We celebrated the culmination of this guitar making course in El Castillo de la Herradura once again, even more prepared than last time so were able to fully appreciate the amazing setting that we are able to use thanks to the Ayuntamiento of Almuñecar and La Herradura. This offers us…
This guitar making course saw 6 students from around the world build some fantastic guitars during the month of october in La Herradura, Granada , Spain. 2 flamencos, 3 classicals and one unusual 8 string flamenco negra guitar fitted with a high quality pickup system were built to very high…
The most recent guitar making course run by the Institute was completed by its 6 participants, four from the UK, one from Canada and one from the USA. We made 4 classical guitars and 2 flamencos. The guitar making course was run by Stephen Hill himself , assisted by Pablo…
This month of January 2012 we were honoured with a visit from the Ilsa school of lutherie. 18 young students and 3 teachers all squeezed in the workshop to meet me, see my work and discuss the European Institute of guitar making here in Andalucia. Ilsa is a government supported…
The October 2011 European Institute of guitar making course has just been completed by six students from around the world. After twenty two days of intense guitar making, four flamenco guitars and two classical guitars were constructed according to the Spanish tradition with wonderful results and really fine instruments. This…
