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It is free to walk through the museum, however, we encourage visitors to offer a $5 donation to the Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation.

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The Martin Factory tour is a guided, one-hour tour through our world-renowned factory in Nazareth, PA. Experience first-hand the handmade craftsmanship that goes into every instrument we make and learn about our history and culture.

Tour groups depart 6 times per day, Monday – Friday between 10 am – 2 pm and are limited to 8 people per tour.

Tickets must be purchased in advance for all adults and children.

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If you are a music enthusiast and love guitars, visiting the Gibson Factory in Nashville is a must. Gibson is a company passionate about manufacturing guitars, amps, and effects pedals. The company has two factories, one in Bozeman, Montana, and the other in Memphis, Tennessee, producing acoustic- and hollow-body guitars.

The new Gibson Garage is situated within Nashville’s iconic Cummins Station. It boasts an impressive stage for live performances, a Custom Shop where players can build their guitars, memorabilia displays, and an expansive retail area.

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As of October 2023, it has been confirmed that Gibson is not currently offering factory tours in Nashville. To our knowledge, Gibson has not resumed offering these tours. However, if you wish to immerse yourself in the world of Gibson, you can pay a visit to The Gibson Garage.

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Are you a guitar player looking to improve your skills? Gibson recently opened the Gibson Garage, an educational center for musicians and professional guitarists, inside Cummins Station in Nashville.

The 8,000-square-foot Gibson Garage offers the premier guitar experience for professional musicians, casual guitarists, and music fans. It includes a state-of-the-art stage for live concerts and virtual live-streaming performances; a public retail sector stocked with electric guitars from Gibson, Epiphone, Kramer KRK, and Mesa Boogie brands; a repair & restoration center; as well as historical memorabilia displays.

Experience one of the many attractions at Gibson Garage with a tour of their guitar production plant. On this guided tour, guests witness guitar construction from start to finish and even get an up-close view of the wood shop where imported and domestic lumber is used in crafting guitars.

One of the more fascinating aspects of this factory tour is witnessing the chambering process that goes into creating a guitar’s body. While highly automated, it can also take an immense amount of time. That is why most Gibson guitars have lifetime warranties and are built to last.

On this tour, visitors are treated to the surprise of a room filled with vintage guitars that have lain dormant for years. Not just any old guitars, though – these are some of Gibson’s most prized and sought-after models from its history!

Finally, there is the Artist Lounge, designed as an Artist Relations Center, content creation space, and Green Room for performing artists. Here, Gibson Brand Ambassadors like Jared James Nichols and Lzzy Hale can work and perform in a comfortable atmosphere.

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One year after relaunching with new leadership, relevant guitars, a compelling vision, and widespread industry support, Gibson, the all-American-made instrument brand, still exceeds expectations. This includes historical accuracy, contemporary updates, signature collections, customized creations, award-winning guitars, improved quality control, and more incredible artist and fan engagement than ever before.

At just a 10-minute walk away from Broadway’s neon glow and lively nightlife, Gibson Garage provides players and fans with more than just an everyday retail experience. Featuring lessons, historical exhibits, and frequent live performances, this venue has quickly become one of Nashville’s must-visits.

On Thursday night, Gibson hosted an opening night party at Wildhorse Saloon with live performances by Jason Isbell, Nathaniel Rateliff, Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Chris Isaak, Lee Roy Parnell, Ray Wylie Hubbard Temecula Road Honey County Aaron Lee Tasjan Travis Denning Parmalee Cassadee Pope and Jayden Tatasciore Ben Goldsmith Reece Malone and Carter Wilkinson. With rocking sets alongside intimate performances of hits and fan favorites alike, everyone joined on stage for an electrifying finale that saw all guests join forces on stage for one last wild finale!

At the Gibson Factory, you can explore an expansive collection of electric and acoustic guitars from Gibson, Epiphone, Kramer, Mesa Boogie, and KRK, plus gain insight into their iconic 128-year history through captivating storytelling, interactive displays, and memorabilia. Plus, you can catch a taping of the award-winning Gibson TV network or explore more about its vibrant music culture at Murphy Lab.

