Australian Guitar Making School in Hornsby, New South Wales | Art school

Australian Guitar Making School

Locality: Hornsby, New South Wales

Phone: +61 467 647 936

Address: 11/37a King Road 2077 Hornsby, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 Check out Sunrise on Channel 7 this Friday morning to see Sam Mac delivering the weather live from our Sydney School. Steve might even get him on the tools.... Heres a picture of whats currently on the bench, a stunning Tasmanian Blackwood and spruce guitar getting some french polish loving.

25.01.2022 What do you think about Tims bridge?. We have used piano wire as the pins that hold the string on. Mulga bridge weighed 24 grams in the end.

24.01.2022 Some recent Violin and Bow completions at the Sydney school.

23.01.2022 And if the tele wasnt enough, Mal has finished his Hurdy Gurdy! This is his most complex build to date! Too many components to mention, all hand made by Mal.

22.01.2022 Bruce strung up his guitar last night. .baritone 12 string

19.01.2022 Storms outside, guitars and cake inside!

19.01.2022 Jo started her guitar with Me in Newcastle Nov 2015.. its taken a little while to get there.. its been an amazing journey. Sassafras back and sides.. engelmann spruce top, tiger myrtle bindings. There is a whole lotta love on the inside and outside of this beautiful guitar it will be great see it with finish. Wine was had... tears where shed...music was made..xx

19.01.2022 Check out Louises Rosette....she just hand planed her top down to 2.2mm.. legend!!!

18.01.2022 Robs all Huon Pine and Tassie Blackwood guitar. (Video to come) Student Rob recently finished this very unique guitar at the Sydney school. Every piece of timber on this instrument is either Huon Pine or Tasmanian Blackwood that rob sourced from his timber collection in his back yard (some of it he dug out of the ground where it had been laying for some 20+ years). Finish is high gloss french polish.

18.01.2022 Not much guitar making happening here...

16.01.2022 This is Simons olive back with a washcoat of shellac prior to cutting binding channels. Beautiful timber, cant wait to see this one finished.

16.01.2022 Matt playing Martins Ebony and Cedar 000.

15.01.2022 Daves guitar... Silky Oak back and sides. Walnut centre. Engelmann top Aussie red cedar neck... Ebony fretboard and bridge Blood sweat and tears turned to love...Dave. See more

14.01.2022 A new arrival of Blackwood here at the Sydney school ready for classes to officially start back up again.

14.01.2022 What are you doing today? This lot are making their guitars here at the Sydney school.

14.01.2022 Josh has just finished his first guitar here at the Sydney School. Its a Toscano style classical with a full body french polish. Spruce soundboard, Indian Rosewood back and sides, Bloodwood binding (including headstock), Ebony fretboard, Brazilian rosewood bridge. Well done Josh, youve done an immaculate job. The Guitar is very loud, with huge presence, good sustain and note separation.... Josh hadnt done any prior woodworking nor any french polishing before making this guitar. Hes already started his 2nd guitar - a Romanilos style Classical. #Luthier #GuitarMakingCourse #ClassicalGuitar #ToscanoGuitars #ClassicalGuitarists #StudioDubbeldWoodTools #CreatedWithCarbatec #VeritasTools #MadeWithHandTools

14.01.2022 Anna finished making her new concert classical guitar yesterday at the Sydney School under the guidance of Steve Toscano. Its got a Spruce soundboard, Rosewood back and sides, qld maple neck, ebony fingerboard, brazilian rosewood bridge, schaller tuners, And a french polish finish. After always wanting to make a guitar but never getting around to it, Anna travelled interstate to come and make this guitar as an intensive student over 2.5weeks. Well done Anna, its a beautiful instrument and a reflection of your fine work.

13.01.2022 Check out Robs creations, all made here at the Sydney School. From left. Tassie Blackwood and Spruce OM All Huon Pine (back,sides,top) and Tassie Blackwood OM with cutaway. Violin Maple/Spruce, and Brazilian bloodwood bow. Yes he also made the bow.... Australian Cedar, gidgee, and Spruce OM Australian Cedar gidgee, and Spruce Classical. Rob made these over the last 8months, he had not made an instrument before arriving at the school. Hes now making 2x Telecasters and starting to get lessons on how to play them... Well done Rob, all fine guitars (and a violin).

