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Australian Guitar Making School – Newcastle

Australian Guitar Making School – Newcastle School

The website of Australian Guitar Making School – Newcastle Visit the website · australianguitarmakingschool.com.au/newcastle ↗

In short

The Newcastle School of the Australian Guitar Making School is in the suburb of Wallsend, about 15 minutes from the centre of Newcastle, New South Wales; it is run by luthier Matt Semmens and opened in February 2014. It offers four-hour weekly group classes and one-to-one tuition in building acoustic, classical and electric guitars, and has also offered short intensive courses in electric and bass guitars and in ukulele building. A second workshop of the school in the city, Newcastle City, opened in the centre in July 2022 under luthier Mark Mignanelli, with classes, one-to-one tuition and bench rental.

Where
Newcastle, Australia
Founded
2014
Crafts
Musical instruments
Website
australianguitarmakingschool.com.au/newcastle
Source
School website · checked on 25/10/2026

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