Property News · November 18, 2015

How do I become … a guitar maker


A course to learn techniques can be useful but there is no substitute for trial and error in guitar making. Perseverance and a love of guitars also helpWhen Jonny Kinkead wasn’t making things using the tools in his dad’s garage as a child, he was messing about with a guitar. And the two preoccupations have been his living for the past four decades.Kinkead, who is 60, has been running his own business making guitars for nearly 40 years. In his workshop in Bristol’s Kingsdown area he builds around 10 steel string acoustic guitars a year, all handmade to order, under the name Kinkade Guitars – he changed the spelling to make the pronunciation easier. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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