13.01.2022 The end of an era.... After 14yrs of teaching and sharing his knowledge, our founder (Strato Anagnostis, pictured in the middle) retired from teaching weekly guitar making classes today. Strato has directly taught over 380 students from his workshop in Lake Macquarie NSW, and has helped establish 7 independently owned guitar making schools throughout the country. To all the AGMS students who havent learnt directly from Strato, chances are your teacher has - and there is a li...ttle bit of his method and build technique in every guitar made at all of our schools. On behalf of all the school owners, I would like to wish Strato all the best in retirement with plenty of time spent sailing, and soft(er) paraglider landings at Glenrock . - ST. If anyone has any photos of Strato or a guitar influenced by him please share in the comments.

11.01.2022 Just before Christmas and Mal has finished another Tele. This one will be going to a very lucky person!

10.01.2022 Matt Semmens came and lit up the Erina workshop today playing some of Martins guitars. Heres the first three vids.

10.01.2022 RIP Pedro Flanagan (20-6-20)... Those who have attended our Lake Macquarie workshop would know Pedro as the guitarist of the soundtrack to many hundreds of guitars that were being made there. While students were making there guitars Pedro would sit in the back of the workshop performing on his Flamenco guitar - often for a number of hours, and often in time with the beat of a handplane making shavings or the chatter of the bandsaw. Pedro also played an important role in our s...chools by helping setup the school network to expand Australia wide. Without you, our schools wouldnt be what they are today. Never short of a joke or good yarn. Loved by many. There will be a memorial for Pedro at the Commercial Hotel at Morpeth on Weds 1st July at 3pm.

07.01.2022 Mannys done some rather awesome fretboard inlays. Hand cut mother of pearl into a Mulga fretboard.

05.01.2022 Erina school ready to start up again next week. More guitars = happy boys and girls :)

05.01.2022 Steve the owner of our Sydney school along with his offsider have been pretty busy while classes were on hold throughout January..... Regular classes start back up this week, if youd like to be a luthier just like Steve (or even just make a guitar as a fun project) why not get in touch?...

05.01.2022 Some nice builds coming together at our Townsville school.

04.01.2022 Leveling the first electric guitar on the new CNC at the Newcastle school. Very exciting!!! It will be a Gibson 339.

04.01.2022 Martin has finished his Flamenco. Spruce top, Monterey Cypress back and sides, Australian Red Cedar neck, Rosewood fretboard and bridge, Planetary pegs. Only a few places left for classes at Erina for 2020, sign up now!

03.01.2022 Martin, our instructor at the Central Coast School has just finished this classical guitar utilising mainly Australian timbers.

03.01.2022 Check out this stunner of a guitar that student Adam recently built at the Sydney School. Spruce soundboard, fiddleback tassie Blackwood back and sides, flamed QLD maple neck, Ebony fretboard and binding, Nitro finish, Schaller tuners. This is just 1 example of what a first time guitar maker can make under the guidance of luthier Steve Toscano.

02.01.2022 Matt Semmens playing Martins Cigar Box guitar with a P90 plugged into a Blues Junior III LE

02.01.2022 See you tomorrow Sam Mac.....

02.01.2022 Progress pics of a Super 400 build commissioned to Martin from our Erina school. This one is URGENT!!!

01.01.2022 The inside of student Johns guitar, or a trendy apartment???? This guitar is a spruce, and qld walnut concert classical with Toscano style fan bracing. The light you see is coming through the soundboard shows how translucent spruce can be at such thin dimensions.... *yes blatantly stolen from that meme which pops up every few years.

01.01.2022 Last little Christmas teaser, Mark has finished an L-00 and its ready for finishing but before that another student, Gary, has tattooed the top. No ink, just the dry tattoo gun. Mark wanted a scorpion, I think Gary delivered!