Guitar building and repair sites

• American School of Lutherie in Healsdburg, CA USA

• Arto's String Calculator

• ASIA Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans.

• Jeffrey R. Elliott studied with Richard Schneider long before me - he also makes a limited number of beautiful guitars each year and he is a great guy.  

• FRETS.COM contains a HUGE amount of useful information presented in a friendly, easy-to-read format. It's the pet project of Frank Ford, a true giant and guru in the world of fretted instrument repair in the Bay Area CA USA

• The Guild of American Luthiers has a set of pages that nicely complement this one.

• Huss and Dalton Guitar Company is located in Stuarts Draft VA USA - one of the them attended my alma mater, UND.

• The Journal of Guitar Acoustics edited by Tim White. Seven issues of the Journal of Guitar Acoustics were published between 1979 and 1982. These issues have now been republished as a single volume of 700+ pages, along with an updated bibliography and additional material. Kawika graciously hosts this page which includes a Table of contents.

• Kathy Matsushita is an amateur but very accomplished guitar builder. She is also kind enough to document her tips, tricks, and processes for us. Thank you, Kathy!

• MIMF The Musicians and Instrument Makers Forum.

• The Sacramento Valley Luthiers Guild in California USA

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• Personal Pages: Performers and Enthusiasts
• Richard Alcoy is one of the foremost guitarists in the Phillipines
• Bach Plucked! is Michael Stitt's wonderful page devoted to JSB on lute and guitar. GREAT animation!
• Michael also has a page devoted to  Dionisio Aguado
• Ivan Bertolla is a "Progressive Australian Composer/Guitarist"
• Ken Brown's page features classical, jazz, and music theory information
• Chris Buzzelli directs the guitar program at Bowling Green State University
• Ulf Dalnas has a page in Swedish and in English
• John Dimick's Classical Guitar Page
• Spencer Doidge's Guitar Page
• Jorge Guillen provides musical and technical information about classical guitar
• Musee de la Guitar c'est en Francais! Wonderful pictures of guitar playing courtesy of M. Francois Hirsch.
• Patrick Kearney's info is here...including his album BOUQUET
• Guillermo Venegas Lloveras, the Puerto Rican composer, has a great site dedicated to him here
• Susan McDonald listeners can find her here.
• Scott Morris' CD and tour dates and other info can be found here
• Kent Murdick's guitar music.
• Allan Neave teaches at the Royal Scottish Academy
• David Pircher's page contains midi files and postscript music and more.
• David Pritchard's Molecular Music label is here, as is his new CD
• Pepe Romero's touring info and CDs are here, as is a link to Los Romeros
• Dante Rosati's Guitar Page
• Kenneth Sparr has info about the guitar and lute in Sweden
• Sheri Stanley is right here: she's got a lot of links too!
• Bert Straver's link in the Netherlands is here...with soccer info, even!
• James Sundquist performs sacred music on the guitar
• Koos van Doorn has a page here about "Gitaar, Vihuela, Luit"
• George Villiers has a nice site with panels and everything
• Marcos Vinicius and his page in Italy are right here
• Karl Walter's site is here...I know that guitar logo!
• Guoheng Wei's excellent page with many links
• John Williams' amazing webpage is here...very extensive!

  Personal Pages: CG Merchants and Craftsmen

• Rick Falkiner's Guitar Centre in Australia
• Just Strings is just what it says--wow!
• Rustle Laidman writes some very interesting music software, including Guitar Tuner
• New Millenium Guitar Publishing Company is here 
• David Simms Footstool Site--he also has a links page.