guitar maker
Guitar makers create and assemble parts to build guitars according to specified instructions or diagrams. They work wood, measure and attach strings, test quality of strings and inspect the finished instrument.
Also called: guitar inspector, stringed instrument tester, stringed instrument quality tester, guitar quality tester, stringed instrument quality inspector, guitar craftswoman, guitar craftsman, stringed instrument inspector
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- essential skills
- 22
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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- keyboard musical instrument maker10 skills in common
- wind musical instrument maker9 skills in common
Essential skills
21- apply a protective layer
- assemble musical instrument parts
- create musical instrument parts
- create smooth wood surface
- decorate musical instruments
- join wood elements
- maintain musical instruments
- make bowstrings
- manipulate wood
- metalworking
- musical instruments
- musical instruments materials
- produce guitar components
- repair musical instruments
- sand wood
- tune stringed musical instruments
- tuning techniques
- types of guitars
- types of strings
- types of wood
- wood cuts
Optional skills
22- 3D modelling
- acoustics
- apply restoration techniques
- conservation techniques
- design musical instruments
- dye wood
- estimate restoration costs
- estimate value of musical instruments
- evaluate restoration procedures
- history of musical instruments
- identify customer's needs
- musical instrument accessories
- organic building materials
- pass on trade techniques
- play musical instruments
- restore musical instruments
- select restoration activities
- set up the controller of a machine
- stain wood
- technical drawings
- trade in musical instruments
- verify product specifications
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