Luthier
Classical Guitars and Historical Stringed Instruments · Restoration and Making
A Workshop for Stringed Instruments
I make and restore bowed and plucked stringed instruments, drawing on long established making techniques and values, together with a close interest in their history, documentation and conservation.
After more than thirty years at the bench, I continue to approach each instrument individually, with attention to materials, playability, sound and long term integrity.
Aged tonewoods, hide glue construction and hand applied finishes remain central to the work, together with an ongoing study of historical instruments, makers and workshop practice.
The workshop is a place where making, restoration, research and the exchange of instruments and materials naturally meet.
The Workshop
Restoration & Conservation
Restoration of fine stringed instruments forms a core part of the workshop. I undertake work across the guitar, violin, lute, mandolin, and viol families, including bows, with careful respect for original materials, structure, and historical integrity.
The aim is to preserve both function and character, allowing instruments to continue their musical lives with authenticity and stability. Independent valuations are also undertaken where required, informed by close familiarity with historical construction, condition, and market context.
Classical Guitars - New Builds
I make classical guitars influenced by historical Spanish design and construction, inspired by the master instruments of the nineteenth century through to the mid twentieth century.
Each guitar is built individually or in small batches using established techniques, aged tonewoods, hide glue construction and hand applied finishes. I make both signature instruments and historical reproductions, drawing on the ideas, dimensions and working methods of earlier makers while developing each instrument according to its own design, materials and musical purpose
Historical Instruments - Commissions
Historical instruments are made to order, including lutes and theorbos, early guitars, classical mandolins, viols and related bowed and plucked instruments.
I own a substantial collection of measured drawings from museum instruments, including rose patterns, detailed bowl dimensions, and accurate drawings of nineteenth-century guitars, viols and bows. These can be used either for accurate reproductions of existing instruments or as the basis for individual, one-of-a-kind designs.
Contact Sachar Amos
Send us a message and we'll be in touch.Sachar Amos · Stringed Instrument Maker
Contact Sachar on 0425 782 681 to arrange a workshop visit....All enquiries are welcome.