Luthier Workshop in Paris – Custom Guitars, Basses & Repairs - Lutherie School

We design and build custom electric guitars and basses from the ground up. Each instrument is handcrafted in France using carefully selected tonewoods, modern electronics, and a design language that reflects your playing style. Choose from our E, M, and S Series models or start from a blank slate with our fully personalized Omakase builds — all supported by our advanced 3D configurator.

Whether you're a guitarist or bassist, professional or enthusiast, our luthier-built instruments offer a level of detail, tone, and comfort no factory guitar can match.

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What Makes a Belforti

A professional setup makes all the difference. At Belforti, we perform precision setups tailored to your playing style, including truss rod adjustment, fret polishing, nut work, string height tuning, and intonation. Every instrument receives a digital action check and is tested across all registers for consistency and response.

Whether it’s your main stage guitar or a new acquisition that needs fine-tuning, our guitar and bass setup services in Paris ensure optimal playability and tone.

Our guitar and bass repair services cover a wide range of needs: jack and pot replacement, shielding, electronic troubleshooting, cracked finishes, fret issues, and more. We work on all brands and models with a focus on transparency and care.

Our workshops in Montrouge and Rueil-Malmaison are trusted by gigging musicians, students, and collectors who need reliable, local lutherie services to keep their instruments in top shape.

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Give your guitar a second life — or a completely new look. We offer professional refinishing services, including full strip-and-respray, custom burst finishes, color matching, ceruse, metal flake, and aged/relic options.

You can also upgrade your existing instrument with custom electronics, hardware swaps, or unique visual accents. Each finish is applied in-house using our proprietary techniques and high-end polyurethane coatings, ensuring durability and beauty.

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The Belforti Lutherie School offers a complete pathway into contemporary lutherie through a series of structured, hands-on courses taught in a professional Paris workshop. Whether you want to learn guitar repair and setup, explore instrument design, master refretting techniques, or build a full electric guitar or bass from scratch, our programs combine modern methods with high-end craftsmanship.

Our lutherie classes are built around real, current techniques used in professional instrument making: CAD and Fusion 360 modelling, CNC preparation, precise fretwork, clean electronics, ergonomic design, and rigorous setup workflows. Everything is taught in small groups or one-to-one mentorship to ensure clarity, precision, and meaningful progress.

From short 3-day workshops (setup, refretting, instrument design) to 3-week build courses (Strat/Tele or Jazz/Precision Bass) and the immersive 6-week Custom Experience, the Belforti Lutherie School provides accessible entry points for musicians, enthusiasts, aspiring luthiers, and designers.

Learn how modern electric instruments are conceived, engineered, assembled, finished, and refined—using professional tools, clear processes, and a teaching philosophy grounded in accuracy rather than folklore.

Whether your goal is to maintain your own instrument, design your first model, or begin a deeper journey into lutherie, the Belforti Lutherie School gives you the skills and structure to move forward with confidence.

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