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W.T. Center 3352 Route 9 South Freehold, NJ WT Shopping Center Guitar Phone 732-866-9024 Amps Phone 732-866-9288 New Hours Monday - Thursday 10am - 6:30pm Friday 10am - 4pm Saturday 10am - 1:00pm Closed Sunday Email info@repairguitar.com
Joseph "CJ" Civitano Owner / Luthier Our Mission Statement:The goal of the Guitar Repair Apprenticeship Program is to provide a complete and thorough education in both basic & intermediate guitar and bass repair. Allowing the student to leave the course with enough practical knowledge to gain employment as a guitar repair technician or open their own guitar repair business. Our Philosophy: Many schools promise to teach students, how to build guitar’s and also how to repair. Often what actually happens is the student spend the majority of their time building one, two or three personal pieces gaining some basic construction techniques along the way and may spend 3 to 4 weeks on “repairs” at the end of the course. “The student then leaves not having mastered either building or repairing”
By taking this course you will learn: How to evaluate all types of fretted instruments, You will learn how to correctly set up a guitar or bass,
How to
correctly dress ( grind & polish ) frets, How to refret all types of fret boards. You will also learn how to fashion from raw blanks of bone, corian & micarta, nuts and saddles in an efficient and timely manner.
You
will learn all aspects of wiring, including how to trouble shoot real
world problems. You will learn how to do basic and intermediate crack repairs including spline’s and internal patching. In short you will learn how to “earn a living” by becoming an efficient, knowledgeable and confident guitar repair technician. The course runs 18 weeks or 4 1/2 months. Your day will begin at 9 am sharp and instruction runs to 3pm Monday through Friday. Students may stay from 3pm to 6pm Monday through Friday for independent study. The course of study at the Guitar Repair Apprenticeship Program will be fast paced, in depth and thorough with testing of student knowledge at the end of each instructional block. At the conclusion of the course all apprentice’s will receive a certificate pf competence along with a list of resources and supplies in our business. Your main instructor will be Mr. Joseph Civitano. Mr. Civitano is a graduate of the Eastern School of Musical Instrument Repair 1976 –1978 where he studied under Mr. Fred Kirshner.
Mr. Civitano is a gold level Fender Repair technician and his repair shop is an accredited Gold level Fender Repair Facility. Mr. Civitano’s Shop is also an authorized repair facility for Gibson, Epiphone, Guild, Kramer , Jackson, Peavey, B.C. Rich and Ovation. Both he and your other instructors will take all the time necessary to insure you fully understand the repair techniques taught you. If after reading this brochure you are interested in taking the next step. Email or call us at Raritan Bay Guitar Repair. Home of The Guitar Repair Apprenticeship Program and if you like come down and check us out. The Cost:
The paid Apprenticeship program we offer, runs 18 weeks at a cost of $9000.00 for tuition. Students are required to provide their own hand tools, we will provide a list of tools and suppliers. You can expect to pay up to $1000 on your tools. Housing: There are many rentals in the area and we will assist as much as we can in locating reasonably priced housing. But housing is the sole responsibility of the student. Payment plans are available , but tuition assistance Via Veteran Administration , or state tuition programs Do Not apply to this Apprenticeship program at this time. Important Note: Students attending the Apprenticeship program
are required to sign a non–competition agreement / contract with Raritan If you are ready to take charge of your future and learn a trade craft that will truly allow you to set your own course in life then contact us and take the next step……………… If not you, then who? If not now, then when? If you would like to know more Call or e-mail us before classes start
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believe that you the student can be taught to repair guitars and basses
at a level that will ensure your ability to not only survive but to thrive in a
fast paced and very competitive world of music instruments sales and service
Mr.
Civitano also attended the Lutherie School located on the Campus of South Plains
College studying with Mr. Harry Bohannon Miller “Master Luther” graduating with
honors after 2 semesters of study in December 1993.
Bay Guitar Repair. Specific details of the non–competition contract are
available upon request.