Greetings from O'Brien Guitars 

The month of August started out super busy at O'Brien Guitars! Australian Luthier, Trevor Gore, was at my shop again this year offering his modal tuning master class. This class was so popular last year that we decided to offer it again this year. Students came from Luxembourg, Mexico, Canada and all over the United States!
Like last year we held two three day classes and they both filled to capacity soon after announcing the classes. 
Trevor literally wrote the book on modal tuning and guitar design. These books are required reading for anyone serious about guitar building and design. In the class Trevor walked the students through how he quantifies guitar tone and what frequencies determine a responsive guitar. He also discusses what to do to adjust these frequencies and avoid things like wolf notes while improving responsiveness. Here are some quotes from students that took the class this year.

" Just wanted to thank the both of you for a fantastic class on modal tuning; I found the whole thing to be incredibly enlightening."  

" Thanks in addition for the “add-on” regarding compensation. Never seen it presented like this." 

"I’d just like to add my thanks to Trevor and Robbie for the course. I also found it immensely valuable to have Trevor explain some of the harder parts of his books in a straightforward way, demonstrate some of his measurement techniques and to be there in person to answer questions. I came away feeling that I will have much more control over the kind of sound my future guitar builds will have. Highly recommended!"

  
  
  
Below is a video interview I did with Trevor during last year's classes. All of these topics and many more are discussed in his class.
Trevor and I are considering offering the class again next year. If you are interested in attending please contact me so I can put you on the list of students for the class.            

If you are interested in learning to build guitars or just want
to see how I build my guitars then schedule a class with me.
If you are in need of a concert quality classical or steel string
guitar then let me know as I would love to build a guitar for you.

Thank you,
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