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Lester Guitar · Angeles City, Pampanga

Learn to play it.
Learn to build it.

Private guitar lessons and a hands-on luthier academy at Lester Guitar Custom Shop in Angeles City. Three clear levels in each program, with the full curriculum and prices right here.

Guitar Lessons Guitar Academy
  • Angeles CityStudio and workshop in Pampanga
  • 2 × 3 levelsLessons and Academy
  • 1-on-1Private, supervised sessions
  • CertificateAt the end of every level
Two programs

Pick the path that fits you.

Each program has three levels with a published curriculum, duration and price, so you know what you're paying for before you enroll.

In the studio
1-on-160-min weekly lessons
01For players

Guitar Lessons

Private lessons that take you from your first chord to stage-ready lead playing. Songs are picked around the music you actually like.

  1. L1 The FoundationBeginner · 3–6 months ₱2,000per month
  2. L2 Fretboard FreedomIntermediate · 6–12 months ₱2,400per month
  3. L3 Mastery & PerformanceAdvanced · 12+ months ₱2,800per month
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At the bench
CertifiedAt every level you finish
02For builders

Guitar Academy

Luthier training at a real workbench. Learn professional setups, then fretwork and repairs, then build a guitar from raw tonewood.

  1. L1 Setup & Instrument HealthBeginner · 10–15 bench hours ₱6,000course fee
  2. L2 Repairs & FretworkIntermediate · 30–40 bench hours ₱18,000course fee
  3. L3 Custom Guitar BuildingAdvanced · 60–80+ bench hours ₱40,000build kit incl.
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How enrollment works

From first look to first class
in four steps.

No long message threads. Read about the program, tell us about yourself, and we'll place you at the right level.

  1. Explore a program

    See the levels, full curriculum, schedules and prices.

  2. Take the assessment

    A 2-minute form so we can recommend your starting level.

  3. Enroll

    Your details carry over. Pick your plan, schedule and start date.

  4. Confirm & start

    Pay your first fee or deposit, then get your schedule and first-day notes.

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Not sure where to go?

What brings you here?

I want to play guitar

Beginner or experienced, for yourself or your child.

Guitar Lessons

I want to set up, repair or build guitars

As a hobby or as the start of a repair business.

Guitar Academy

I need a guitar built or fixed

Custom builds, repairs, setups and modifications.

Custom Shop
Close-up of a hand picking the strings of a hollow-body guitar
About

A luthier's shop that also teaches.

Lester Guitar Custom Shop is a small, hands-on guitar workshop in Angeles City, Pampanga. Lester builds, repairs and sets up guitars, and now opens the bench to students: private guitar lessons for players, and the Lester Guitar Academy for anyone who wants to learn luthiery.

Whether you're learning to play or learning to build, you're taught one-on-one by a luthier who works on guitars every day.

LesterFounder, luthier and lead instructor
Our story
Custom Shop

Still building guitars, too.

Custom builds, repairs, setups and modifications for players in Angeles City and around Pampanga.

Visit the Custom Shop
Sunburst custom electric guitar
Close-up of frets and a pick on a fretboard
Workbench with hand tools on the wall
Follow the shop

See what's on the bench.

New builds, setups, repairs and student progress are posted on Facebook and Instagram first.

Facebook

Updates, schedules and announcements.

Lester Guitar Custom Shop

Instagram

Photos and clips from the workshop.

@lesterguitarcustomshop

Messenger

Questions the site doesn't answer.

m.me/LesterGCS

Ready to start? We'll find your level.

Take the 2-minute student assessment. For most students, enrollment can continue straight away.

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