Video Series

I Made This Guitar (with A LOT of help)

This Martin OM-style guitar has become my go-to acoustic, and I built it! Me and close family friend Stan Decaluwe built this wonderful instrument together from scratch. Listen to how it turned out! FOR ARTISTS INFO GO TO https://davyknowles.com/ https://www.facebook.com/DavyKnowles https://www.instagram.com/davyknowles/ https://twitter.com/knowlesdavy
I Made This Guitar (with A LOT of help)
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6 Day Guitar built at O'Brien Guitars
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Build your guitar in 6 days! Kris Young did at O'Brien Guitars.
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Classical Guitar built in 6 days by Stan DeCaluwe at O'Brien Guitars
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Concert quality classical guitar built in only 6 days at O'Brien Guitars
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Check out this guitar built in only 6 days at O'Brien Guitars by Neill Morgan.
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O'Brien Guitars - Pat Dewar May 2023
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O'Brien Guitars - 6 Day Guitar Peter Streit April 2023
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Mike Marsden plays the guitar he built in 6 days at O'Brien Guitars
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The 6 Day Guitars - 2 guitars built in 6 days at O'Brien Guitars
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O'Brien Guitars - Ramon Zayas plays the guitar he built
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Two brand new guitars built at O'Brien Guitars
06:17
Matt Putnam plays the guitar he built at O'Brien Guitars
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O'Brien Guitars - 6 Day guitar with Bernie Paniccia
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O'Brien Guitars - DADGAD guitar built by a student
04:56
Pop’s Sleepy Time Guitar Music Volume 2
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Steve Baughman plays a guitar built at the O'Brien Guitars workshop by a student.
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Steve Baughman plays a guitar built at the O'Brien Guitars workshop by a student.
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Bruce Sanderson built this guitar at O'Brien Guitars
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Kevin Dugan builds a guitar in 6 days with Robert O'Brien - April 2021
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O'Brien Guitars — 2 guitar built in 5 days!!
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Tommy Lutz plays the guitar he built at O'Brien Guitars
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Corrugated metal archtop with oak pallet wood back and sides
06:21
O’Brien Guitar Building Class: Day 5 - Time Lapse
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O’Brien Guitar Building Class: Day 6 - Time Lapse - Strings are on!
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O’Brien Guitar Building Class: Day 4 - Time Lapse
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O'Brien Guitar Building Class: Day 3 - Time Lapse
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O’Brien Guitar Building Class: Day 2 - Time Lapse
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O’Brien Guitar Building Class: Day 1 - Time Lapse
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Ryan Knutson plays the guitar he built at O'Brien Guitars
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Tom Devenoge O'Brien Guitar sound check
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O'Brien Guitars - A student of mine in Iran built this guitar!!
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O'Brien Guitars - 6 day classical guitar
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O'Brien Guitars - Test drive of a guitar built by Chuck Windsor with me in my shop in 6 days.
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O'Brien Guitars - Guitar built by Pedro Ribeiro with Robert O'Brien
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Aaron Medina plays Capricho Arabe on a guitar built with Luthier, Robert O'Brien.
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O'Brien Guitars - El Columpio played on a guitar built by Aaron Medina with Robert O'Brien
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O'Brien Guitars - Steven Richards plays Cochichando
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O'Brien Guitars - Steven Richards Country tune
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Guitars built by students at O'Brien Guitars -
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A classical guitar built in 6 days at O'Brien Guitars by Patrick Metzroth
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O'Brien Guitars - Guitar built by a student in October 2019
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O'Brien Guitars Ryan Jilek builds and plays his guitar
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O'Brien Guitars - Ryan Jilek April 2019
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O'Brien Guitars - Ryan Jilek April 2019- Blackbird
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O'Brien Guitars - David Allen plays the guitar he built
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O'Brien Guitars - Xiao Qin playing his guitar
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Brant Philip Borchert plays the guitar he built at O'Brien Guitars
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Jon Bard plays the guitar he built at O'Brien Guitars
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Sam Mills and Tood Sneeringer playing guitars they built at O'Brien Guitars
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Tennessee Whiskey
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Steve Taft - 6 day guitar
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O'Brien Guitars Guitar Building course
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O'Brien Guitars - Classical Guitar Building Class
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David Willett plays the guitar he built at O'Brien Guitars
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A guitar built by Andrew Hendon at O'Brien Guitars- Dec 2017
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O'Brien Guitars - Guitar built following my online classical course
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O'Brien Guitars - Guitar built in 6 days by Laura Ancira
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O'Brien Guitars student built guitar - Xuan Nguyen
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O'Brien Guitars - Student built guitar
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O'Brien Guitars classical guitar
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O'Brien Guitars Classical Guitar Building Class
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The six day guitar built by Andreas Vogel at O'Brien Guitars
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O'Brien Guitars guitar building class
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Guitar built in 8 days at O'Brien Guitars
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O'Brien Guitars private guitar building class Feb 2014
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O'Brien Guitars Classical Guitar Building Class
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O'Brien Guitars Guitar Building Class
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A guitar is born!
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O'Brien Guitars Classical Guitar Building Class
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O'Brien Guitars - 9 Day Guitar Building Class
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O'Brien Guitars - 7 day guitar June 2012
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10 day Classical Guitar Building Course with Robert O'Brien
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O'Brien Guitars Private Guitar Building Class.
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6 Day Guitar
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10 Day Guitar
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O'Brien Guitars - 8 day guitar
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About My Video Series

