Welcome…
Join me as I embark on a two year apprenticeship with Ervin Somogyi. Here I will document my experience as an apprentice, and give you a look inside the workshop.
Applying For the Apprenticeship
On the bottom of the contact page of Ervin Somogyi’s website, he has a section titled Apprenticeship Opportunities. While looking there for a different reason, I saw that and it got me thinking. I decided to write and enquire about it. I heard back from Ervin, the first steps were some references, some photos of my work, and a letter about myself. Here is that letter:
What I Was Doing Before the Ervin Somogyi Apprenticeship
Before starting the apprenticeship with Ervin Somogyi, I was building guitars in New Zealand under the name Hamurana Guitar Works.