At Gibson, we believe that artists are the cornerstone of our business. Through Gibson Gives, our philanthropic arm, we aim to empower artists and the global music community with youth-focused education, music in schools, health & wellness initiatives, and more. At Gibson, we want musicians everywhere to realize their aspirations by offering one-of-a-kind experiences, guitars, and chances to give back to the industry.

Experience Live Music in the Gibson Garage in Nashville

For an unforgettable music experience in Music City, don’t miss a visit to the iconic Gibson Factory in Nashville. This facility produces some of the world’s most legendary guitars.

Experience the Gibson Factory Tour for an up-close and personal look at how the legendary Les Paul Custom is made, plus gain insight into their history through exhibits of memorabilia. Additionally, you’ll have the chance to hear live performances and watch award-winning TV shows!

In addition to seeing how guitars are made, you’ll have the opportunity to shop for Gibson instruments, accessories, and apparel. Plus, you can try guitar playing or even build a guitar from scratch!

Experience an exclusive concert at the Gibson Garage featuring Warren Haynes, Margo Price, Kip Moore, James Bay (of Mana), Lzzy Hale (Halestorm), Marcus King, Orianthi (Sam Fish), Morgan Wade Sadler Vaden Tak Matsumoto Celisse Emily Wolfe Meghan Lindsey Tyler Cain Striking Matches Matt Heafy from Trivium.

The Gibson Garage is the ultimate guitar experience in Nashville and a must-see for guitar enthusiasts of all levels. Here, you can explore collections of Gibson, Epiphone, Kramer, and Mesa Boogie guitars and KRK studio equipment, play and shop for new gear, take lessons, or hang out in the backstage artist lounge. Additionally to live music performances, The Gibson Garage will host tapings of award-winning Gibson TV series and celebrate generations of Music City history through captivating installations and programming.

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The Murphy Lab

Tom Murphy is the Master Artisan at Gibson who has been recreating the aesthetic and character of vintage guitars on new instruments for over 25 years. With his expertise in authentic instruments and a deep understanding of guitar aging, he has developed innovative techniques for greater accuracy and meticulous attention to detail.

Tom Murphy and his artisans have designed a line of Gibson-branded guitars tailored to different levels of age and wear. From Ultra-Light to Ultra-Heavy, each Murphy Lab guitar is expertly crafted using only the most modern tools and technology.

Tom’s unique aging techniques on these guitars draw on his skill and deep understanding of vintage instruments, combined with his creative vision to add natural wear and cracking that replicate how a guitar ages. The result is an instrument that captures the timeless vibe of classic Gibsons with an authentic look.

The Best Les Paul For Every Budget

This guitar is highly playable and easy to tune. The minimal lacquer checking, combined with Vintage Original Sheen (VOS) hardware and hand-rolled fingerboard binding, simulate fifty years of average playing wear.

This classic semi-hollow body guitar, featuring its sustain-enhancing center block and sustain-enhancing, feedback-fighting design, is both beautiful and playable. Plus, with its unique Murphy Lab-aged finish, you get all the feel and performance of a genuine relic guitar at a fraction of the cost.

Welcome to the Murphy Lab, Gibson Custom Shop’s first-ever guitar aging department designed and managed by master artisan Tom Murphy. This initiative is an integral part of their mission to restore their brand to what players desire in a guitar.

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Taylor Guitars Updates Factory Tour Schedule

Taylor Guitars will now offer its free, guided Factory Tour four days per week. Beginning at 1 p.m. every Monday through Thursday (excluding holidays), the Factory Tour takes guests through the steps of guitar construction. From wood selection to final assembly, guests will experience each process as a guitar evolves from raw wood into a finished instrument.

To take the tour, no appointment is necessary. Simply check-in at the receptionist desk in the lobby of our main building by 1 p.m. and register for the tour.  While not physically demanding, the tour does include a fair amount of walking. Due to the technical nature, the tour may not be suitable for small children. The tour lasts approximately one hour and 15 minutes and departs from the main building at 1980 Gillespie Way in El Cajon, California.

