Most courses teach you how to build guitars.
GMA helps you become a builder.
GMA is built around community, with a full-stack learning pathway that takes you from building your first body to complete guitars, one skill at a time.
Get instant access to all of these courses!
Jump on the pathway wherever your skills are now, then work at your own pace.
Building Guitar Bodies
Learn to build a simple slab guitar body from scratch! Mike explains and demonstrates everything from selecting tools & wood, shop safety, cutting, routing and drilling, all the way to final sanding.
Guitar Neck Concepts
Every builder needs a solid understanding of how necks work, even if you never plan to build a neck. This course breaks down key concepts like scale length, truss rods, scarf joints, neck angles and fretboard geometry.
Your membership also includes these courses:
Taking Better Photos of Your Guitars: show off your builds the way they deserve to be seen, on social media, your website, or in print
Estimating Body Weight: learn to predict the final weight of a body from the rough blank, so you can cherry-pick the best wood before you cut
Real Builders, Real Results
See what our members have to say about our courses
It’s the first course that got me to put wood to tools and actually make something.
GMA has really helped me by providing the most clear and complete instructions I’ve ever seen in decades of collecting various books, courses and videos on guitar building.
Lidean M (Canada)
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Join a Course Bootcamp!
Prefer not to go it alone? Join one of our Build Bootcamps and work through a course alongside a small group of GMA members over a few weeks.
Each week, your “homework” is to watch a few lessons that prepare you for the next steps. Then, you can join a weekly live group session with Mike to ask questions, get feedback, and share your progress before heading to your workshop to let the sawdust fly.
One of the best parts about the Bootcamp is the shared experience with everyone else.
After joining the boot camp, I’m more confident about my woodworking skills and my ability to build necks and guitars in general.
We’re doing the same thing, and we’re having the same problems. On the livestreams, we talk through the problems, and Mike walks us through them and the solutions.
It’s completely different than watching a dozen YouTube videos and then trying to figure it out on your own, because it’s more like being in an actual class where you have somebody helping you one-on-one.
Jason C (USA)