Industry-Recognized Career Training
Each program was developed through decades of experience to give you a real world knowledge of lutherie. You’ll build excellent instruments here in our shop and when you graduate you can say much more than “I made that”, you’ll understand guitar making from the ground up and what it takes to be a professional Luthier.
Training Options
We offer four primary long-term training options: Journeyman, Technician, and Master Programs as well as our Graduate Classes. For those with time constraints, we offer our Enrichment and Short-Term training to better fit their schedules.
Our Graduate Classes are for students who want to expand their training to an advanced level. Additionally, we offer One Week Short-Term training for those with time constraints, Enrichment Classes for students who want to round out their education, and Featured Seminars which are offered by announcement.
Your Work Will Speak for Itself
The instruments you build will make a clear statement of the ground you’ve covered in guitar making. They are unique to the Galloup School and no Galloup student walks away with work they didn’t accomplish. This is our assurance to both you and to the guitar industry; your finished guitars will make a statement to your commitment to the field and will be a great introduction to your ability as a luthier.
Industry Recognized Training
Galloup School graduates are working in every facet of the business, from music stores to guitar manufacturers. There are also many graduates who have gone on to apprentice with some of the world’s most prestigious Master Luthiers. Several other graduates with more entrepreneurial minds have successfully opened their own shops or started their own line of guitars.
Professional Team
It’s Bryan’s policy that in order to be an effective instructor you have to be an active Luthier. The Galloup staff are some of the most respected, in-demand Luthiers in the world. The Galloup team is leading the Lutherie community, inventing new products and developing ground-breaking sound analyzing software that is changing how the world views instrument making.
Facility
Galloup Guitars is an 11,000 square foot facility with all operations in-house including wood re-sawing, instrument finishing, lectures, digital and media departments and CNC/CAD services. This not only assures total control over instrument making, it ensures that our students are completely immersed into Lutherie in one of the premier guitar shops in the world.
Flexible Training Options
Expandable class outlines are now offered to elevate your Lutherie skill to an advanced level. Elective class projects are offered that allow you to match the instruments you make with your area of interest and selected training schedule. Whether your focus is electrics, acoustics or archtops, the power of choice is in your hands. This makes it easier to customize your curriculum to better fit your business plan.
Featured Seminars
Offered as a courtesy to Galloup students, these one-day players workshops allow access to world-class players. We also offer four-day seminars which are open to the public at a fee, hosting Luthiers from around the world.
Tuition and Application
Free Housing
Financial Options
Veterans Benefits and Financial Assistance