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How to become a touring guitarist

In this article we will show you what it needs to become a touring guitarist.

Becoming a touring guitarist is a dream for many musicians. Being able to travel the world, perform on stage, and make a living out of your passion is an incredible opportunity. Anyone who’s considering pursuing this dream must know that it’s not an easy path and requires a lot of hard work, dedication time, and talent. 

However, it’s not impossible to achieve. In this blog post, we’ll take a look at what it takes to become a touring guitarist, from honing your skills to securing gigs and building a fanbase.

1. Develop your guitar skills

The first step to becoming a touring guitarist is to become a master of your instrument. This means putting in the hours of practice and studying the styles of the greats. 

• Educate yourself in the techniques of your favorite guitarists. 
• Learn how to play in the style of whoever you want to go on tour with.

There are a lot of amazing players out there, often with more experience than you, but here’s the good news: you don’t need to be the best guitarist in the world to get a gig as a touring guitarist.

While becoming an advanced and well-rounded guitarist is key, many touring guitarists are selected because they specialize in a particular style of guitar. Dive deep into your favorite style of choice, and make sure the world knows about it.

This brings us to our next point.

2. Network, network, network!

Ever hear the cliché ‘ Your network is your net worth ’? It’s true. Networking is crucial for any musician. It’s rare that a touring guitarist gig just falls into your lap. If you ask most touring guitarists how they got picked up to go on tour, 99% of the time it’s because someone they know in the music industry recommended them for the gig. 

This might be disheartening at first, but in-person and online networking is achievable for everyone – even introverted players. In today’s digital world, most players network via social media because it allows you to connect with musicians all over the world. However, don’t underestimate the power of a handshake. Expanding your network in the real world is often more powerful than sending some messages back and forth online.

Here are some ideas for local networking opportunities:

• Attend local concerts
• Participate in different open mics in your area
• Seek out local musicians online and meet up with them for in-person jams

These connections could lead to future collaborations and touring opportunities. In the music industry, the line between friend and musical business partner is often blurry – those who can make friends easily often succeed in the music industry. Relationships go a long way, and one chance meeting could change everything – look what happened with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

3. Learn music theory (enough to communicate)

Music theory is the backbone of all musical composition, and a strong understanding of it will help you to become a better guitarist. Study the fundamentals of music theory, including scales, chords, and harmony. Well rounded knowledge of these concepts will help you to improvise, write original music and collaborate with other players.

It’s rare that you’ll need to know advanced theory to become a touring guitarist. Nine times out of 10, you won’t be asked to sight read music or analyze music on the spot. However, you should know how to:

• Communicate using the number system
• Transpose songs to a different key
• Play licks by ear
• Find the key of a song and improvise to it by ear

4. Build a strong online presence

In today’s digital age, it’s essential to have a strong online presence. This means having: 

• Active social media accounts
• A website or place to display a digital portfolio of your work. 

Share your music, videos, and photos regularly, and engage with your followers. You don’t need one million followers to get a gig, but you can’t deny the social proof of having a strong digital presence. Building a strong online following will help you to reach a wider audience and potentially secure more gigs.

5. Play live and collaborate as much as possible

One frustration of trying to become a touring guitarist is that, getting a gig is often out of your control . Focus on creating and playing the type of music you want to play on tour, and people will take notice. 

Playing live is one of the best ways to build your reputation. Start by playing at local venues, and gradually work your way up to larger shows. 

Collaborating with other musicians is a great way to learn, grow and build your reputation. Join a band, or work with other musicians on projects, to develop your skills and reach new audiences. If you’re starting from scratch, it will likely take years before you get a call for a tour. Keep your head down, and keep working on your craft.

6. Learn additional band skills

At minimum as a touring guitarist, you should know how to sing harmonies. If you’re not a singer, don’t be scared! With consistent practice, almost anyone can develop an ear for harmonies. You don’t have to be a great singer – you just have to learn how to sing with accurate pitch (which, yes, everyone can do) and blend your voice with others to support a lead singer.

