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Guild of American Luthiers, GAL – The Guild is a nonprofit, tax-exempt educational organization, formed in 1972 to advance the art and science of string instrument making and repair, through an open forum of information exchange. GAL publishes a quarter magazine “American Lutherie” and organizes a national luthier convention. Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans, A.S.I.A. – The Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans (ASIA) was established in 1988 to help provide a sense of community and professionalism to the field of stringed instrument making and repair. ASIA publishes the quarterly journal “Guitarmaker” and organizes a national symposium and exhibition.
Musical Instrument Makers Forum MIMF – The Musical Instrument Makers Forum is an interactive forum for the discussion of musical instrument construction, design and repair; welcoming builders of all instruments at any skill level from expert to wannabe. Frets.com - Frank Fords incredible site. Every thing about repairs and guitars. Lots of solid information. Left Brain Luthierie - A northern California discussion group with some interesting threads. Guitar Resource - A site dedicated to the pursuit of music with a special interest in jazz guitar. Hoffman Guitar - An accomplished Luthier Charles Hoffman's site has some excellent articles on guitar building. Kathy Matsushita - A delightful "Amateur Luthier" site with lots of neat links. The Guitar Port - Lots of good links to builder and suppliers. Ukuleles by Kawika - Mentor to our member Phil Morris and maker of very cool instruments. Also a free collection of useful spreadsheets. Vintage Guitar Magazine - Great site plenty of online information. William Cumpiano - An extraordinary luthier and author of a most excellent book on Guitar making. Google - The best search engine there is and no advertising to boot! Akito Moroka - A Japanese Flamenco guitar player with a fabulous collection built by the masters. Japanese language site but worth a visit for the guitars and the MP3 audio clips.
Allied Lutherie, Ltd. - Decendants of LMI. Tonewood, tool and parts. Check out the all metal Fox Side Bending Machine. B-Band - Acoustic transducers and microphones. Bo Walker is the North Texas dealer for B-Band and offers a big discount to LINT members. Bridge City Tools - Exquisitely made hand tools and measuring devices. Cedar Creek Cases - Excellent hard-shell cases. They will custom make them to your profile in relatively small batches. Constantine's - Good source for veneers and woodworking tools. Curly Woods They offer the finest quality hardwood lumber and turning woods from around the world, specializing in fine North American figured woods, turning woods and burls. DePaule Supply Co. – Produces solid shell blanks of Paua Abalone, Red Abalone, White, Gold, Black and Bronze Mother of Pearl, and many other kinds of shell for inlay work.They also reproduce many old inlay designs as pre-cut inlays ready to put into instruments. Exotic Woods Company Inc. – Stocks over 50 species of wood for musical instruments. First Quality Musical Supplies - Mostly instruments but good source for strings and accessories. Garrett Wade - Fine selection of high end hand and power tools. Guitarmaker’s Connection – Martin’s guitarmaking site. Kits, Tools, etc. Lie-Nielsen Tools - Beautifully make precision planes and other hand tools. Luthiers Mercantile International, LMI – specializing in wood for musical instruments. Also sells tools and supplies. Their catalog is a must have! L.R. Baggs - Acoustic pick up systems. John Timblin offers these in his "Fat Bottom Girls" Musicians Friend - Some items of interest to builders, mostly manufactured instruments. Northern Tonewood Company - We supply Spruce & other species for all types of acoustic fretted and bowed instruments. Old Standard Musical Instrument Wood - Here is an excellent source for Adirondack tops and bracewood. They ship and let you approve what you buy before you pay for it. Just give them a name, shipping address, and phone numbers and they send it out. Nice folks!! Orcas Island Tonewoods – specializing in woods for the violin family and arched top guitar since 1980. Paradise on a Hanger - What instrument maker or musician doesn't like Hawaiian shirts? Pickup the World - Makes the acoustic pickup system John Fitzgerald uses in his instruments. Stewart MacDonald’s Guitar Shop Supply – Specializing in tools, supplies, books and videos. Also has some wood. The Rescue Pearl Company - All your shell needs at a much lower price than other sources.
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