Larry’s Lutherie Resource List (Draft)

[larryathaluthier]

With LMII having closed shop, I know some people are looking to find things. I’m kind of a fanatic armchair luthier that likes to know where to get lutherie stuff and info. I’ve been putting all my notes and bookmarks for the last several days for tonewood, tools ,lutherie  info, specialty materials suppliers and organizations into one list of linked urls. I thought I would share it.there are still things missing but I think you will find something on here that maybe you didn’t know about. I have US, Canada, UK, Australia and Europe resources on here. I don’t have much on Asia, Middle East or Africa(sorry). There is not much here that will support electric guitar builders. This will mostly serve steel string, classical, Romantic, Baroque, Lute, bowed Instrument (violin family or gamba) builders. This is just a draft - I’ve just put everything together. If you have different ideas as to how I should organize or share it, I’d welcome it. I might send it to Ian D and see if he wants to post it on the Looth Group website too. Enjoy.

Larry Atha

Huntsville, AL

Tonewood and or lutherie supplies

StewMac - Athens OH

https://www.stewmac.com/

Allied Lutherie - Vermont USA

https://alliedlutherie.com/

Allen Guitars - Colfax CA

https://www.allenguitar.com/supply.htm

Blues Creek Guitars

https://bluescreekguitars.com/

Madinter - Madrid 

https://www.madinter.com/en/

Maderas Barber

https://maderasbarber.com/tonewood/en/

Madema Tonewood - Malaga Spain

https://madematonewood.com/en

Old standard musical instrument Wood - Fulton, MO

https://www.adirondackspruce.com/

Commercial Forest Products - California

https://commercialforestproducts.com/exotic-wood/

Centerpiece Tonewoods-Miami FL

https://www.cptonewoods.com/

Cook woods - Oregon

https://www.cookwoods.com/

Appalachian Tonewoods - West Virginia 

https://www.appalachiantonewood.com/

Hearne Hardwoods - Pennsylvania

https://www.hearnehardwoods.com/

Pacific Rim Tonewoods - Washington State 

https://pacificrimtonewoods.com/

Pacific Coast woods - (Myrtle and Maple) - OR

https://pacificcoastwoods.net/index.html

Hibdon Hardwood - St Louis MO

https://www.hibdonhardwood.com/

Hawaiian Hardwoods Direct - Dufur, OR

https://www.curlykoa.com/

Northwest Timber - Jefferson OR

https://nwtimber.com/

Oregon’s Wild Woods - Oregon

https://tonewood.com/

Fiddleback Woodshack - Bend Oregon 

http://www.fiddlebackwoodshack.com/index.php

RCTonewoids - NY State

https://rctonewoods.com/RCT_Store/

GJTonewood - Wisconsin

https://gjtonewood.com/

Petros Guitar Shop - tone wood & purflex purflings - Wisconsin

https://petrosguitarshop.com/

Tempered Tonewoods - Sonoma California

https://temperedtonewoods.com/

Alaska Specialty Woods - Alaska

https://alaskawoods.com

Exotic Wood zone - St. Louis MO

https://exoticwoodzone.com/

Gilmer Wood company - Portland Oregon

https://www.gilmerwood.com/

Griffin Exotic Wood

https://exoticwood.biz

Macbeath Hardwoods - California, Salt Lake City, Indiana

https://www.macbeath.com/

Dave Maize - luthier and wood (Oregon)

http://www.maizeguitars.com/

Notable Woods - Washington State

http://www.notablewoods.com/

Old World Tonewood Co - North Carolina 

https://www.oldworldtonewood.com/

Orcas Island Tonewoods - only palletized lots of wood left (retiring)

