Repair course
When: Monday till thursday from 9.15 untill 16.30
Length: 4 days.
Costs: € 749,-
Have you always wanted to know how to perfectly set-up your guitar? Super low action without fret buzz? Or would you like to learn how to fix the most common guitar problems by yourself? Then this is the course you have been waiting for! In this 4 day course, all aspects of being a guitar repairer will be teached! After following the course, you will be able to set up your guitar and you will be able to repair it yourself if something is broken. Maybe you even start to become a guitar repairer yourself at a local music shop or help out your friends with their guitar troubles. On day one, you work on the neck. You do a full re-fret, including cutting the frets to the right size, hammer in the frets, flatten out the frets and do a complete fretdress. On the second day of the course, you learn everything about electronics. We learn you how to wind a pick-up by yourselve! This pick-up will be hand-wounded by you and put in a bath of wax. We place the pick-up in a guitar to test it. On the third day you continue the electronics. We connect the pick-up and learn about soldering everything together. After this, we set up a guitar to perfection. We learn about truss rods and playing height.On the last day you learn how to make a nut and saddle fitting to an acoustic guitar. On this day you also get the chance to question all other problems and bring your own guitar to set it up together. This course costs €695,- including VAT. and materials. You can take home your own hand wounded pick-up. It is possible to combine this course with one of the other courses. Please contact us for more info!
Dates adjustment and repair course in 2024/2025 :
11 November - 14 November 2024
20 tm 23 Januari 2025
7 tm 10 april 2025
4 tm 7 augustus 2025
2 weeks fundamental electric guitar building course
When: 2 weeks in a row (with the weekend off)
Length: Monday till friday from 9.15 untill 16.30
Costs: bold on flat top electric €1649,- (ex. materials).
Come to our workshop for 2 weeks and build your own electric guitar. You can choose between a Telecaster or a Stratocaster, or every other electric guitar model that has a bold on neck and a flat top. Making a thinline is also one of the possibilities.
We guide you through the whole building process step by step and provide our students with a complete program. The following subjects will be discussed:
- Wood selection
- Glueing of the bodyblank
- Sawing, routing and sanding of the body
- Routing pick-upholes and neckpocket
- Binding (optional)
- Scale length
- Headstock design
- Trussrod channel routing
- Sawing fretslots
- Fretmarkers
- Fretboard radiussing
- Fretting
- Neck shaping
- Inlays
- Laquering (the guitar is getting a matt finish)
Don't worry if some of the subjects above dazzle you, our guidance in combination with the manual we provide you will make everything clear and you will go home with a professional representative handbuild guitar to be proud of!
Prices are excluding the costs for materials. Please contact us to discuss the different possibilities concerning the prices and materials. If you have wood or hardware you'd like to bring yourself, this is also possible.
Dates 2 weeks electric guitar building in 2024/2025 (2 weeks):
18 November - 29 November 2024
27 januari - 7 februari 2025
11 - 22 augustus 2025
1 -12 december 2025
3 weeks acoustic guitarbuilding course
When: 3 weeks from 9.15 untill 16.30 uur. (monday - friday, weekend of)
Costs: € 2249,- (excluding materials)
Come to our workshop for 3 weeks and build your own acoustic guitars by hand. You can choose between some popular guitar models like the 'OM' or 'Dreadnought', but other non-cutaway models are also possible in this inspiring course. From sanding untill bending the sides and from stringing your guitar untill setting up your guitar, it's all done by yourself and after 3 weeks you leave the workshop with a professional representative handbuild guitar. We guide you step by step through the building process and provide you with a complete program. The following subjects will be discussed:
- Wood selection
- Bookmatch
- Glueing top and back
- Making braces
- Rozet making and inlay
- Top voicingtechnics
- Bending the sides
- Radiussing
- Binding
- Scale length
- Headstock design
- Routing trussrod channel
- Sawing fretslots
- Fretmarkers
- Fretboard radiussing
- Fretting
- Sawing neck angle
- Neck shaping
- Inlays
- Laquering
If the above subjects dazzle you, don't worry! Our personal guidance and manual will make sure you will go home with a handcrafted guitar to be proud of!
Prices are excluding the costs for the materials. Please contact us to discuss prices and the selection of wood and hardware. If you' like to bring your own materials, that won't be any problem.
Dates 3 weeks acoustic guitar building in 2024/2025 (3 weeks):
2 December - 20 Decemberr 2024
25 augustus -12 september 2025
1 - 19 december 2025
6 weeks intensive guitarbuilding course
When: monday untill friday from 9.15 - 16.30.
Length: 6 weeks
Costs: €4647,- (excluding materials).
This course is the perfect combination between acoustic guitarmaking, electric guitar making and repairs. The course is a combination between the 3 week acoustic guitarmaking course, 2 weeks electric guitarmaking course and repair course. We summarised the different subjects below, but if you want more information, have a look at the seperate courses above.
In the first week we focus on repairs, set-up and electronics. There are different lectures about the basic principles in guitar electronics, winding a pick-up, making a nut and saddle and other repairs.On thursday we assemble a telecaster or stratocaster. It is possible to purchase this assembled guitar after finishing the course.
