NCC’s luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair.

Cash Griswald chisels a design into the wood that will be his guitar Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College's Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC's luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Cash Griswald chisels a design into the wood that will be his guitar Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College’s Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC’s luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
Billy Bouchard of Brooklyn, N.Y., plays an electric guitar he built as other students work on chiseling the necks of their  guitars Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College's Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC's luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Billy Bouchard of Brooklyn, N.Y., plays an electric guitar he built as other students work on chiseling the necks of their  guitars Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College’s Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC’s luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Billy Bouchard of Brooklyn, N.Y., chisels a design into the wood that will be his guitar Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College's Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC's luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Billy Bouchard of Brooklyn, N.Y., chisels a design into the wood that will be his guitar Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College’s Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC’s luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
Cash Griswald holds a guitar back while classmates chisel the necks of their guitars Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College's Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC's luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Cash Griswald holds a guitar back while classmates chisel the necks of their guitars Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College’s Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC’s luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
The body of a guitar is clamped to the inside mechanism Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College's Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC's luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)The body of a guitar is clamped to the inside mechanism Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College’s Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC’s luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Students build guitars Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College's Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC's luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Students build guitars Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College’s Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC’s luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
Billy Bouchard of Brooklyn, N.Y., chisels a design into the wood that will be his guitar Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College's Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC's luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Billy Bouchard of Brooklyn, N.Y., chisels a design into the wood that will be his guitar Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College’s Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC’s luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
The side and lining of a guitar is clamped Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College's Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC's luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)The side and lining of a guitar is clamped Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College’s Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC’s luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Billy Bouchard of Brooklyn, N.Y., plays an electric guitar he built as other students work on chiseling the necks of their  guitars Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College's Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC's luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Billy Bouchard of Brooklyn, N.Y., plays an electric guitar he built as other students work on chiseling the necks of their  guitars Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College’s Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC’s luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
Johann Fitzpatrick, of Philadelphia, chisels a design into the wood that will be his guitar Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College's Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC's luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Johann Fitzpatrick, of Philadelphia, chisels a design into the wood that will be his guitar Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College’s Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC’s luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
Matthew Brown, of Glencoe, Kentucky, shows-off the chisel boxes he made Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College's Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC's luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Matthew Brown, of Glencoe, Kentucky, shows-off the chisel boxes he made Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College’s Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC’s luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Billy Bouchard of Brooklyn, N.Y., pulls the guitar he made off the wall Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College's Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC's luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Billy Bouchard of Brooklyn, N.Y., pulls the guitar he made off the wall Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College’s Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC’s luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
Cash Griswald works on his guitar with instructor Dave Dion on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College's Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC's luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Cash Griswald works on his guitar with instructor Dave Dion on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College’s Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC’s luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
Billy Bouchard of Brooklyn, N.Y., plays an electric guitar he built as other students work on chiseling the necks of their  guitars Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College's Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC's luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Billy Bouchard of Brooklyn, N.Y., plays an electric guitar he built as other students work on chiseling the necks of their  guitars Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College’s Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC’s luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Students work on building their guitars Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College's Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC's luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Students work on building their guitars Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College’s Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC’s luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
A student holds a guitar front Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College's Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC's luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)A student holds a guitar front Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College’s Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC’s luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
Matthew Brown, of Glencoe, Kentucky, shows-off the chisel boxes he made Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College's Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC's luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Matthew Brown, of Glencoe, Kentucky, shows-off the chisel boxes he made Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the humidity-controlled Martin Guitar Foundation Luthier Lab at  Northampton Community College’s Fowler Campus in Bethlehem. NCC’s luthier certificate program teaches students how to build and repair stringed instruments with hands-on training in guitar construction, setup, finishing and repair. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)