are there people out there willing to give apprenticeships? or pay you minimum wage for you to learn and do all their busy work? i really got into the whole electronics part of basses/guitars, and would like to fill myself out on the other half, and just learn in general. watcha got?!
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Apprenticeship?
- Thread starter Nick Ioannucci
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Don't ask us, ask local luthiers, repairmen, etc.
Spend the money and do it the right way, go to lutherie school.
Spend the money and do it the right way, go to lutherie school.
look in the back of the bass guitar magazines for luthier schools. kbguitars.com has an apprenticeship program.
From what I hear, no.Nick Ioannucci said:
That's why my trip to lutherie school is on the back burner.
Get a real degree, I'm working on my MBA. I'd like to make it as a musician, a guitar builder, and if those don't work, I'm falling back on a Masters. The $120,000 backup plan.
lol. i was planning on going for music like im real good at math so i was thinking of working for an amp comany, but idk what degree you would get for that like idk electrical engineering? either that or a teaching degree(i play primarily classical upright im a newb on electric like 6 months... dont even own my own amp i bum of the school) i was looking at this more to just make some money for college/music.
If you're good at math and want to work on amps, go into electrical engineering.
4 years isn't that long and it's well worth it to have a degree to fall back on, like tplyons.
4 years isn't that long and it's well worth it to have a degree to fall back on, like tplyons.
heath_the_great said:im a toolmaker apprentice
Well, that's appropriate - you are a real tool...
(Sorry, couldn't resist such a good straight line!)
Moved to the Luthier's Forum.
heh...for a moderator you're such as assHeavyDuty said:Well, that's appropriate - you are a real tool...
(Sorry, couldn't resist such a good straight line!)
Moved to the Luthier's Forum.
ummmmmm.....yeah
so electrical engineering is the way to go for that... the only thing that sucks is that i want to do something with music at college, not be in an endless haze of mathematics.
Before just jumping into an EE degree, you might want to see if it actually interests you. Visit some DIY electronics websites like DIYaudio and Link Removed (especially Link Removed).
If you can enjoy reading about electronics on these sites the odds are lot better that you'll like being an EE.
If you can enjoy reading about electronics on these sites the odds are lot better that you'll like being an EE.
wow... awesome links. so much stuff. alot of it is way over my head. i gots some learning to do.
It is fairly overwhelming at first. Once it starts to sink in, it makes a lot of sense, and is pretty easy to follow and analyze.
The big thing to "get" before everything falls into place, is Ohm's law.
V/R=I and all of it's rearrangements (V/I=R, I*R=V).
Not just to understand it mathematically, but also intuitively. When you want to analyze a circuit and to understand it, apply Ohm's law to everything, not just resistors but to every component, active or not.
The big thing to "get" before everything falls into place, is Ohm's law.
V/R=I and all of it's rearrangements (V/I=R, I*R=V).
Not just to understand it mathematically, but also intuitively. When you want to analyze a circuit and to understand it, apply Ohm's law to everything, not just resistors but to every component, active or not.
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Electrical Engineering SUCKS!!!! (personal opinion ONLY) 6 years of college and grad school, 2 1/2 years with Intel, 2 years with Belden wire.....Building guitars may never make me rich, but it has sure helped out my sanity....LOL
Good luck with your endeavors.
Good luck with your endeavors.
Guitar building is only a hobby for many well respected luthers around. JP basses, for example, was only a weekend thing that JP did. Get a real job and do it on the side, a degree that helps you out in the process is a good way to go.
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