Using the new knowledge you gained, we will start building the electric guitar. We build the complete guitar 'from scratch'. This time we won't be using a kit, but we really start with rough planks of wood. You can choose between a stratocaster or a telecaster, or any other electric guitarmodel with a flat top/back and a bold on neck. From routing and sawing the body untill fretting the guitar and soldering the electronics, everything is done by yourself, ofcourse under our professional supervision.
Having finished your first electric build lays a good fundament for woodworkingtechnics. This will come out handy in our next project, the 3 weeks acoustic guitarmaking course. In this course we do also start from scratch. You can choose between different non cut-away models from for instance Martin or Taylor. We use oil or nitrocellulose laquer (gloss top, satin sides, neck and back) as a finish.
After finishing the course, you'll go home with a bolt-on flat top electric guitar, acoustic guitar, handwound pick-up, optional an assembled tele/strat model, basic knowledge in guitars, repairs, set-up and electronics.
Enige houtbewerkingservaring is prettig, maar geen vereiste voor het volgen van deze cursus.
Dates 6 weeks of intensive guitar building in 2024/2025:
11 November - 20 December 2024
4 augustus tm 12 september 2025
Acoustic or electric guitarmaking 1 day a week
When: Wednesday, Thursday or Friday from 9.15 untill 16.30 uur.
Length: +/- 20 days.
Costs: electric with bolt-on neck €1649,- ; electric with set neck €1949,-; archtop/acoustic € 2249,- (excluding materials).
This course learns you how to make yur own acoustic or electric guitar. From sanding and glueing the wood untill setting up the strings, you do everything by yourself under our professional supervision. This will result in a professional handbuild guitar made from the best materials. Wood selection and hardware are very personal, which is why these are not standard included in the course. Of course we are willing to help you pick the best materials and order them for you. To give you an indication of the costs; an acoustic guitar with a spruce top, rosewood sides and back, ebony fretboard and bridge and a good set of tuners would cost around €350,- in total. Ofcourse there are lot's of other possibilities and we'd love to discuss the differences with you.
Assemble your own Telecaster or Stratocaster
When: Thursday and friday from 9.15 untill 16.30h.
Length: 2 days.
Costs: €1295,- (including material).
In this course, you assemble your own telecaster or stratocaster. You learn how to setup your guitar, how the body/neck construction works, installing electronics, making and installing a graphtech or bone nut. All materials are made from the best qualities, and after two days you go home with your own handmade guitar. The bodies (alder) en necks are laquered and you get to choose between a maple neck with a maple or rosewood fretboard. There are different colours possible for the body of the guitar. Please contact us for the possibilities.
The pickguard comes in different colour options. The hardware we use comes standard in chrome, but can be upgraded to gold hardware.
Dates assemble your own Telecaster or Stratocaster in 2024/2025:
1 en 2 maart
22 en 23 november
Dates 2025 on request!
Guitar set up and electronic course
When: Friday from 9.15-16.30.
Length: 1 day
Costs: € 225,-
Result: Learn how to maintain and set up acoustic and electric guitars. Bring your own acoustic and electric guitar and learn how to professionally set them up. Learn about stringing your guitar, nut and sadle height, different truss rod options and how they work, and everything else you would like to learn about how to set up and maintain your guitars. In the afternoon Ben Koole from ‘the Soundfixer’ is joining us to tell you all about the electronics of the electric guitar.
Dates Cancellation and electronics course in 2024/2025:
8th of November 2024
24 januari 2025
11 april 2025
8 augustus 2025
In general
All courses have a max of 4 people. The day courses don’t have set dates wich means you can start when you like as long as there is a free space. For the other courses I have set dates. If you would like to do one of the courses but can’t make these dates please let me know and I’m sure we can work a way around it. To sign up for a course please send me an e-mail and I will get back to you soon.
Reviews
vandaag mijn gitaar opgehaald waar Frank mini humbuckers in gezet heeft. top en netjes gedaan en binnen een week klaar, frank deed het houtwerk en Ben die ook in het pand zit de electronica , teamwork pur san , aan te bevelenEric Ekkerman2024-07-23mooie kans om veel op te steken van vakbewame mensen. top cursus.Rudy Imminga2024-03-29Goede prijs kwaliteit verhouding, altijd leuk om daar binnen te komen. Vriendelijke mensenJelle Van der Wal2023-11-17Gitaar body van mijn De Haan Hybride Telecaster opnieuw laten kleuren. Komt afspraken na en levert topkwaliteit.Ronald de Vries2023-05-16So im a total beginner when it comes down to building guitars. I am currently halfway through the cursus and having an absolute blast. Not only is it fun but the results are amazing! I learn so much and I get to build the entire guitar. One thing that stands out is the positive vibe there is in the workshop with people attending the cursus, people renting a workbench unrelated to the cursus and the Team of "de Haan". Furthermore Frank is an easy going guy who is also not afraid to take risks in order to get the result you want. If youre looking for a more personal building experience this is it! Ps. The photo I added is the unfinished product. You will finish with your own fully build guitar.Kaya van der Stelt2023-03-19Ja .. de Haan, mijn instructeur.. ja .. een top gitaatbouwer en zeer goede instructeur. Daarnaast een hele leuke en aardige man die heel veel kunde en vakmanschap heeftRaoul Ferreira2021-08-09Toffe plek, mooie workshop Kundige mensenrhgthung2021-06-23