Hancock Guitar Making Course by Dane and Sean Hancock. Build your own guitar during a two week guitar making course located in Mount Tamborine, Queensland.

Testimonials

An unsolicited letter from Eugene from Gosford NSW

Dane and Sean,

Thank you for a fantastic two weeks! Your course exceeded my expectations. Never did I expect that a guitar built for the most part by someone with zero experience could sound so good. It certainly lives up to the "better than a factory Martin" promise. Your lutherie expertise is without doubt. I enjoyed the laid-back atmosphere, working in the Georgian Room (what a perfect setting) and had a great time.

I was particularly impressed by your personal and professional approach. The time and energy that you gave to the two of us has definitely made a impact in our new-found skills and ultimately the quality of the guitars we built. Surely no other guitar making course in the world could offer students such personal attention!

You've inspired me to take this up as a serious hobby in the future and I look forward to coming back someday if you hold Master Courses -- hopefully to work with some of those beautiful Australian timbers you showed us.

Kind regards,

Eugene

Another unsolicited letter from Murray from Brisbane, QLD Australia

Dear Dane and Sean,

I would like to thank you for your tutoring and practical assistance during my participation in the guitar making course.

I was most impressed with your depth of knowledge, professionalism and commitment to making the course successful. Thank you for the courtesy and camaraderie shown at all times which ultimately led to the quality
of our workmanship.

I am very pleased with the guitar and will have no hesitation in recommending Hancock Guitars to my contacts. I know one day I will see the Hancock Guitar brand in all good quality reference books. The world needs committed artisans like you both to keep the art of luthiery alive.

Best wishes

Murray

Hardy from Murwillumbah, NSW Australia tells of his experiences with the Hancock Guitar Making Course

I decided to do the course because I wanted an acoustic guitar. I thought rather than just go out and buy one, why don't I make one?

I looked around on the web at different courses from all over the world. I chose to do a course with Hancock Guitars because they looked like they had had a lot of experience and the course is in a beautiful part of Australia.

The course itself was interesting. I learned a lot of the theory of guitar making and a few techniques not widely known or used. I was also very impressed with my guitar.

Since then I've started my second guitar with the help of a woodworking teacher. Sean and Dane have been very helpful answering my questions over the phone.

For the price and quality of the finished product, I am happy to recommend a Hancock guitar making course to those who want to get started in lutherie, or those that just want to have a guitar they can say they built themselves.

Russell from Muswellbrook, NSW explains what he gained from the course

With some trepidation as to my woodworking ability, I enrolled in the guitarmaking course with the Hancock brothers. The result from the 2 week course at Mt Tamborine was a beautiful, Indian Rosewood 000 guitar, plus the confidence to continue to use some new found skills. Everyone who plays the guitar is blown away by the terrific sound and easy playability.

I originally enrolled in the course to see whether I could actually make a 'playable instrument'. With the help of Sean & Dane, I was able to achieve a far better result than just a playable instrument. Thank you for establishing a desire to make more instruments.