http://www.radiofreeolga.com/tonewoods/

Randle Woods - figured woods - Washington state

http://www.randlewoods.com/

Redwood Salvage Sales

http://www.redwoodsalvagesales.com/

Vikwood - Sheboygan, WI

https://www.vikwood.com/

West Penn Hardwoods - Pennsylvania

https://wphardwoods.com/

Wood from the West - Kevin Connor’s Mill

https://woodfromthewest.com/

Koality Woods, Hawaii 

https://www.koalitywoods.com/

Canada

Acoustic Woods - Vancouver - Canada

http://www.acousticwoods.ca/newsite/index.htm

A&M woods specialty - Cambridge ON

https://amwoodspecialty.com/

Cascadia Tonewood

https://cascadiacanada.com/pages/lutherie-home

Adirondack Wood Supply - Quebec

https://www.adirondackwoodsupply.com/

Music Spruce - Canada 

https://musicsprucecanada.com/

Larry Stamm - British Columbia

http://www.larrystamm.com/

West Wind Hardwood - British Columbia

https://www.westwindhardwood.com/

Rudolph Fuchs - Germany

https://www.germanspruce.com/index.html

Alpenholtz - Germany

http://www.alpentonholz.de

Bois de Resonance - Switzerland

https://www.bois-de-resonance.com/

Tonewood Switzerland

https://www.tonewood.ch/en/

Rivolta Woods - Italy

https://riwoods.com/en/

Ciresa Company - Fiemme Spruce / Maple - Italy

https://www.ciresafiemme.it/en/

TRADITIONAL TONEWOOD - Austria 

https://www.tonewoods.info/

KÖLBL GmbH Aigen, Austria.

https://www.koelbl.co.at/de/

S.V.S. tonewood - Slovakia

https://www.tonewoodforviolin.com/

Carpathian Tonewood - Romania 

https://www.carpathiantonewood.com/

Distinctive Timbers Tasmania - Australia

https://buytasmaniantimbersonline.com.au/

Tasmanian Salavged Resurrection Timbers Pty Ltd

https://tasmaniantonewoods.com/

Tasmanian tonewoods - Australia

https://www.tasmanianacoustictonewood.com.au/pages/links

Southern Tonewoods - Australia

https://southerntonewoods.com.au/

David Dyke & Co - United Kingdom

https://luthierssupplies.co.uk/

Rothko & Frost - UK 

https://rothkoandfrost.com/

Touchstone Tonewoods - UK

https://www.touchstonetonewoods.co.uk/

Tone Tech  - luthier Supply UK

https://tonetechluthiersupplies.co.uk

Specialty services

David Borson Precision Resaw

http://www.borsonresaw.com/

Specialty parts

Beard Resophonic Guitar Parts

https://beardguitars.com/parts/

Fred’s Guitar Parts - France

https://www.fredguitar.com/en/

Note: gypsy guitar tuners

Veneer Suppliers

B&B Rare Woods (veneer) - Colorado

https://www.dyed-veneer.com/default.asp

Certainly Wood - veneer - NY state

https://certainlywood.com/index.php

Constantines - veneer, marquetry, tools etc - Florida

https://www.constantines.com/

Oakwood Veneer- Troy MI

https://oakwoodveneer.com/

specialty stuff

Balsa Wood (for double tops)

https://specializedbalsa.com/balsa_grain_classification.php

Nomex (for double tops)

https://compositeenvisions.com/product/dupont-nomex-honeycomb-core-material/

Dragon Plate - carbon fiber pultruded truss rods - NY state

https://dragonplate.com/

Saddles / Bridge Pins / etc (Bone/ivory) - Georgia USA

https://www.guitarsaddles.com/

Duke of Pearl - Pearl and Abalone for Inlay

https://dukeofpearl.com/

Aqua Blue Maui - shell inlay 

https://www.aquabluemaui.com/

DePaule Supply - inlay / shell

https://www.luthiersupply.com/

Australia Mother of Pearl Company

http://www.mopsupplies.com/

Rescue Pearl Co - Rescue, California

http://www.rescuepearl.com/

Inlay tools - specialty graphics - burrs, small router bits etc

https://graphictransfer.net/shop

Karin Rost - marquetry - rosettes and Purflings - Germany

https://www.karin-rost.de/

Michael Gurian - purflings and parts

https://www.gurianinstruments.com/

Inlay Product World

https://www.inlays.com/Default.asp

Inlay Banding

https://www.inlaybanding.com/

Felt (100% Wool - for case linings and toolbox lining)

https://www.thefeltcompany.com/

Baize Wool Fabric - high end case lining (best fabric in the world for violin/lute etc cases).

https://www.baizewoolfabrics.co.uk/product-insights/musical-instrument-case-lining-fabric/

Picard Hammers and Mallets - Germany

(French Pattern joiners Hammers, English Pattern joiners Hammers, Veneer Hammers, bar fret hammer for metalsmith/watchmaker, etc)

KCTool (Kansas City, Mo) represents Picard in US 

https://www.picard-hammer.de/en/

Bearcat Tool - small slimline deadblow hammer (8 oz). 10S08

https://www.bearcattool.com/

L.R. Baggs - pickups and microphones (internal)

https://www.lrbaggs.com/

Barbara Transducers - high end saddle transducers 

http://barberatransducers.com/

Boone Trading - ivory and bone 

https://www.boonetrading.com/

The BWC Company - waxes

https://store.bwccompany.com/

Canadian Ivory

http://www.canadianivory.com/

Early Music shop - UK (Suffolk & Yorkshire)

https://earlymusicshop.com

Wittner GMBH - Germany tuning forks and metronomes

https://wittner-gmbh.de/produkte_wittner_e.html

Gemini - carbon fiber stuff

https://www.geminimusical.com/

Balsam Banjo Works - banjo parts

https://balsambanjoworks.com/

Violin Family Instruments (Mostly)

