Welcome to
Mountain Art Guitars

Handcrafted acoustic, classical & flamenco guitars handmade in the Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia.

Precision Meets Passion,
One Guitar at a Time

Three acoustic guitars on stands in a room with a patterned rug and potted plants, positioned in front of cream-colored curtains.

We specialise in creating one-of-a-kind handmade guitars, crafted with precision, passion and the unique charcter of the wood it’s made from.

Nestled in the Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia, discover our custom builds, hands-on courses, expert repairs, and a growing community of guitar lovers. 

Handcrafted Guitars

We carefully select premium tonewoods by hand, ensuring each piece meets the highest standards for resonance, beauty, and durability.

From sustainably sourced native timbers to classic exotics, every grain contributes to the instrument’s voice and soul.

Learn the Art

Mountain Art Guitars - Guitar Building Course

Our Guitar Making Courses lets you build your own instrument from scratch, even if you've never held a chisel. Guided by expert hands, you’ll explore joinery, resonance systems, finishing techniques—and walk away with a guitar that's all yours, crafted from woods you choose and shape yourself.

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Service & Repairs

Need some work done? From simple setups to complex repairs and custom modifications, we treat every instrument with the same care and precision as our own builds.

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Our Valued Customers

  • Mountain Art Guitar - Guitar Building Sessions

    “Tim at Mountain Art Guitars expertly restored our 19th-century family mandolin, reviving its beauty and emotional legacy with incredible craftsmanship."

    Daniel Morgan

  • Mountain Art Guitars - Guitar Building Sessions

    “The guitar I ended up with is beyond my expectations...off the shelf guitars do not compare with the beauty I ended up with.”

    Michael Greensmith

  • Mountain Art Guitars - Guitar Building Sessions

    “I just finished Tim’s guitar building course with my father and must say it was a great experience. Tim’s guidance and passion throughout the building process was genuine and inviting. The guitar sounds and looks amazing and will be cherished.”

    Kyle O'Hare

  • Mountain Art Guitar Building Sessions

    “Really happy with the look and sound. Fully hand built and designed from raw materials. Its a parlour sized guitar (a smaller build) and the perfect size for me! Massive thanks to Tim for his guidance and patience. It's been an enormous eye opener, not only learning about woodwork in general, but most importantly, the art of balancing aesthetics vs the sound quality.”

    Arlene Acosta

  • Mountain Art Guitars

    "I was able to craft a really lovely Nylon String Guitar to my own specifications and tastes. Learning new skills and watching it all come together piece by piece, was one of my favorite aspects of this course, as well as meeting some pretty cool people along the way. I would highly recommend this guitar making course to anyone with some basic wood working knowledge and an interest in musical instruments."

    Robert Muzzy Musgrave

  • Mountain Art Guitars Custom Build

    "This exquisite piece of functional art has a permanent place in our home. Thank you, Tim, for creating this lovely beauty. We enjoy playing it every day. " 🥰

    Wendy Chu

Connect With Us

Follow our journey to see our latest builds, student projects, and behind-the-scenes moments from the workshop.

My latest classical is just about complete. It will make its first sounds after a string setup tomorrow. Today I buffed and polished the finish and also levelled, crowned and polished the frets. The first video is over 2.5hrs of fret leveling conde
A flamenco blanca I built in 2023 has come back for some service work and to also attach an armrest. It’s always nice to see my earlier builds return to the shop and to be reminded of them. I made a thin line armrest from some mulga I had in
This guitar is almost ready to have the box closed. It’s the first of two Blues Mountain models I’m currrently working on. They are small bodied, falcate braced steel strings based off of the original Robert Johnson guitar. This one has
Kris is making a parlour sized acoustic guitar in my guitar making course. He has a background in design and has done some really nice work with his rosette. He based the design from a painting by abstract artist Piet Mondrian. The Timbers used i
Some wonderful Tasmanian myrtle with both a curly quilt type figure and also birdseye figure present in the same billet. The curly figure can be caused by compression and other forces on that section of tree. Whilst birds-eye is thought to be cause
Vaughan has been attending our guitar building sessions. He’s building a falcate braced, spruce and Indian rosewood OM acoustic with a Queensland maple neck and a 12 fret body cross. It’s been a pleasure having Vaughan come build a guita
A classical demonstration model I’ve had around for a long time. I’m happy to say, it’s found new life and a renewed purpose in a good home :) Australian snakewood back and sides and check out those lovely medullary rays and a hin
My current classical builds are approaching completion, with abit of downtime waiting for their respective finishes to cure. Meanwhile, I can now resume work on the L0 builds I started a few months ago. The cedar tops have been prepared earlier, w
The bridge has now been glued down. There’s a string setup to go before hearing the first sounds. The tap tone has good volume and the frequency response shows the tops primary monopole at 189 Hz (between and F# and G), whilst the live back is