Makers

Contact information for luthier Steve Evans and engineer Bill Johnson who build resonator ukeleles and guitars in New Zealand.

Mandolins, tenor guitars, ukuleles and custom instruments. Models, prices, ukulele workshop, and links.

Makes, restores and repairs American and European stringed folk instruments. Includes gallery and newsletter.

Traditional lute of central Borneo. Malaysia.

Handcrafted guitars, mandolins, Irish bouzoukis, harps and traditional style bodhrans. Also offers guitar making course in New Zealand.

Featuring hand-made dulcimers, strum sticks, flutes, mandolins and banjos.

Bowed psalteries, dulcimers, harps, bodhrans and accessories. Includes FAQs, psaltery information, and company profile.

Maker of handcrafted instruments such as lutes, historical harps, guitars, citterns and gitterns. Includes maker biography and details about wood used.

David Sohn. A and F style mandolins, banjos, resophonic and arch top guitars. Also offering repair and restoration work. BC Canada.

Texas craftsman Math Deatherage makes and repairs violins, violas, cellos, guitars, banjos and bows. Shop photos, price ranges, woods available.

Victor Smith. Hand made custom mandolins and guitars, includes contact information. Vejby, Denmark.

Franz-Ulrich Albert and Antonius Mueller. Flat back, bowl back, bouzoukis, historic reconstructions, and acoustic electric models. Artist mp3s. Aarbergen Kettenbach, Germany.

Stephen Holst. Huitars and F-style mandolins. Features construction detail photos, audio samples. Creswell, Oregon USA.

Specializing in F5 mandolins and violins on commission basis, classical and contemporary. Includes photos. Glasgow, Scotland UK.

A. Lawrence Smart. Guitars and mandolin family instruments including bluegrass, octave and classic mandocellos. Testimonials, articles, prices and specifications. McCall, Idaho USA.

Electric guitars, basses, violins, and cellos.

Luthier Bob Gleason builds classical and steel guitars and ukuleles in Hilo, Hawaii. Includes photographs of his work, instructions for luthiers, and supplies.

Hurdy-Gurdies, lutes, mandolins and viols. Includes photos, prices and articles about the Hurdy-Gurdy.

Builds custom stringed instruments (electric, acoustic, lapsteel and resonator guitars, basses, and upright basses; includes a gallery and artist listing. [Victoria, Australia]

A wide range of stringed instruments: from violins to archtop guitars.

Custom guitars, basses and violins. Repairs and restoration.

Archtop, flat top and electric guitars and mandolins.

Claudio Ricca Luthier. Violins, violas, cellos and other classical instruments plus restoration services. (Rome, Italy)

Builds mandolins, mandolas, citterns, bouzoukis, guitars and Celtic percussion instruments in New Zealand. Includes craftsman's biography, specifications, price list and partial list of clients.

Archtop and flat top acoustic guitars and mandolins.

James R. DeCava Luthier. Custom made guitars, banjos, mandolins, ukeleles and other fretted string instruments.

Hugo Valcke, Luthier. Handmade custom flat top guitars, bluegrass banjos, mandolins, bouzoukis and citterns, resonator guitars and dulcimers. Belgium.

Offers guitars, Irish bouzoukis, and mandolins. Includes craftsman's profile, photographs, descriptions and prices. Located in Victoria, Australia.

Brazilian Luthiers -Lutes, viols and baroque guitars. (Portuguese/English)

Acoustic and electric guitars, mandolins, bouzoukis, mandolas, and citterns.

(Arcata, CA, USA) Irish bouzoukis, citterns, Celtic mandolins and guitars - built, restored.

Gavin Baird Luthier. Handcrafted guitars and mandolins made to individual specifications.

Custom Guitars and Bass Guitars since the 1960's

Custom bass guitars, double basses, electric guitars and other instruments made from motorcycle and classic car parts.

Luthier who specializes in historic violins, mandolins, lutes and guitars. Illustrations of some of his instruments. [Minnesota, US]

Makers of Early Music instruments (lutes, vihuelas, early guitars and harpsichords); also offer restoration services. [Utrecht, Netherlands]

Reconstruction, building, restoring and repairing of historical plucked instruments. Also supplies strings. [Badenweiler, Germany]

Luthier building instruments in the guitar, mandolin and violin families; also offers restoration of historical instruments, and appraisal services. Online gallery and contact details. [Modena, Italy; English and Italian]

Builds acoustic and classical guitars, violins, violas, harps and dulcimers. Includes photographs, prices, and information on lutherie classes.

Luthier creating guitars and violins; gallery of instruments, with information about his woods, workshop, and techniques. [Georgia, US]

Luthier producing flat- and arch-top guitars, violins and string basses; information about instruments, current inventory, and contact details. [California, US]

Chris Bozung, luthier; information about his acoustic guitars and banjos, with specifications and options, testimonials, articles, and price list. [Tennessee, US]

Hand-crafted guitars (acoustic, classical and flamenco), mandolins, and ukeleles. Information about instruments, current stock, with advice about care and maintenance.

Offers a gallery of hand-crafted and custom instruments, with an account of guitar construction, contact and oredering details. [Ontario, Canada]

Individually hand-crafted acoustic and resonator guitars, and mandolins; includes a gallery, and ordering details. [Massachusetts, US]

Luthier making acoustic guitars and violins from koa wood; includes details of instruments, testimonials, and ordering instructions. [Hawaii, US]

Hand-crafted acoustic guitars and bouzoukis, and repair services; includes instrument galleries, luthier profiles, and contact details. [Pennsylvania, US]

Maker and restorer of Renaissance and Baroque lute, archlute, theorbo, baroque guitar and vihuela. Includes information on his instruments, a gallery, terms, and contact details. [Cremona, Italy]

Hand made acoustic and electric mandolins, cavaquinhos and guitars. Information about his instruments, the woods he uses, and contact details. [Salvador-Bahia, Brazil]

Maker of acoustic fretted instruments like guitars, citterns, mandolas, bouzoukis and mandolins. Information about his range, contact details, and details of his instrument building classes. [Falkirk, Scotland]

A Saskatchewan maker of guitars and mandolins; includes information about his instruments, pricing and ordering instructions. [Canada]

Colin Keefe Luthier. UK based maker of custom guitars, mandolins, mandolas, banjos and resonator guitars.

Custom Greek bouzoukis, repairs and restorations. Based in Australia.

Stringed instruments hand crafted by Brian Dean, historically influenced method and design. Ontario, Canada.

Gordon Mayer produces handmade, custom acoustic guitars, mandolins and ukuleles; information about instruments, options, pricing, and ordering. [Washington, US]

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