Guitar Notes: Guitar Making

Here you will find information about guitar maintenance and construction, and links to the official web pages of numerous guitar makers. Each guitar maker is listed in the subsection that represents his or her specialty, though many of these fine luthiers make and repair instruments that span the whole gamut, from acoustic to electric works of art.

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General Information

Ask the Guitar Maker Basic Guitar Care Basic Guitar Setup Buzzing CAD/CAM and NC Machining Electric Guitar Building Equal-Tempered Tuning Finishes Frets.com Guitar Builders FAQ Guitar Resonances Humidity A Justly-Tuned Guitar Mailing a Guitar Martin Guitar Serial Numbers Pearl Inlay Technique Scalloped Bracing Spruce Soundboard Characteristics Strat FAQ Truss Rod Adjustment Voicing the Guitar by Dana Bourgeois Wood Identification Wood Used in Guitar Construction: Brazilian vs Indian Rosewood

Major Manufacturers

Alvarez-Yairi Guitars Aria Musical Instruments Carvin Guitars Cort Guitars The Epiphone Company Fender World Gibson USA Guild Guitars Hamer USA Hohner USA Hora S.A. Ibanez Guitars La Si Do (Godin & Seagull Guitars) Jean Larrivée Guitars Ltd. Martin Guitar Co. National Guitars Ovation Peavey Rickenbacker Int'l Corp. Oscar Schmidt Takamine Taylor Guitars Washburn Yamaha Guitars

Acoustic Guitars

Allen Guitars Bear Creek Guitars Michael Berg Blanchard Guitars The Blue Guitar Dana Bourgeois Guitars James C. Boyce Guitars Breedlove Guitar Co. Fred Carlson Wm. Chapman Stringed Instruments Cloutier Guitars Collings Guitars Composite Acoustics William Cumpiano Ted Davis Guitars De Gruchy Guitars Dillon Guitars Doolin Guitars Michael Dunn Jeffrey R. Elliott EVD String Instruments Kent Everett Guitars Evergreen Mountain Instruments Finegold Guitars & Mandolins Fleishman Instruments Charles Fox Guitars Gregory Furan Lutherie Fylde Guitars J. W. Gallagher & Son James Goodall Guitars Graden Guitar Shop Granata Guitars Oskar Graf Guitars Gurian Guitars Heiden Stringed Instruments Hoffman Guitars Huss and Dalton AJ Huvard K&S Guitar Co. Kawika Ukuleles Kersenbrock Guitars Klein Guitars Kolekole Guitars Lakewood Guitars Del Langejans Guitars Laughlin Guitars H. G. Leach Guitars Levitch Guitar Works Liberty Guitars Lipkin & Algranati Guitars Manzer Guitars Martha's Vineyard Guitar Co. Matlin Guitars Maton Guitars Mauel Guitars McAlister Guitars McCollum Guitars Mermer Guitars Bil Mitchell Guitars Nashville Guitar Company Roy Noble Guitars James A. Olson Guitars Petros Guitars Pimentel & Sons Alain Queguiner Rainsong Graphite Guitars Jim Redgate Guitars George Rizsanyi Kevin Ryan Guitars Santa Cruz Guitar Co. Theo Scharpach Richard Schneider Bruce Sexauer Shannon Guitars Charles R. Shifflett Shimo Guitars Simon and Patrick Lawrence K Smith Ervin Somogyi Tacoma Guitars Charles S. Tauber Judy Threet Guitars Vancouver Guitar Builders Cooperative Webber Guitars Abe Wechter Guitars Wentzell Guitars Ray Whitaker René Wilhelmy Laurie Williams Guitars J.R. Zeidler Guitars Phil Zychowski Guitars

Archtop Guitars

American Archtop Andersen Stringed Instruments Bacorn Custom Guitars and Mandolins James Baker Guitars Benedetto Archtop Guitars Buscarino Guitars M. Campellone Guitars Comins Guitars Dearstone Mandolin Works Foster Guitar Manufacturing Grimes Guitars Heritage Guitars Stephen Holst Guitars Mark Lacey Guitars Michael Lewis Instruments Mapson Instruments Marchione Guitars Carl Mesrobian Moll Custom Instruments Monteleone Instruments Ribbecke Guitars Rizzolo Guitars Siegmund Guitars Stefan Sonntag Walker Guitars Yuriy Guitars J.R. Zeidler Guitars

