How long is the course?
I built my first guitar with an English luthier living and working in Goa, India. I'd been there a few times and seen a poster on the wall for guitar making courses and decided to go for it.
His course was three weeks (weekends off), 9 hours a day. Obviously, that isn't a lot of time, so it was full on from day one. He was a great teacher and encouraged me a lot. Encouraged me to ask as many questions as possible too, to absorb as much of his experience as possible. I was his only student at the time, so I had one-on-one tuition while he built a guitar for sale along side me.
One thing that really made it feel like I could do it on my own after the course, was the fact that he hardly touched my work throughout the whole build, and when he did, he kinda asked my permission. It really made it feel like it was my work, even though it was still mighty useful to have an experienced eye watching and directing me.
I'll have a look around and see if I can find his schedule, rather than half remembering it.
Another thing that was useful to me, is that before I went on the course, I had almost memorised Cumpiano's book, so maybe you can suggest some books to read.
Good luck, I'm sure all will go well.
(Could someone tell me if I'm allowed to mention his name? I'm certainly not advertising for him but credit where credit's due. I'm not sure I'd be building at all if it weren't for him
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