Luthier Tips du Jour

In 2008 I started a free instructional video series on Youtube called Luthier Tips du Jour. This series has become very popular the world over and has grown to be a very inclusive “How to” video library. It continues to grow as I add more videos every few weeks to the already extensive list.

How I began the Luthier Tips du Jour series is an interesting story. I literally had the idea come to me in the shower one morning. Not knowing anything about video editing or even camera work I almost gave up on several occasions. In the beginning I was spending more than 40 hours to produce a 5 minute video. It took an exacting toll on me, my shop time and my personal life. LMI turned me onto some video editing software and that helped considerably. I now am able to edit the videos much quicker but still spend a considerable amount of time to produce the videos. It has been a huge learning curve for me and I continue to learn more about video production with each video I produce. You will notice as you watch the videos that over time the quality of the editing has improved considerably.

The second largest viewing audience I have comes from Brazil. In February of 2009 Cesar Tessarin suggested adding English and Portuguese subtitles to the videos and then took on the task of translating the audio and including the subtitles for both languages in the videos! This is also a monumental task and I am very grateful to Cesar for taking this on. Using the CC option on Youtube allows the viewer to then have the subtitles translated into any other language. Having the Portuguese subtitles allows the Youtube CC translation to be more true to the original when translating to other Latin based languages than if it were being translated from English.

Luthiers Mercantile International proudly sponsors the Luthier Tips du Jour videos. In addition to LMI, videos 1-65 also say sponsored by the Red Rocks Community College School of Lutherie. I started that program in 2003 and grew it to International recognition with over 100 students per semester. However, I left the college in March of 2012 and am no longer associated with the school. Videos after number 65 reflect this.

I hope you enjoy the videos and appreciate my efforts.

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Luthier Tips du Jour Mailbag

Over the years I have gotten many emails from viewers around the world asking questions on topics they have seen in my Luthier Tips du Jour videos. So, in January of 2013 I decided to address some of these questions in a new series called Luthier Tips du Jour Mailbag. These videos are not subtitled.

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Product Videos

I have been asked to do many product demo and instructional videos. Since I am a consultant for LMI I do most of the videos for the products they develop. These are available here as well as on DVD’s when you purchase the products from them. Some of these videos are short demo videos while others are very in depth instructional videos on how to set up and use different products.

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Robert’s Guitars

If you have ever wondered what an O'Brien Guitar sounds like, here are a bunch of videos of folks playing his guitars.

Watch Videos About Robert’s Guitars

Instruments built by students

Many folks come to O'Brien Guitars every year and build their guitars with Robert. Here are some videos of those guitars.

Watch Videos of Instruments Built by Students

Repairs

Many of the repairs I do in my shop have been documented on video. Check out these videos to see some of the scope of my work. If you want to go more in depth and see more details about some of the repairs, check out my Repair and Restoration Course. Greg Maxwell also has a Setup and Repair Course that you will find useful.

Watch Videos of Repairs

Live Streams

Do you want to learn more about all things lutherie related and have some fun doing it? Then check out this list of my Live Stream videos. Some of the guests on my Live Streams are the best in the business and willingly share information and their experiences with the viewers in an interactive and fun format!

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Builder's Showcase

This series of videos was the brainchild of friend and fellow luthier, Elaine seat. She invited members of my invitation only private Google Chat Group to showcase their work using the Zoom platform. Viewers were able to ask questions about their work and guitars. A lot of useful information was freely shared.

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Other Videos

Here you will find a bunch of my other videos. These range from videos of guitars produced in my private guitar building classes to videos of artists playing some of my guitars as well as interviews with people like renowned luthier José Romanillos.

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