International Violin - tools/ varnishes & resins / wood etc. (improved guitar related offerings after LMII closed)

https://www.internationalviolin.com/

Dictum -  Herdim Violin tools / hand tools - Germany

https://www.dictum.com/en/

Violin Family Bow Materials - Dover Ohio

https://bowworks.com

Violin Family Specialty Tools - Alberti 

https://violintools.com

Old Wood - Madrid - specialty varnishes & colors

https://www.oldwood1700.com/en/

Howard Core violin stuff

https://www.howardcore.com/

Southwest Strings

https://www.swstrings.com/

C.A Goetz Jr - Germany

http://cagoetzjr.com/

W.E. Hill & Sons - violins & Bows - England 

https://www.wehillandsons.com/

Go strings - Pennsylvania 

https://www.gostrings.com

Specialty Violin Making Products

https://www.specialtyviolin.com/

Pioneer Valley Luthier Supply - Bowhair and Rosin- 

https://pioneervalleyluthier.com/

Metropolitan Music - 

https://www.metmusic.com/

Grandi Liutai - Italy

https://grandiliutai.com/en/

Cremona Tools - Italy

https://www.cremonatools.com/

Audubon Strings - Hartford Connecticut

https://www.audubonstrings.com/

Guitar and Instrument Cases

Hoffee Cases

https://www.carbonfibercases.com/

TKL Cases

https://www.tkl.com/

Armitrage Guitar cases

https://www.ameritage.com/

Calton Cases

https://www.calton-cases.com/

Kingham Cases 

http://www.kinghammtm.com/

Visenut

https://www.visesnutcase.com/

Access cases

https://www.accessbagsandcases.com/

BAM cases - France

https://www.bamcases.com/

Price Cases - Oklahoma

http://www.fiberglasscase.com/

Karura Case

https://www.karuracase.com/index.php/en/

Glues and Shellacs and Finishes

Shellac & Finishing Supplies 

Shellac.net

Shellacshack

https://www.shellacshack.com/

Fish Glue

https://www.norlandprod.com/

Hide Glue

http://www.milligan1868.com/index.html

Bjorn Hide Glue

https://bjornhideglue.com

Gluboost - CA glue made for luthiers and stuff

https://gluboost.com/

Cut Nails (lutes, violins, romantic guitars, old Case)

https://tremontnail.com/

Talas II - NYC (art restoration / art Conservation/ finishes/ adhesives, paper, Bookbinding, weights, bone folders, steamers) 

https://www.talasonline.com

Twill Tape - for wrapping bindings 1” extra heavy duty

Reference Robbie O’Brien Luthier stops Du Jour

https://www.twilltape.com/

Linen - for reinforcing bending sides (bias (45 deg)cut handkerchief linen)

Reference Ken Parker Archtoppery 

https://fabrics-store.com/

Shellac Finishes(Royal lac)

https://www.shellacfinishes.com/

Crystalac (Bright Tone - water based Poly for guitars)

https://www.crystalac.com/

TargetCoatings - EM6000 water based lacquer

https://www.targetcoatings.com

Hand tool suppliers with quality tools

Tools for Working Wood - Brooklyn NY (hide glue, shellac, rasps, saws, carving tools, chisels)

https://toolsforworkingwood.com

Peck Tool - German Tools - Ohio

https://www.pecktool.com/

Highland Woodworking - Atlanta, GA (EC Emmerich planes)

https://www.highlandwoodworking.com/

Diefenbacher Tool (Dastra &Two Cherries carving ) Littleton CO

https://diefenbacher.com/

Taytools - Columbia, MO (PEC tools)

https://taytools.com

Hardwick and Sons - Idaho

https://hardwickandsons.com

KC Tool - specializes in modern German hand tools (knipex, Picard hammers) - Kansas City, Mo

https://www.kctool.com/

Klingspor Woodworking - North Carolina (site best with Chrome)

https://www.woodworkingshop.com/

Klingspor also make abrasives (CAMI)

Woodworkers Specialties  best selection of Pfiel/Swiss Made Tools  in North America (located in British Columbia) fast shipping /good prices for US due to exchange rate 

https://woodworkerspecialties.com/

Luthiers that make lutherie tools:

