The 12-Hour Guitar Challenge

Can Ben manage to get a guitar built from scratch - in only 12 hours?

Join Ben on his challenge to try and build a full on custom guitar from blanks of wood to a beautiful and working guitar - hopefully. This is not his first build for sure, but doing all of the work in just 12 hours straight? That might prove to great a challenge, even for a seasoned luthier like Ben himself.


If you liked this series and want to learn more about guitar building, just sign up for the Crimson Guitars Guild. This course covers all the topics that are relevant for an aspiring luthier, from Workshop Design over Book Reviews to Guitar Design and Materials - you can learn everything you need to know for making great guitars yourself.

And as a bonus, you will also get a view behind the scenes of Crimson Guitars.

Want even more insight in delightfully crazy guitar builds? Join Crimson Guitars Guild - Premium to get all the information of the basic guild + exclusive in detail video footage of some of the most astounding builds that have ever come off our workbenches.


Your Instructor


Ben Crowe
Ben Crowe

Ben started building guitars in a garage in Chichester while studying the building of early stringed musical instruments at the prestigious West Dean College. After finding the early music scene a little too conservative for his taste, Ben started to concentrate on building truly custom instruments and, in 2005 Crimson Guitars was founded in a small workshop just outside Dorchester on the UK’s beautiful south coast.

After building instruments with such luminaries of the guitar world as Robert Fripp, Charlie Jones and Jakko Jakszyk among others and after a few workshop moves, Ben started filming video tutorials and also making luthiers tools. These two new aspects brought Crimson to a much wider audience and Ben’s videos now rack up over half a million views every month. Additionally our hand made luthiers tools are helping to create guitars all around the world.


Course Curriculum


  12 hours of building - 12 hours of footage!
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Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.

This course is closed for enrollment.