Beau Hannam enrolled in the Gilet Guitars School of Luthiery in 2002 in Sydney Austrialia. He then joined Gerard Gilet, first as as a teacher in the luthiery school and then as a full time guitar maker. Hannam then moved to Grand Junction in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado where he continues to make around 15 acoustic guitars and ukuleles per year.

Source: Beau Hannam guitars website (4 September 2017)