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Whether you are a guitar player, seeking repairs, a collector, or a builder we have something here for you! Never before has so much information on the craft been assembled in one place... and never before has it been so much fun to find!

Famous Guitarmaker Internet World Headquarters is updated daily ! ! !

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Musicians and Instrument Makers Formum Musicians and Instrument Makers Forum - a new interactive forum dedicated to the craft.
You're invited to visit and join a brand new interactive forum dedicated to the needs of musicians and builders.

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SPECIAL FEATURES - UPDATED REGULARLY
Luthiers Around the World
Violinmakers Around the World NEW
Bulletin Board
Famous Guitarmaker Mailbox - Directory
Tobi, 2 bridge twinger guitar
"Feedback" - Directory
Jason Lollar, Basic Pickup Winding NEW
The Vancouver Guitar Builders Cooperative
Bob Hembrook, Mesquite Basses and Guitars from Texas
Nickolay Andreev, Guitarmaking in Moscow
Tim Deacon , Carodyce Instrument from the UK
Michael Wentzell , South Carolina's "glamour boy guitarmaker"
Mark Carlson , a visit with Fender's R&D stress analyst
Billy Rhinehart , handcarved uniquely ornamented objets d'art
Rainsong Graphite Guitars, visit the factory of these graphite innovators

FEATURED BUILDERS
Directory
Jim Redgate
George Wilson
Richard Schneider
Robert Girdis
Leading Edge, Jay Hargreaves

FEATURED RECORDING ARTIST OF THE MONTH!
Discography - an index
CD Order FAQs
Online CD Order form
Disco links
Recording Artist Index - 1999
August - - Bill Hill "Honorable Intentions"
Recording Artist Index - 1998
January - - Sunyata "Gypsy Sun, Gypsy Moon"
February - - Terry Garland "Trouble In Mind"
March - - Terry Garland "The One To Blame"
April - - Frank Schultz "A Day Like This"
May - - Puddle Duck "Fly"
July - - In Clover "Music for Silent Films"
August - - Headstone Circus "Live at Cary Street"
November - - Kimberly Burns "Wild Heart Of Mine"
Recording Artist Index - 1997
January - - George M. Lowe "Don't Be a Fool!"
February - - Billy Ray Hatley" "Big City Blues"
March - - Armwood "Omega Man"
April - - Carl Volk "Estrada do Sol"
May - - Wolftown "Mother Lode"
June - - Marcos Vinicius "Dedicatoria"
July - - Progetto Avanti "Orchestral Illusions"
August - - Todd Wayne "Behind Closed Doors"
September - - John Bullard "Bach on the Banjo"
October - - Allan Neave "...the isle is full of noises..."
November - - Fat Daddy "Back Where I Started From"
December - - Guitars A Quattro "Four For Tango"

Recording Artist Index - 1996
January - - The Ululating Mummies"Sacred Snack"
February - - Dirtball "Hillbilly Soul"
March - - Dog's New Clothes "Waiting for the Moon"
May - - May-Lily Lee "Actualities"
June - - Oscar Lopez "Dancing on the Moon Contigo"
July - - Kurt Rodarmer "The Goldberg Variations"
August - - Tim Donley "Cuttin' Loose"
September - - Eileen Edmonds "Eileen Edmonds"
October - - Patchwork "Something Off Our First Album"
November - - Bare Bones "Time Won't Wait"
December - - Big Top Blues Band "Mad Love"

Recording Artist Index - 1995
September - - Terry Garland "Edge of the Valley"
October - - John Bullard "A Classical Banjo"
November - - Janet Martin "Just Wakin' Up"
December - - Zydeco Crazy "Shake Whatcha Got!"

E-MAIL FORMS / SERVICES
New Visitors Please "Sign In" Here
"Dear Tony the Guitarmaker..." Collector E-Mail Form
"Dear Tony the Guitarmaker... Please send me more information (or include me on the Luthiers Around the World list).
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Discography Online Order FAQs
Online Catalog/ Ordering FAQs
Order / Quote E mail form
Online Order Center
CBI -- Custom Cable Quote
LM Engineering Product and Policy, Ordering Custom ATA Cases
Online CD Orders

Web Development Services
Vintage Instrument Appraisal Service
Insurance Services - Under Construction
Trading Post - Under Construction
Mailing Address - Snail Mail


EDUCATIONAL FEATURES / EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES / TEACHING AIDS
Schools and Study Programs
"The Master Violinmaker" by Paul Fleisher
Fingerboard Worksheet Teaching aid
Chord Block Worksheet Teaching aid
Repair reading list
The Healdsburg Guitar Makers Festival 1996 see your cronies cavort
Healdsburg Guitar Festival 1997 some great looking custom instruments and their builders
Agustín Barrios Mangoré by Johnna Jeong
Tree Talk, Inc. Non-profit wood research and software development firm
Dr. Michael Kasha The father of the "new model" for the classical guitar
RESOURCES - UPDATED REGULARLY
Repair Shop List of Repair Specialist
Guitar Player sites
FTP Sites and News Groups
Unique Instrument Sites Ethnic instruments, one of a kind
Sources of Supply
Clubs, Organizations and Societies
Johnna Jeong - An Introduction
Books, Periodicals, Publications... and other sources of information relative to Vintage Musical Instruments
Instrument Collectors Commercial Listings
Commercial Collections - Under Construction


HARDWARE DEPOT

Hardware Depot Continually developing online catalog of "stuff" I think is groovy...
Amplification - An index
Rack Mountable Processors
Rane AP 13 Acoustic Instrument Preamplifier
Rane AP 13 -- Technical information
Rane RE 27 Realtime Equalizer
Rane RE 27 -- Technical information

Furman Model PL-Tuner Power Conditioner/Tuner

Rack Mountable Power Amplifiers - Under Construction
P. A. Systems - Under Construction
Combo Amps - Under Construction
Transducer Systems - An index
Fishman Transducer systems -- An Introduction
Fishman Pocket Blender
Blender System
Fishman Portable Equalizer
Fishman Acoustic Matrix
Fishman Powerjack
Fishman Powerjack - update
Fishman Blender Series
Fishman Powerbridge
Fishman Powerbridge - update
Fishman Powerbridge - Schematics
Fishman AXIS and AXISm Preamps
Arch-top Guitar pickups
Prefix Onboard Preamp
Fishman Dual Parametric D. I.
RMC Pickup Company under construction

Accessories -- An Index
Strings
Famous Guitarmaker Brand Strings

Cipriani Bridge Systems

Cables - An index

C.B.I. Professional Wiring Systems
C.B.I. Connectors
C.B.I. Speaker Systems
C.B.I. Speaker Cables
C.B.I. Microphone Cables

Conquest Sound

Cases -- An Index
Guitar Cases
SKB
SKB - Pedal Board
3rd Planet Gig Bags

Harptone Musical Instrument Cases


ATA Cases
LM Engineering ATA Cases
LM Engineering Surface Hardware Cases
LM Engineering, XL Series, 200 Series and more
LM Engineering - Ordering
Rack Mount Cases - Under Construction
More Cases - Under Construction
Sheet Music, Books, Tablature, Videos - Under Construction

SUPPLY ROOM
Supply room Index
Tonewoods Resource List
Fretting Supplies and Accessories Resources
Inlay Materials, Tools and Supplies - Suppliers
Veneers and Mosaics Resource list - under construction
Plan Service - Resource List
Special Tools and Repair Accessories - Suppliers

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