Knowing how to play synth, run backing tracks on Ableton, and other instruments will all give you a leg up if you’re in the running for a touring gig. While you should lie and say you can play the saxophone if you’ve never picked one up before, you don’t have to be a master of these skills – usually, you’ll be able to get by with an intermediate level of skill on auxiliary instruments.

7. Invest in quality equipment

Having quality equipment is crucial, so invest in a good guitar, amp, and pedals, and make sure that your equipment is reliable and in good working order. Often, you’ll need to craft your guitar tone to match a part on an artists record. A multi-FX pedal goes a long way for this, as it saves you from having to invest in expensive pedals.

8. Learn how to think on your feet

As a touring guitarist, your job is to be a seamless cog in the musical machine that supports the rest of the band. Things tend to go wrong in a live setting – like technical issues and miscommunications. If you can think fast under pressure and make your band feel supported, you’ll solidify your worth and place on tour. For example, let’s say the lead singer’s mic goes out, and the band needs to buy some time. You better be ready to tastefully improvise with the rest of the band while keeping a smile on your face until the problem is solved.

9. Learn to play with ‘tude

As a touring guitarist, you’re stepping into the world of showbiz. Think your hot licks alone are enough to get the gig? You’ll be surprised when the guy with half of your guitar talent wins your seat on tour because he can jump around and bang his head to the beat of the song while looking like he’s having the time of his life. Before auditioning with a band, watch their live performance and match your stage presence to theirs. 

10. Be professional, reliable, and a good hang

It's essential to be professional and reliable in everything you do. This means showing up to gigs, and having everything ready to go. If you break a string onstage and do not have a replacement string, that may be your final gig! Finally, don’t forget that a massive part of touring involves hanging out together. If the band who’s considering you doesn’t think they can spend 10 hours on a tour bus with you, it doesn’t really matter how talented of a guitarist you are.

In conclusion, becoming a touring guitarist is a challenging but rewarding journey. By honing your skills, building a strong online presence, playing live, collaborating with other musicians, and staying organized and positive, you can reach your goal and become successful. Remember, success takes time, patience and perseverance, so stay focused on your guitar goals and never give up on your dreams.

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Guitar Technician

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Guitar Technicians set up and maintain all stringed instruments while a band is on tour.

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Instrument Tech, Backline, usic Tech

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Guitar Technician Kenny Barnwell explains the role of a Music Tech within the backline of a tour by saying, “ Backline is basically all of the instruments onstage that are used and so Guitar Teching is kind of a specific position within backline. Drums, keys, bass, DJ: oftentimes now playback and tracks are also part of backline.

“As a Guitar Tech specifically what you would do is set up and maintain all the stringed instruments. That may not be limited to just guitars; it may be bass guitars, mandolins, fiddles, [and] cellos, depending on the artist.”

“The idea of having a Guitar Tech is to setup and maintain all those things through the variables of travel, what the instruments go through while you’re on the road, and make them play consistently for the artist or the musician show-by-show or venue-by-venue. Also during the show doing instrument changes to help the show go smoothly.”

“Fortunately, during backline, we’re some of the last to get set up and usually the first stuff to get taken down so we have a lot later starts than some of the other touring Music Tech positions like lighting, video, and audio.”

“My day would consist of waiting for my stuff to get off the truck, and once it comes off the truck you usually figure out where the whole production is in regards to getting loaded in or set up so you know where you can insert your position for the day. You might have to wait on the staging guys, for example, to set up the risers or something like that before you can put your drums or your keys or your guitars into position.”

“So it’s kind of a dance with all departments. As a Guitar Tech, throughout the show, it’s really busy. You’re tuning the guitars for the next song, applying capos, getting them in tune and ready for sometimes multiple songs ahead. At the same time, you have in-ear monitors, and you’re constantly listening out for things that could be happening outside of your vantage point.”

“You’re looking for string breakage or out-of-tune instruments so you can be at the ready to change those things out so the show can continue. They always say the best Techs are never seen because it’s a lot of running work. During the show, it’s a lot of thinking ahead and listening out.”

