ELEVATE YOUR EXPERIENCE
AS A COLIVER

Experience life as a coliver at samesame, immerse yourself in the local and international community of Lisbon, and take home a guitar made with your own hands. samesame, in partnership with ANL (National Academy of Luthiers), has developed a guitar-building course hosted by Esquina Atelier, designed to enhance your experience as a coliver. Through this unique learning opportunity, we introduce this course for you to develop manual techniques, meet other music professionals and enthusiasts, and add another great story to your journey.

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About the course

ANL — National Academy of Luthiers — is a private educational institution born from the desire and enthusiasm to teach and pass on the craft of building plucked string instruments. In the guitar-building course, the traditional Spanish technique is used, where the guitar is built inside a mold, the Solera. 

Whether you are an enthusiast, student, music professional, or luthier, the course is designed for everyone to learn step by step, practice the craft with professional guidance from instructors, and enjoy the process of building your own guitar. 

Partnership

Instruments that can be built 

  • Classical Guitar
  • Flamenco Guitar
  • Portuguese Guitar 
  • Fado Viola 
  • 7-string Guitar 

What you will learn

  • Handling manual tools – planes, chisels, scrapers, and saws 
  • Rectifying the edges of backs and soundboards for gluing 
  • Cutting and gluing the headstock angle 
  • Gluing the heel and carving it 
  • Cutting the soundhole and gluing the rosette 
  • Building the entire structure of the soundboard 
  • Bending the sides 
  • Assembling the instrument in the mold 
  • Gluing the back braces 
  • Closing the instrument and assessing it harmonically and structurally 
  • Building bindings and purflings and gluing them 
  • Slotting the fingerboard and gluing it to the instrument 
  • Leveling the fingerboard and fretwork 
  • Finishing the instrument’s neck 
  • Gluing the bridge 
  • Sanding the instrument and applying shellac 
  • Installing strings and doing the setup 
  • Handling power tools and stationary machines – band saw, router, etc.

Course Formats and investment

Choose between personalized one-to-one sessions or dynamic group classes.

ONE-TO-ONE

PERSONALIZED

Total hours: 52 hours
Duration: 6 sessions (8-10 hours)
Schedule: Flexible – choose consecutive days or within up to 2 weeks
Investment: 4500€

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GROUP

REGULAR

Total Hours: 80 hours
Duration: 2 consecutive weeks
Schedule: Monday to Friday – 9 AM to 6 PM
Investment: 3600€

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GROUP

AFTER-WORK: WEEKENDS

Total Hours: 64 hours
Duration: 4 consecutive weekends
Schedule: Saturdays and Sundays – 9 AM to 6 PM
Investment: 3250€

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GROUP

AFTER-WORK: WEEKDAYS

Total Hours: 50 hours
Duration: 2 consecutive weeks
Schedule: Monday to Friday – 6 PM to 11 PM
Investment: 3000€

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Meet the Instructors

Daniel Garfo

Daniel Garfo has been dedicated to the art of musical instrument construction for 15 years. He studied Classical and Flamenco Guitar construction in southern Spain. He designed the Musical Instrument Construction Technician course with the Ministry of Education and coordinated the first course in Plucked String Instrument Construction in Portugal. He has developed and taught Musical Instrument Construction courses in several countries in Europe, China, and Africa. He regularly collaborates with the Belém Cultural Center in the construction of giant instruments for children and prototyping. He is passionate about music, prototypes, and building musical instruments and objects, and sharing knowledge. He is a founding member of the National Academy of Luthiers and a Partner at Delfina Guitars. 

David Almeida

David Almeida has been dedicated to the art of musical instrument construction for 5 years. He studied lutherie in the first Plucked String Instrument Construction course recognized by the Ministry of Education in Portugal. He is passionate about manual woodwork, assembling, and constructing musical instruments and objects. 

Marco Gonçalves 

Marco Gonçalves has been dedicated to the art of traditional Portuguese carpentry for 9 years. He studied at the Ricardo do Espírito Santo Silva Foundation in the field of Wood Arts and Crafts. He collaborated on the first Technical Course in the Iberian Peninsula for Plucked String Musical Instrument Construction with the Ministry of Education. He has developed and taught courses in carpentry and musical instrument construction. Passionate about wood as a raw material, he is driven by the desire, dedication, and respect for ancestral crafts related to wood arts, structures, furniture, inlays, finishes, and the construction of musical instruments and objects. 

the space

The course takes place at Esquina (an atelier that is part of samesame), and the space is fully adapted for musical instrument construction, with all the necessary equipment, including stationary machines, power tools, hand tools, molds, and templates. Each student has a workbench, molds, and individual tools. 

Address: Travessa da Madalena 24, Lisbon, Portugal 1100-327. 

next course

Date: October 7th to 18th, 2024 

Regular format (weekdays)
Total Hours: 80 hours
Duration: 2 consecutive weeks
Schedule: Monday to Friday – 9 AM to 6 PM
Investment: 3600€

More information

In partnership with samesame, you can experience the local community in Lisbon by staying at our coliving space and even return home with a handmade guitar crafted by you. Fill out the form for more information. 

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