Charles Fox

New Tools for Creative Guitar Making

Charles Fox will discuss and demonstrate new and redesigned tooling at the heart of his guitar making method. In today's popular guitar making culture Charles is known for his design innovations and for sharing his knowledge and love of the craft as an educator. Among working luthiers he's best known as a 'jig meister,' an inventor of tools and techniques that are widely used by luthiers and factories around the world. At this talk, he'll lay out how to design and create your own original tooling to help realize your unique guitar making goals.

About Charles
Charles Fox has been active in the development of modern American lutherie for 50 years and he enjoys an international reputation as an artisan, designer, consultant and educator. His original design concepts, building techniques and production tools, such as the Universal Side Bender, are widely used by guitar builders and factories all over the world. Charles has been referred to as the dean of educators in the field of guitar making, having founded the first school for guitar makers in North America in 1973 and since then introduced generations of folks to the craft, including many of today's successful luthiers. Today Charles builds guitars and teaches small classes in his Portland, Oregon workshop, imagining that he's retired, for at least twelve hours a day.

Sunday, July 12th   10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Maple Hall / Upstairs
Map - 104 Commercial St.  La Conner, WA

Included with General Admisson