“Immediately after the show is over, you start your strike or breakdown, so [once] the last song hits—or usually a couple before—you start breaking down your stuff because backline has to get out of everyone’s way before the rest of the production can start breaking down. If we don’t need instruments for future songs during the show, we try to pack them up.”

“As we get going, it’s super fast-paced. Load in, obviously, is a bit slower because you have to get everything set up right, and the loadout is super fast. The biggest tours I’ve been on, with the most stuff, I’ve been done and in the truck in under forty-five minutes or half an hour sometimes. We’re fast.”

“Depending on the size of the organization, if it’s a one bus tour where you have the band and the few crew guys on the tour pulling a trailer, you’ll always have a FOH Audio Engineer , somebody who controls the sound the audience hears.”

“You’ll always have a Monitor Engineer, somebody who controls the sound that the artist hears onstage, then typically you’ll have a backline person or two who can also double duty as a Stage Manager or Musical Instrument Builder , and I’ve done that plenty of times.”

“You’ll have lighting guys, staging guys taking care of the risers, Sound Techs. Sometimes extensive tours will have playback people, and Wireless RF Technicians who are just making sure all the wireless is coordinated.”

“You’ll sometimes have Systems Techs on these bigger tours who will make sure the room is tuned so the FOH Engineer can manually mix the actual show. All the way up to Production and Stage Managers, you work alongside everybody.”

A guitar technician, often called a “guitar tech,” maintains and enhances a guitar’s playability and sound quality. This involves restringing guitars, adjusting action and intonation, and repairing or replacing pickups, bridges, or tuning pegs. They can also help musicians during live performances, tuning guitars between songs, addressing any technical issues that come up, and sometimes even performing quick repairs on the spot.

On average, Guitar Technicians can expect to earn approximately $52,200 annually. The salary range for Guitar Technicians runs from $35,000 to $79,000.

Barnwell says, “It’s different in different genres. There are a handful of different ways to get paid. In the country music genre, they pay typically per show. You get a negotiated show rate with a per diem, and that per diem could be every day you’re gone [or] only on days off. It varies.

“A per diem is for things like food and expendables, things you need when you’re not working because on the job you’re fed four times a day so you don’t have to spend that money. And then there’s the negotiated salary rate. Like in country, if you get a salary rate, it’s usually based on a per-show rate. Say you do 100 shows a year; they’ll give you a weekly salary based on that rate.

“In rock ‘n’ roll, pop, and some other genres, it’s completely different. It’s usually a weekly rate, plus retainers when you’re in between tours to keep you if they want to keep you. But the game is much different in country than in rock, meaning if you’re not up to par in the rock ‘n’ roll and pop world, you’re easily replaced and they’ll get someone else.

“In the country world, there’s a bit more leniency, but you also do a lot more work for a lot less pay– in the Christian world as well. But there’s a lot more downtime, a lot more at-home time and there’s a lot more predictability in scheduling.

“Pop and rock pay a lot more than country or Christian with a lot less home time. Someone can expect anywhere from $150 a show all the way up to $700 a show if you’re an A-lister and anywhere in between. Then there are weeklies that range from $1,000 or $1,500 a week. Then you know, Prince’s Guitar Tech makes a flat five grand a week. I know guys who can make upwards of five and six thousand a week doing backline.”

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Of the lifestyle of touring Music Techs, Barnwell says, “there’s plenty of downtime in the day, depending on your position [but] you can never say ‘this time of day is going to be my naptime,’ or go exercise or read a book or something like that. You just take it [downtime] while you can because the gigs are all different.

“If it’s an arena tour, for instance, those schedules are usually pretty set because we have local crew that the Production Managers have to advance and hire, so they have set times to be there. It really depends on the size of the tour.

“All productions typically have lighting rigs and stuff that is above us that needs to get set up. Most of the time we carry that stuff with us. So they may start at 6:30 am in the morning, whereas backline guys, we might not get in till 10:00 am, 11 am, and not start till 11:00 am, 11:30 am sometimes.

“If it’s a festival stage with other bands you’ve got to contend with, there are so many variables that make every day different. There have been times where you’ve shown up at a festival at 2:00 pm or 3:00 pm in the afternoon and you have to play at 5:00 pm.”

