Lectures, Workshops, and Private Consultation

Kent Carlos Everett has had the pleasure of lecturing at the Healdsburg Guitar Festival,
the Association of String Instrument Artisans Symposium, the International School of Luthiery ,
The American School of Luthiery, the Southeastern Bluegrass Association,
The Georgia Woodworkers Guild, as well as various schools and universities.
He has actively been teaching luthiery since 1993 and
now with over thirty years of guitar building experience,
Everett finds himself in a wonderful position to
help promote craftmanship and art of musical instrument building.

Speaking Engagements
Industry Specific - topics include:

How a Guitar is Built (slide presentation)
Marketing your Handmade Guitar
Small Shop Production (slide presentation)
The Art of Guitar Building Design

Non Industry Specific - topics include:

How to Make a Living Outside of the Main Stream of Business
Setting Goals and Achieving Them - Lessons of the Professional Artist
How to Change your Hobby into a Profession

Event Speaker Fees vary depending on time and travel.
Most presentations are 45 tminutes long and involve a slide presentation,
then we end with 15- 30 minutes of open discussion and questions.

The lecture for your event can be tailored to your needs.

If interested in having Mr. Everett speak at your next event , send him an for more info.

 

Advanced Workshops
Involving Guitar Construction
neck fitting and shaping, fret work, side bending, voicing the top, using exterior molds,
wood bindings, work flow, finish sanding and final buff, ...

Workshops are presented in a lecture / demo format and can run from 6 to 8 hours per workshop.
Prices vary - contact Everett for more info.

 

April 2007 Colorado Master Class

2 day - Fretting Class - October 2007

 

2 day - Steel String Guitar / Voicing Class - May 2008

 

 

Private Consultation:
I'm happy to advise you with your building project.
Often guitar builders will make monthly appointments.
Please keep in mind I have a busy schedule,
so we need to plan in advance for your instruction.
$85 an hour for private workshop consultation
(2 hours - $150 or 2 people - $200 for 2 hour class)

 

 

How to Adjust your Guitar:
This is a one hour class on how to adjust and care for your guitar-
nut height, saddle height, truss rod, neck pitch,...
A well spent hour to learn how to keep your guitar in great playing condition
or to help in checking out a new instrument.
$150 - 2 hour private class, bring your guitar.
(2 people & 1 guitar class = $200)

 

Guitar Critique:
The best way to improve is to get real advice about your guitar building progress.
You can make an appointment to send your guitar to the workshop.

Then I will spend one hour examining your instrument inside and out.
After that, I spend at least 15 minutes playing the guitar in several different styles.
All this in order to give you a serious critique concerning the instrument's
play-ability , fit and finish , tone , sustain , volume , construction quality ,
areas for improvement , ... and marketability.

This is a "gloves off" critique and intended to give you real information and
real guidance for your work. $85 flat fee - shipping not included.

- Please note -
Any guitar sent without a prior appointment will be returned to sender.

I do not want to have to do that, so make sure to make an appointment
before shipping your guitar to the Everett workshop.