Skills
43 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
8 skills
Essential skills / competences
13 skills
Optional knowledge
7 skills
Optional skills / competences
15 skills
Overview
Guitar makers shape and assemble guitar parts from instructions or drawings, working with wood, strings, smooth surfaces, tuning and finished-instrument quality.
In job descriptions, look for guitar components, wood joining, technical drawings, acoustics, string testing, instrument repair, restoration techniques, decoration, staining and quality inspection.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Guitar maker work is bench-based craft where drawings, wood grain, joints, strings and acoustic response meet. The finished guitar has to look clean, tune reliably and feel right in the player’s hands.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes producing guitar components, joining wood elements, creating smooth wood surfaces, staining wood, tuning stringed instruments, decorating instruments, repair, restoration and acoustic judgment.
Salary context
Pay context is shaped by handmade versus series work, wood choice, repair complexity, restoration value, finishing quality, instrument testing and direct customer contact around specifications.
Career paths
Development can move toward custom builds, vintage restoration, repair workshop leadership, quality inspection, acoustic setup, instrument valuation, teaching trade techniques or broader stringed-instrument making.
Good to know
Check whether the advert is about new guitar construction, repair, restoration or testing, and whether it names drawings, woodwork, strings, finish, decoration or customer specification.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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Alternative labels
guitar technician
stringed instrument inspector
stringed instrument tester
guitar quality inspector
guitar tester
stringed instrument builder
guitar inspector
stringed instrument quality inspector
stringed instrument quality tester
guitar craftsman
guitar craftswoman
guitar quality tester
guitar builder
Occupation group
stringed musical instrument maker (7312.6)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/82ea66b0-0f9c-44ed-94bc-0c5b829531b3 |
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| ESCO code | 7312.6.1 |
| ISCO group | 7312 |
| Concept type | Occupation |