work starts with the thing in front of us, not a generic course outline.
Workshop groups
Setup, fretwork, building, and voicing ask different questions. The format stays flexible because the instrument usually tells us where the useful work is.
Instrument Care
Current bench offers: Setup Mastery is $250 for three hours. Fret Leveling and Dressing is $600 for a six-hour bench day.
We separate a setup problem from a fret problem, then do the work carefully enough that you can recognize it later.
Instrument Building
These sessions follow the build itself: decisions, mistakes, corrections, and the order that keeps mistakes from compounding.
Advanced Acoustic Work
Measured behavior has to earn its keep by explaining something heard or felt.
Current workshop offers
Custom acoustic and Lab work still starts with a direct conversation because the right scope depends on the instrument and the question.
Three hours at the bench on your own guitar working through relief, nut height, saddle height, and intonation.
3 hours · $250
Six hours focused on leveling, crowning, dressing, and polishing on a real instrument.
6 hours · $600
Two bench days for building a partscaster, with the parts and wiring plan settled before we start.
2 full days + 1-hour consult · $1,200 plus parts
Eight private bench days building a steel-string acoustic through the full sequence.
8 days · $4,800 plus materials