Classical/Flamenco Guitars

Tom Blackshear Boaz Elkayam Guitars R. E. Bruné Gregory Byers Douglas Ching Collins Stringed Instruments Fontanilla Guitars Steve Ganz's Guitar Workshop Oskar Graf Guitars Guitarmakers in Granada(Spain) Sergei de Jonge Lutherie Jeff Kemp Classical Guitars La Mancha Classical Guitars Augustino LoPrinzi Guitars Lobo Guitars Antonio Lorca Guitars Milburn Classical Guitars Jose Oribe Guitars Thomas Prisloe Manuel Raimundo Guitars José Ramirez Guitars Shelton-Farretta Guitars Larry Stamm Tortorici Classical Guitars

Electric Guitars

Tom Anderson Guitars B.C. Rich Guitars Blade Guitars Boogie Body Guitars Born To Rock Design Inc. Bouvier Custom Guitars Callaham Vintage Guitars Catalyst Instruments Harvey Citron Colin's Guitar Works Dean Guitars Diego Pons Eccleshall Guitars Patrick Eggle Guitars ESP Guitars Eugen Guitars Fernandes Guitars USA Frey Guitars G&L Guitars Gardner Guitars GirlBrand Guitars Gretsch Guitars Grosh Guitars Harper's Guitars Hembrook Guitars AJ Huvard Jackson GuitarWorks Jim's Guitar Works Lado Guitars LAG guitars Bill Lawrence Guitar Corp. Leduc guitars Linc Luthier Mike Lull's Custom Guitars Benoit Maillette Guitars MJ Guitar Engineering Manne Guitars Martin Dixon Guitars Melobar Guitars Metropolitan Guitars MidiAxe Modulus Graphite Brian Moore Custom Guitars Moses Guitars MSP Guitars Musicvox Guitars NB Custom Guitars Parker Guitars Paul Reed Smith Guitars V. Rautia Stringed Instruments Johnny Reb Guitars Reverend Musical Instruments Rhinehart Guitars Robin Guitars Sadowsky Guitars Ltd. Sand Guitars Jason Z. Schroeder Custom Guitars Sherman Custom Guitars SonFather Guitars Starr Labs Steinberger Paul Stephane Guitars Stump Preacher Guitars s.Talkovich Electric Guitars Timtone Custom Guitars ToneSmith Guitars Travis Bean Guitars Rick Turner Guitars Vantage Guitars Vigier Guitars Wagstaff Guitars Wilkins Guitars Zion Guitars Zolla Guitars

Bass Guitars

Acacia Instruments Alembic Inc. De Vries Custom Guitars and Basses Ernie Ball F Basses Fodera Basses Jay T. Hargreaves Bass Guitars Knutson Lutherie Dave Maize Acoustic Bass Guitars M.V. Pedulla Guitars, Inc. Perron Custom Guitars Simpson-James Electric Bass Guitars Michael Tobias Design

Travel Guitars

Chiquita Travel Guitar Chrysalis Inflatable Guitar Crackerbox Music Martin Backpacker Guitar SoloEtte Travel Guitars Stewart Guitars Tacoma Papoose TommyHawk Travel Guitar Traveler Guitar Vagabond Travel Guitar

Guitar Repair and Custom Work

Alfieri Guitars Bob's Guitar Service Paul Bordeaux Inlays Ernie's Guitar Repair George's Guitar Repair Hidden Valley Guitar Works Gene Liberty Guitar Repair London Stringed Instruments Midwest Guitar Building and Repair School Mobile Guitar Support Larry Robinson Custom Inlays Scotty's Guitar Shop Steve Ryder Stringed Instruments Upcountry Guitar Repair

Organizations and Schools

American School of Luthierie Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans Famous Guitarmakers Guitar Works Guild of American Luthiers Leeds Guitar Makers School Ron Long's Guitar Builders and Repairers Musicians and Instrument Makers Forum NAMM Northern California Association of Luthiers Richard's List of Luthiers Sacramento Valley Luthiers Guild Timberline School of Luthiery

Luthier Supplies, Books, and Kits

Basic Pickup Winding D. Brooker & Associates Cactus Publishing Component Multineck System Exotic Woods Co. Fossil Ivory Guitar Fittings Gringo's Guitar Repair Guide Guitar & Amp Parts Guitar Reranch Graph Tech Jeanie's Pickguards JLD Guitar Research & Development Luthiers Mercantile International MusicMaker's Kits Sandy Pond Hardwoods, Inc. Sovereign: The Musicwood People Stewart MacDonald's Guitar Shop Supply Modern Luthier Video Presentation Vintage Ventures Alaskan Walrus Ivory Vintique Wood Center Indonesia


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