Guild of American Luthiers
The Guild of American
Luthiers (GAL) is the oldest association of stringed instrument makers in the
states. Their journal is one of the best resources for information on
lutherie. You can check their site for back numbers of the journal and an
index of articles.
Fellowship of Makers and Restorers of Historical
Instruments (FOMHRI)
The Fellowship of
Makers and Restorers of Historical Instruments has lots of information on
renaissance and other period musical instruments. This site is a plain text
site.
Lute Page
The Lute Page is all
about Lutes, who makes them and plays them.
Woodworkers Journal
Woodworker's Journal
magazine teaches advanced and intermediate level techniques, shares shop
tips, provides a huge array of top-notch plans and keeps you up to date on
the world of woodworking.
Japan Woodworker
We recommend their
tools above all others. Tools from these folks are the only ones we sell as
starter kits to our students.
Steve Warshaw's
Bird Carvings
This site shows
Steve's uncannily life-like carvings of birds. The skills which made him one
of the finest guitarmakers we know are applied also to a very high form of
avian sculpture.
Paul Jacobson Guitars
One on the leading classical builders in the country. His site is filled with
lots of good information on techniques and tips.
World Guitarist
A comprehensive
listing of classical guitarists, concerts, guitarmakers and other items of
interest world wide. The site is multilingual and gives a cosmopolitan view
of the world of classical guitar from Baroque to New Music on all the
continents.
The Milburn Brothers
The Milburn Brothers
build wonderful classical guitars and they finish them with French polish
shellac. They are more than generous in sharing their knowledge of the
process, which they learned from Eugene Clark.
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