The official name for a guitar mechanic or guitar technician is luthier. A luthier repairs, maintains, and sometimes builds guitars.

Barnwell describes the trajectory an aspiring Guitar Tech would travel to get their dream job, advising people to “go the Stagehand route so you get the production experience and align yourself with all the right companies, so you know what it takes.

“Hopefully, you’ll be in those right conversations to hear about these road gigs and that’s how you would get your [first] gig. You could maybe know someone who’s in a band on the rise.”

In terms of how a Guitar Tech would advance in their career after years on the Road Crew , he says “a lot of Guitar Techs take their careers to endorsement [deals] for vendors. The reason why is [that] one of the biggest things we do as backline guys is we facilitate relationships and oftentimes are the middleman between an artist and an endorsement vendor.

“We know the gear, the technical aspects of the gear and how it sounds. So a lot of times we are asked by those companies, years and years later, after we’ve built lots of those relationship connections, to represent them. For somebody like myself, I want to be an educator. We see a lot of needs and gaps in terms of products, so I’ve created products with my own brand.”

Barnwell reiterates the importance of gaining experience on a local production crew before looking for jobs as a touring Guitar Tech. He says, “If you check your internal network and don’t know anyone who’s connected like this, if you’re truly serious about getting on tour, it’s easily doable. Start from the bottom. There’s no time frame, but I was on tour within a year of becoming a Stagehand.”

Barnwell advises aspiring Guitar Techs to:

• “Buy my book . I’m serious. I wrote the book to answer this kind of question of how to get on tour, how to start at the bottom and work your way up, how to act on your first day on the job, how to act on the bus.”
• Find a job on a local production crew as a Stagehand.
• Find mentors and learn from people currently working in the industry.
• Teach yourself by watching online tutorials.

Barnwell says, “there’s no one way to go at this. Most people talk about the ‘who do you know,’ which is true to a degree. You do need to know somebody to get into the more specified areas. I’ve heard of guys knowing bands from high school or growing up around bands and then those bands making it big and them being able to assist them in their growth, but those are few and far between.

“How I started is gaining experience on the ground level. I talk about this in my book Backstage Pass : getting onto a local crew in your area and gaining experience in that way and some reputability which will give you this vast amount of skills in knowing production as a whole. As a Guitar Tech, you need to be aware of a lot more than just your small duty.

“It behooves you to be aware of what’s going on in the bigger picture. There are skills in this regard that you can only learn on the job, and as a local crew person, you don’t need any experience or connections for those types of positions. You just need to Google them and get in touch with these companies and get on their call lists.

“Google ‘local crew’ or ‘local Stagehand work’ to gain those skills necessary to align you with the right people, meaning backline companies. There are companies that do backline rentals and rehearsals and you can potentially get on a rehearsal with a known touring act, have them like you and have them ask you to come on tour, which is exactly what happened to me many years ago.

“For anyone looking to get into Guitar Teching, it’s more important to know about [concert] production than it is to actually learn the specifics of how to maintain and work on guitars. There’s not really a need for Guitar Builders or Luthiers on the road. We don’t have time to do that stuff on the road.

“It doesn’t hurt to have that kind of knowledge, to know how to repair a transformer in an amp or re-glue a headstock on a guitar. It’s just not something you will typically come across needing to do as a touring Tech because of time alone.

“There are a lot of skills you need to have in relationships and artist management skills. Dealing with artists: they’re a unique breed of person. It’s one thing knowing how to work on a guitar or something like that. It’s another thing knowing how to communicate and interpret the needs of an artist.

“For instance, when I was working with Travis Tritt, he came up to me and said, ‘I want all of my stuff to sound like Waylon Jennings. Here’s Waylon’s record, if you haven’t heard it. Listen to this and I want to take all the stuff I have in here’—it was just in a pile in his studio in his house—‘I want to rebuild all this and make it sound like this record.’

“So you know, that takes a whole different level of skill beyond restringing and setting up.”

