Tom Doyle - Guitar
Workshop Class
AS OF SEPTEMBER 1st 2015
TOM WILL NO LONGER OFFER
GUITAR LUTHIER
CLASSES...
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONTINUED SUPPORT OVER
THE YEARS!
Tom Doyle, The Master
Luthier and virtuoso
guitarist will teach you
to understand the
language of your guitar...
even how to build one
from scratch. Your
playing will improve by
leaps and bounds because
you'll know how to
adjust your guitar to
your style and
understand
how guitars
actually
work. You'll never
need to buy another
guitar or at least know
what to look for next
time you do. Whether
it’s learning about fingerstyle guitar
playing or a master
class on learning how to
build and repair
guitars, Tom Doyle has
fifty years of
experience working with
no less then the best in
the music business. Tom
was Les Paul's
personal
luthier/guitar-tech/engineer/co-inventor
since 1960. For
a year and a
half after
Les'
passing, Tom
was the
opening act
at The
Iridium Club
for artists
such as Joe
Bonamassa,
Jose
Feliciano,
Jeff "Skunk"
Baxter,
Larry
Carlton and
many more...
while opening for the Les Paul
Trio.
AS OF SEPTEMBER 1st
2015 TOM WILL NO LONGER OFFER
GUITAR LUTHIER CLASSES... THANK
YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT
OVER THE YEARS!
Some of the Course Features:
●
Theory and construction
of string instruments
●
Learn to identify and
choose correct woods and
build your own guitar.
●
How to properly do fret
jobs Included are major
and minor setups.
●
Minor setups - Correct
way to restring
intonation and more.
●
Major Setups - Grinding,
peaking and polishing
frets.
●
Correct way to read a
neck.
●
Adjust neck, set
intonation, check and
clean electronics.
●
And so much more!
Guitar Workshop Details:
Students will bring in there own
guitar that you would like to
work on, we ask you to bring it
to the first class. This would
be an all day project. l will
guide you through a professional
set up unlike ones you may or
may not have done yourself. This
would be the first class. At the
end of the day your guitar will
be completed with grinding,
peaking and polishing of frets
and any other problem that could
be taken care during that day.
You will experience other
students either who are doing
the same task, or have gone on
to more complicated projects
such as building , restoration,
repairing. This is an on going
course that doesn’t have to stop
for the student. If you wish,
you can stop at anytime , or
continue to bigger and higher
skilled projects which, you will
witness other students working
on.
The schedule for each class is
every two weeks. We are located
in Sussex NJ. in the town of
Wantage. It is about an hour and
fifteen minutes from the town of
Paramus and George Washington
Bridge area.
-The fee for each class is
$150.00 for the day - RESERVED
AND PAID IN ADVANCE
-Class starts at promptly 9:30
Saturday Morning - Every other
Saturday (See Schedule)
-We supply coffee and snacks in
the morning and lunch with
beverages.
Class size is VERY limited
-Reserve your upcoming class
space soon.
SORRY, NO REFUNDS - ONCE YOU
BOOK AND PAY FOR YOUR RESERVED
SPOT IN THE CLASS, A PLACE IN
THAT CLASS IS HELD SPECIFICALLY
FOR YOU
If you plan to play for a
lifetime you can't miss this
opportunity!!!
Tom Doyle's Master Luthier
School of Design
CLASSES ARE NOW CLOSED
LES PAUL'S LUTHIER/GUITAR TECH/ENGINEER
FOR 45 YEARS
-
While Les Paul was certainly more
than a genius in his quest for his
ultimate sound, tone, and
understanding of music and the instruments
that it took to get there, for over
four decades he relied constantly
on Tom Doyle to make his guitars
whole again after he chopped them
to pieces in has mad pursuit of
that sound in his head. Most people
automatically assume that because
there is a famous guitar with his
name on it, that Les was a guitar
builder, tech, bench man, etc.,
and knew how to build, repair and
refurbish guitars. That just simply
was not the case... he relied on
Tom for that. Tom and Les worked
on countless projects over the 40+
years together and Tom is nothing
less than a walking/talking encyclopedia
about all things Les Paul, Gibson,
build specs, musical history, and
knows more about guitars of all
kinds than anyone you will ever
encounter alive today.
Keep an eye out for articles about
Tom Doyle in:
Les
Paul was working very diligently
in the last years of his life in
an attempt to clean up the
Humbucker pickup. He felt that
the bottom end of the frequency
response was muddy and unclear,
and he fervently wanted to fix
that. Les had an incredible
passion for making things “just
right”... and would tinker,
test, and experiment on things
he wanted to fix, tirelessly -
almost to the point of
obsession. His constant passion
towards the end of his life was
for getting the high-impedance
Humbucker to come alive, and
deliver that clarity that he so
desired. As an homage to his
longtime friend and mentor, Tom
Doyle has brought Les Paul's
Dream of a clear, articulate,
harmonically lively Humbucker
pickup to life...
Tom Plays & Speaks on
The "Thank You Les" DVD
Featuring such Greats as Keith Richards,
Steve Miller, Billy Gibbons, Slash,
José Feliciano and many more!
