John Reuter(green shirt) is the head instructor at Roberto-Venn.

Here he's discussing the procedure for routing pickup cavities in a solid body electric guitar. Check out the well equipped machine tool department. One advantage of having a shop in the desert is that you can keep your power tools outside with only a roof overhead. There's no need for a dust collection system in this area!

Inside the students are hard at work putting the finishing details on their projects:

Shigeru Ambiru zooms in for a close-up view.




Here's Doug Truman "detailing" the fingerboard of an electric guitar before installing the frets:




Glenn Dunney's rosette design gives us a clue to what part of the country he's from:







Jonathan Riemer chases down a tiny detail on the face of his acoustic guitar.




Here's Patrick Bunn with two electric guitar bodies fresh from the spray booth:












Oscar Rivera and school founder, John Roberts:




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