SOUTHEAST GUITAR REPAIR ACADEMYÂ
PROFESSIONAL GUITAR REPAIR TRAINING
Become a Professional Guitar Repair Technician
Learn real, income-producing guitar repair skills from a working professional repair shop. Build the technical confidence, shop knowledge, and support system to turn your interest in guitars into a serious skill set.
Lifetime Course Access
Twice Monthly Q & A Sessions
Live Repair Lessons
Hands-On Apprenticeship Option
YOU SEARCHED FOR A LUTHIER SCHOOL
You're in the right place.
Southeast Guitar Repair Academy specializes in the repair side of lutherie. This is not a guitar-building program. We teach the practical repair skills professional technicians and repair shops use every day.
Start A Repair Business
Build the technical and business foundation to create a professional guitar repair service of your own.
Work As A Guitar Tech
Learn structured repair systems you can use in a music store, repair shop, touring environment, or your own bench.
Turn Experience Into Skill
Move beyond scattered videos and trial-and-error into organized professional training with ongoing support.
REAL SHOP TRAINING
Built inside a working guitar repair shop.
There is a major difference between watching staged demonstrations and learning from people who solve real repair problems every day.
Southeast Guitar Repair Academy was developed from inside Southeast Guitar Repair, a professional repair shop serving real instruments and real customers. The techniques, troubleshooting methods, and workflow you learn are rooted in actual bench experience.
This is professional repair training designed for the real bench.
- Professional setups and playability
- Fretwork and refrets
- Nut and saddle work
- Electronics and troubleshooting
- Structural repair techniques
- Repair evaluation and shop workflow
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CHOOSE YOUR TRAINING PATH
Professional programs for serious students. Â
Choose the level of training that matches where you want guitar repair to take you.
Master's Guitar Repair Course
$4500
Professional-level training with advanced education and long-term support.
- Comprehensive guitar repair curriculum
- Advanced repair training
- Fretwork and professional setup instruction
- Electronics and troubleshooting
- Structural repair techniques
- Nuts and saddles
- Lifetime course access
- Live advanced repair lessons
- Twice-monthly live student Q&A
- Business training
- Ongoing student support
- Optional in-shop apprenticeship experience
Guitar Repair Technician Course
$2997
A strong professional foundation in guitar repair and technician work.A strong professional foundation in guitar repair and technician work.
- Structured professional repair training
- Professional setup techniques
- Diagnostics and troubleshooting
- Electronics and repair fundamentals
- Professional repair workflow
- Lifetime course access
- Ongoing training support
- Twice-monthly live student Q&A
- Business training
- Ongoing student support
WHY OUR SCHOOL IS DIFFERENT
This is more than a collection of recorded videos.Â
Your education does not end when you finish the course modules.
Live Advanced Repair Lessons
Continue learning from real repair situations, new techniques, and problems that go beyond the original curriculum.
Twice-Monthly Live Q&A
Bring repair questions, troubleshooting problems, or business questions directly to the Academy.
Lifetime Course Access
Return to your training whenever you need it. Revisit procedures and continue developing as your experience grows.
Long-Term Student Support
You are joining a training environment built around long-term development, not simply finishing a course and being sent on your way.
TAKE IT TO THE BENCH
Optional in-shop apprenticeship.
Master’s students can take their training beyond the screen and spend time inside Southeast Guitar Repair alongside our professional repair team.
- Experience a real repair-shop environment
- Watch professional workflow in action
- Ask questions at the bench
- Connect online training with real-world repair work
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Learn More About The Master's CourseTURN REPAIR SKILL INTO OPPORTUNITY
Learn the repair skills customers actually pay for.
Most luthier schools don't have customers, our repair shop is the classroom. We know exactly what customers pay for.Â
Playability
Setups, action, relief, intonation, fret condition, and the details that make an instrument play its best.
Fretwork
Leveling, dressing, refrets, and the precision required for professional fret service.
Electronics
Wiring, diagnosis, component replacement, and practical troubleshooting.
Nuts & Saddles
Professional fitting, shaping, and setup considerations for dependable results.
Structural Repair
Develop a deeper understanding of repair evaluation and advanced problem solving.
Shop Systems
Learn how professional work moves through a repair business, from evaluation to completion.
BUSINESS TRAINING INCLUDED
Learn how repair skill becomes a business.
Professional repair ability is only one part of building a sustainable career. Master’s & Guitar Technician students also receive business training from people who have actually built and operated a successful repair shop.
- Pricing your work
- Creating profitable services
- Working with customers
- Building a reputation
- Shop workflow
- Marketing and client acquisition
- Growing a professional repair business
STUDENT PERSPECTIVE
People Enroll because they want to do more with guitars.
“I decided to go professional doing what I love and build a business.”
READY TO START
Stop piecing your education together.
Follow a structured professional training path built inside a working repair shop.
Compare ProgramsQUESTIONS BEFORE ENROLLING?
Talk with Southeast Guitar Repair Academy.
Choosing professional training is a significant decision. If you want help deciding which path best fits your goals, contact the Academy before enrolling.
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