Robert and his offset, multi-scale acoustic: June 2015
CSL is recognized world wide as a center for studying the design and construction of exquisite, hand-made, custom-built guitars as well as restoration secrets, knowledge and hands on experience. Specializing in teaching students how to make and repair stringed instruments for utmost playability, comfort and acoustic quality, as well as discussions on the philosophy of the craft. Students have attended our Guitar Building Courses from places as far away as Italy, Germany, the United States, and all across Canada.
All instruments are made from raw materials by hand. Traditions of excellence and dedication to hand-crafted quality are put into all guitars, restorations and repairs.
The materials used at CSL by our students are chosen for custom sound and performance qualities. Traditional and non-traditional style instruments built with East Indian rosewood, Sitka, Red and Engelmann spruce, mahogany and ebony develop concert grade sound and projection.
Unique to the CSL studio are guitars that are constructed from sustainable non-endangered indigenous woods by local suppliers, some found by us in our travels, others harvested from hillsides and ravines as well as the occasional firewood pile. These include Ash, Cherry, Butternut, Yellow Poplar, Tamarac, Birdseye and Curly Maple, Hawthorn, Large Tooth Aspen and Wild Apple. Guitars made from these woods give an exciting and thrilling sound, adding unique tonal characters to each instrument.
All students are taught to develop a relationship with the wood they are working with using all their senses, as well as hand-carving scalloped bracing, unique inlays and purfling. You are only limited by your imagination!
Our instructors can also build your dream custom steel string acoustic, electric guitar or bass, flamenco, classical mandolin. We also have a selection of our students guitars for sale at excellent value. Please explore our site and let us know what you think!
All instruments are made from raw materials by hand. Traditions of excellence and dedication to hand-crafted quality are put into all guitars, restorations and repairs.
The materials used at CSL by our students are chosen for custom sound and performance qualities. Traditional and non-traditional style instruments built with East Indian rosewood, Sitka, Red and Engelmann spruce, mahogany and ebony develop concert grade sound and projection.
Unique to the CSL studio are guitars that are constructed from sustainable non-endangered indigenous woods by local suppliers, some found by us in our travels, others harvested from hillsides and ravines as well as the occasional firewood pile. These include Ash, Cherry, Butternut, Yellow Poplar, Tamarac, Birdseye and Curly Maple, Hawthorn, Large Tooth Aspen and Wild Apple. Guitars made from these woods give an exciting and thrilling sound, adding unique tonal characters to each instrument.
All students are taught to develop a relationship with the wood they are working with using all their senses, as well as hand-carving scalloped bracing, unique inlays and purfling. You are only limited by your imagination!
Our instructors can also build your dream custom steel string acoustic, electric guitar or bass, flamenco, classical mandolin. We also have a selection of our students guitars for sale at excellent value. Please explore our site and let us know what you think!
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Canadian School of Lutherie
276 Carlaw Ave., Unit 105 Toronto, Ontario M4M 3L1 (416) 333-7557 M - Th: 11am - 6:30pm Otherwise by appointment |
Canadian School of Lutherie
1051 Primrose Rd St Georges, PE, Canada C0A 1G0 (902)-326-0834 M - F 11am - 6:30pm Saturdays and Sundays by appointment |
Our Friends
The pickups in every CSL guitar are made by the very lovely people at MJS Pickups in Mississauga. Completely custom, locally sourced, individually hand wound pickups. Try them and be amazed. Smitty and Sue love their work as much as we do and it shows!
A Canadian source of quality jigs and tools for luthiers, as well as tone woods, and custom instruments. We use many of Josh's jigs in our shop and they are fantastic.
