Benedict Minne Luthier

15/06/2026

It is time to start making a bridge for the guitar. What piece would you choose to match this headstock? The one on the left has a very similar color but the one on the right has the same grain lines.

07/06/2026

Andrew York visited a friend in Bruges and came to the workshop. He tried my very first guitar I built and enjoyed all the colors of sounds he could create with it. We had a wonderful conversation about how to create sounds and colors in music. It was one of those very inspiring moments where I learned a lot from a great musician.

PS: I forgot to mention this was 10 years ago, when I had just finished my first guitar.

28/05/2026

Not fully finished yet but a glimpse of the top, rosette and inlay work. On many of my guitars I look for a wood for the outer binding that matches the color of the top. Can you guess the wood type?

14/05/2026

This guitar was brought in with a completely loose bridge. The guitar had probably been in a case in a hot room for too long.
First I cleaned up the old glue to line out the bridge again. After clamping, I cleaned the guitar up and restrung it. It is ready for a new life.

11/05/2026

Benieuwd naar wat er bij komt kijken om een gitaar te bouwen? Kom gerust luisteren en stel achteraf al je vragen. Inschrijven is gratis!

Ben je benieuwd hoe onze Brugse makers unieke instrumenten bouwen? Kom dan op maandagavond 18 mei naar (𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰)𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲 op het Mirage Festival, want dan brengen we hun ateliers naar jullie toe!

🎸 Benedict Minne Luthier neemt jullie mee in de wereld van gitaarbouw
🥁 Exclusive Drums vertelt jullie alles over het maken van slaginstrumenten
🎷 Adolphe Sax & Cie heeft het over de creatie van de saxofoon
🎻 Pieter Goossens laat jullie kennismaken met het vakmanschap achter violen

Nadien brengen enkele muzikanten van het Stedelijk Conservatorium Brugge de handgemaakte instrumenten tot leven. 🎶

Gratis met inschrijven 👉 www.mirage26.be

09/05/2026

Time to start making neck for the guitars. After planing the cedar, the angle of the headstock is sawn and that piece is turned around the be glued at the backside of the neck.

06/05/2026

Time to close the box...

01/05/2026

Maandag 18 mei vertel ik hoe ik een gitaar bouw. Mijn Brugse collega instrumentenbouwers vertellen over hun werk.
De avond is gratis maar wel met reservatie. Hopelijk zie ik jullie daar!

26/04/2026

This weekend I had the honour of giving a lecture about the history of the guitar at the music academy in Wetteren. 50 guitarists were very enthusiastic and asked a lot of questions about various topics around the guitar, the history and its making.
I enjoy these moments a lot because it gives me the opportunity to share my passion about the guitar with a new generation of musicians.

20/04/2026

Last week this Epiphone SG came in with loose fingerboard inlays. I took them out, cleaned out the cavity and then reglued them. After that I cleaned up the whole guitar and gave it a new setup.