“The number one thing you would need is to not want to be on that stage,” Barnwell says of the right type of personality for Guitar Tech work. “You have to want to be backstage. You have to be fine with being behind the scenes and you can’t feel like you want to be out there.

“You have to want to be a crew person, and I know that seems like a no-brainer, but you get a lot of guys who come out, especially Guitar Techs—I’ve replaced people on tours where they were telling me that the Guitar Tech before me was telling the band guys that he learned all the guitar parts just in case someone gets sick.

“His intention was that he wanted to be a part of the band. You’ve got to love what you do and want to be where you’re at.”

A college degree isn’t required for a Guitar Tech since the majority of their knowledge is learned on the job.

Barnwell says “you can definitely educate yourself. YouTube has a plethora of videos. I personally did a whole lengthy video series. There were sixty videos I did specifically on being a touring Guitar Tech, from everything you would need in your workbox, how to even buy a workbox and what you need it for, to how to outfit it, to the different aspects of restringing, how to maintain it and things like that.

If you do happen to go to a Luthier school , those skills couldn’t hurt. Something I’ve done over the years is bought old amps, guitars and effects pedals, ripped them apart and put them back together to see if I could get them working again, using Google as the resource to self-educate.

“There’s a lot of knowledge out on the road that you can’t find anywhere except by doing. I think the best education, in general, to help you as a touring Guitar Tech would be Stagehand work. I think local Stagehand work is a fantastic way to cut your teeth, to even see if you’re interested in all of it; you may find that you like some other department better than doing the instrument work.”

To become a guitar tech, you usually need formal training, hands-on experience, and a deep passion for guitars and music. Many aspiring guitar techs start by learning basic guitar maintenance and repair techniques through self-study, online resources, or informal apprenticeships with experienced technicians. From there, your foot is in the door and you can progress.

Although many websites and forums about life on the road exist, Barnwell doesn’t especially recommend them for aspiring Guitar Techs. Instead, he suggests people “search for guys like myself and start following them. Align yourself with mentors who are already doing what you want to do and that way you can gain practical, first-hand knowledge about where you want to go instead of a bunch of banter from road guys telling war stories.”

What is the single biggest suggestion you would give to someone wanting to get into this career?

“Go start as a Stagehand. If you are already a Stagehand and you’re working in local production, I would say learn about everyone’s position because it’s going to help you, specifically as a Guitar Tech. It’s all working together. Go get practical experience in production as a whole before you think about jumping out onto the road as a Guitar Tech.”

What’s the #1 mistake people make when trying to get into this career?

“Thinking that you’re friends with the artist. I know that sounds a little harsh. Always be friendly with the artist, but it’s a level of respect. It’s a multimillion dollar business and I’ve seen so many people get discouraged when they get close and all of a sudden something happens out of your control–whether it’s management or the artist goes into the studio–and you’re out of a job and you go ‘What happened? I thought we were friends.’

The #1 mistake is people thinking they’re secure with any one artist when you’re really only secure because you’re good at what you do. You’re your own artist, so to speak. You’re your own brand, especially as a Guitar Tech. You have to hustle up your own work from tour to tour or artist to artist.”

If you could describe in one word what makes you successful, what would it be?

“Perseverance, because of the fact that there is a lot of resistance. The first tour I went on I was disrespected and mistreated, just had resistance from my inner crew people. That alone could’ve made me give this up and made me get something more secure, somewhere where I could be respected.

[Maintain] perseverance through all the crazy variables you just can’t control. Also, attitude. Negativity spreads thick, so it’s easy to come into an already difficult day and hear your Production Manager say ‘this sucks.’ It can take you down when realistically you can say, ‘it doesn’t have to suck.’”

Kenny Barnwell

Kenny Barnwell  is a Touring Music Tech who has worked with Ariana Grande, Travis Tritt, Amos Lee, Seal, The Band Perry, and Clint Black, among others. He is also a Songwriter and creator of the Music Products and Education company Ol’ Kens Brand . He is the author of  Backstage Pass: 10 Things to Consider When Becoming a Touring Music Tech and Stagehand 101 . You can check out more of Barnwell’s music industry advice on the podcast The Fascinating Business of Music .

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