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Michel Belair is an immensely talented Canadian luthier with an excellent educational background in music. As a former student of Alvaro Pierri and Roberto Aussel, he earned a master’s degree in performance at McGill University and continued his guitar studies in Paris.

When he commissioned his second guitar from the world-renowned guitar maker Daniel Friederich, the desire to build his own guitars struck him. He then learned the basics of guitar making from luthier Jean Rompré. Thereafter, he refined his skills in Europe and benefited from the expert assistance of Daniel Friederich among others.

The RhinoCAM Difference

We recently sat down with Michel Bélair at his shop in Montreal, Canada to discuss his use of RhinoCAM. Here is some of what Michel had to say about RhinoCAM.

Michel Bélair Luthier

With no previous experience in CAD or CAM, I was able to create my first toolpath in RhinoCAM in just a few days. Once I learned the basics of Rhino CAD, RhinoCAM’s intuitive integration with Rhino made the learning process very straightforward. I am learning something new every day!

Owner/Operator, Montreal, Quebec

More from Michel Bélair Luthier

Michel’s guitars are made with the best quality wood. Western Red Cedar from Vancouver Island and European Spruce from Switzerland. He also has excellent Engelmann Spruce from western Canada. Michel recommends Indian Rosewood for the back and sides because of its excellent acoustic properties and straight grain for stability. Michel also recommends rosewood from Madagascar. The neck is of South American mahogany and African ebony for the fingerboard.

Have a look at some pics from the shop at Michel Bélair Luthier!

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Don LaCourse

Don LaCourse is an Application Engineer with MecSoft Corporation. Don brings over 20 years of experience in CAD/CAM operations in both automotive and mold design applications. Don also has extensive experience in documenting CAD/CAM products and is actively involved with writing the on-line help as well as creating training tutorials for MecSoft's products.

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