Recently I announced the launching of  Lutherie Academy.  The goal for this online portal to all things lutherie related is to provide the most comprehensive source for learning in the way of online courses, class opportunities - both in-house and virtual, live streams, lutherie related events, suppliers, etc.
Over the last 15 years, myself and other top luthiers from around the world, have been creating a lutherie library in the way of online video courses that allows the viewer to be right there with us at the bench as we exercise our craft. This content was and still is available, for the time being, on the O'Brien Guitars website. All of the great content there is now also available on the Lutherie Academy site. You can even use your same log in as before to access the content. Slowly, all of the content will be migrated to the new site. 
Course offerings are constantly being updated with new course titles and all new material will appear exclusively on the Lutherie Academy.  A teaching schedule for both in house and virtual classes is also available.

I am pleased to announce that the new video page is now available on the Lutherie Academy Website. All of the videos on this page are FREE!! There is a ton of free information here and categories include:

• Original Luthier Tips du Jour
• Luthier Tips du Jour Mailbag
• Product Videos
• Robert's Guitars
• Instruments Built By Students
• Repairs
• Live Streams
• Builders Showcase
• Others

The Lutherie Academy Advisory Committee has some of the best and most well known professionals in the industry providing input. I am sure you will recognize some or even all of the names of those on the committee.
I have also put together a list of approved sponsors.  Please consider supporting the Lutherie Academy Sponsors. We appreciate the goods and services they provide that help us luthiers create. We couldn't do it without them. If you are interested in becoming a Lutherie Academy sponsor and having your ad with a link to your site, please contact us. 
New content is constantly being added to the Lutherie Academy site. So, please bookmark the page and check back often.  If you are interested in creating content and becoming a Lutherie Academy instructor, please also contact us. 
Happy Building!