Luthier Tool - Chris Klumper

http://www.luthiertool.com

Elevate Lutherie - Chris Ensor - specialty lutherie tools / jigs /fixtures - Springfield MO

https://elevatelutherie.com/products/

Luthier Suppliers - Denver CO (drill jigs, centerline, neck shape templates, )

https://www.luthiersuppliers.com

Northfield Mandolin’s - wavelerly style clamps

https://www.northfieldinstruments.com/shop

Canadian Luthiers Supply - Josh House - Radius Dishes

https://www.canadianluthiersupply.com/

Bear Meadow Dulcimers (custom fret templates for LMII and StewMac miterbox/setups)

https://www.bearmeadow.com/index.html

T.J.Thompson Pro Luthier Tools (bar fret wire, bar fret tools, belly corrector, taping aids, special cauls, bridges)

Martin golden age expert

https://proluthiertools.com/

Luthiers with online or in person training/content or books/videos

Robbie O’Brien - O’Brien guitars and Lutherie Academy - Parker Colorado

https://lutherieacademy.com/

https://obrienguitars.com/

Paco Chorobo - Ùbeda Spain 

https://chorobo.com/en/

Classical:

John Bogdanovich - Book / Video / Making 

https://www.jsbguitars.com/

Roy Courtnall - Making Master Guitars Book Site

https://makingmasterguitars.org.uk/

Roy’s Guitar plans

https://www.masterguitarplans.com/

Ervin Somogyi - (books & lutherie content)

https://esomogyi.com/

Trevor Gore Guitars (book) with Gil Gilet

https://goreguitars.com.au/

https://giletguitars.com.au/

R.M. Mottola (books and info)

https://www.liutaiomottola.com/

Giuliano Nicoletti (book & software )

https://www.iuliusguitars.com/

Michael Collins - building a gypsy guitar dvd & Alan Carruth’s plate tuning dvd

https://collinsguitar.com/

Brian Burns - Fort Bragg, CA

http://www.lessonsinlutherie.com/

William Cumpiano - Massachusetts

https://www.cumpiano.com/

Tom Bills - The Art of Lutherie

https://tbguitars.com/learn-guitar-making/

Sylvan Wells - Wells Guitars - Florida free and paywall info

http://wellsguitars.com/Articles/articles.htm

Ken Parker Archtops - super Vlog - super info for luthiers

https://kenparkerarchtops.com/archtoppery

Daisy Tempest / Tempest Guitars

https://www.tempestguitars.com/

https://youtube.com/@?si=vieJSirRlRxXFlBD

https://www.patreon.com/DaisyTempest?utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan

Roger Siminoff - books on tap tuning, lutherie, mandolins

https://www.siminoff.net/

NK Forster - Books and Hemispherical Fret End Tool

https://www.nkforsterguitars.com/

Gerry Haze - Dublin - awesome books and blog and info and tools

https://hazeguitars.com/

The late Frank Ford’s Frets.com

http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/pagelist.html

The Late Graham Caldersmith

https://www.grahamcaldersmith.com.au/

Caldersmith Papers (book) 

https://a.co/d/7K5h0Ga

Charles Fox (Ergo guitars) Oregon - American School of Lutherie

http://www.ergoguitars.com

http://www.americanschooloflutherie.com/index.htm

Kevin LaDue - the Pragmatic Luthier Ladue Guitars (NY state)

https://www.ladueguitars.com

https://youtube.com/@thepragmaticluthier?si=6u_ndlYPb5L2uPAZ

Jeff Jewitt - Jewitt Guitars -  finishing expertise and lutherie courses on Lutherie Academy - good YouTube Content also makes TransTint

https://youtube.com/@jewittguitars?si=Ga1XV4UzxbZCT5r7

https://jewittguitars.com/

https://homesteadfinishingproducts.com/

Beau Hannum guitars and ukuleles

http://www.beauhannamguitars.com/

https://youtube.com/@beauhannamguitars?si=JZ94s3W8_db6m4Au

Clive Titmuss - Early Music Studio - Lute & baroque/romantic guitar Making - Canada

https://youtube.com/@earlymusicstudio1?si=9xd18J7wlFmX3yy8

http://earlymusicstudio.com/

David Van Edwards - courses in Renaissance and Baroque Lute Making (UK) - he’s president of the Lute Society

https://www.vanedwards.co.uk/

Tobias Braun - continues Romanillos Summer workshop in Austria 

https://www.tobiasbraun-guitars.com/start_en.php

Stephen Hill - Stephen Hill Guitars and EIGM

https://stephenhillguitars.com/

European Institute of Guitarmaking in Spain

https://europeaninstituteofguitarmaking.com/

Eric Schaefer Guitars (DIY Guitarmaking)

https://youtube.com/@ericschaeferguitars?si=PbcSdT5XxlAS0uOL

https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/

Pat Diburro- Martin repair book

http://www.diburro.com

Lutherie Magazines/Journals

Free:

Soundboard Scholar (GFA peer reviewed scholarly journal - Open Source)

https://digitalcommons.du.edu/sbs/

Savart Journal (peer reviewed GAL publication)

https://www.savartjournal.org/

Orfeo (classical guitars English, French & Spanish Languages available)

http://www.orfeomagazine.fr/fr/English.html

Subscription:

Fretboard Journal

https://www.fretboardjournal.com/fretboard-journal-51-whats-inside/

Acoustic Guitar

https://acousticguitar.com/

The Strad (UK)

https://www.thestrad.com/

Strings Magazine

https://stringsmagazine.com/

Classical Guitar Magazine (now defunct) has good content online

https://classicalguitarmagazine.com

To be paid for Guitar Plans

GenOne -Guitar Plans and Jig/Fixtures - Georgia (USA)

https://genone-luthier-supply.com/

-CAD Guitar Plans - Tennessee

https://cadguitarplans.com/

Free Guitar Plans 

Crane - Japan- classical & romantic guitars

http://www.crane.gr.jp/indexE.html

Grellier - France - acoustic Guitars

https://www.grellier.fr/en/downloads

Drawings of Fixtures and Jigs for Sale:

Luthiers Cool Tools - Rick and Deana Micheletti 

http://www.luthierscooltools.com/Dwgs.htm

Vacuum Press Sites:

Joe Woodworker - Vacuum Press Kits

https://www.joewoodworker.com/veneering/vacuum-clamping-jigs.htm

Strings

Strings by Mail - 

https://www.stringsbymail.com/

All Strings Nylon - Chuck Marfione

https://allstringsnylon.com/

D’Addario

https://www.daddario.com/

Dan Larson - Gamut Strings - Gut  strings for early music instruments and baroque and romantic 

https://www.gamutmusic.com/

Tuning Machines and Pegs

Rubber Tuners 

https://www.rubnertuners.com/

Wittner pegs

https://www.thomannmusic.com/wittner_fine_tuning_pegs_flamenco_6pcs.htm

Gilbert Tuners

https://gilberttuners.com/

Luthier Blogs

Luthier Workshops

http://theluthiersworkshop.blogspot.com/

Insurance for instruments & Luthiers

https://musicins.com/

Anderson group

https://anderson-group.com/musical-instrument-insurance/

lutherie organizations and groups

The Guild of American Luthiers

https://luth.org/membership/pay-membership-dues/

2024 membership

Annual US membership is $65.00

Canadian residents $78.00

Outside US and Canada $85.00

Includes 3 quarterly issues of American Lutherie and the larger “book” published in the fall. There are other benefits related to discounts on plans and books etc. They are putting more things on-line this year.

The Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans 

https://www.asiartisans.org/content/join.html

US membership $55

International $65

New members get a free 1 year subscription to acoustic Guitar magazine.

There should be a symposium planned in late June 2024  in Pennsylvania.

The Looth Group

https://www.loothgroup.com/

There are different levels,

I’m a Ding Kings member at $11/month. But there are higher and lower cost memebership dues. 

This provides a more modern group focused more on helping working luthiers make a living, sharing digitally, looth-a-long

https://www.patreon.com/theloothgroup?utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan

Guitar Foundation of America (classical guitar)

https://www.guitarfoundation.org/default.aspx

The Lute Society of America 

https://lutesocietyofamerica.org

Not strictly stringed instruments:

American Musical Instrument Society (has a fretted instrument group)

https://www.amis.org

American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers

https://afvbm.org/

Regional US based Groups:

Simscal - stringed Instrument Makers of  Southern California 

https://www.simscal.com/

NorCal - Northern California luthiers

https://www.ncaluthiers.com

LINT - Luthiers Interactive of Notth Texas

https://lint.wildapricot.org

New England Luthiers

http://www.newenglandluthiers.org/index.html

Seattle Luthiers Group:

https://seattleluthiers.org

Colorado Luthiers Group

http://www.coloradoluthiers.org

Ukulele Guild of Hawaii

https://www.ukuleleguildofhawaii.org/

A non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, perpetuation and promotion of the ukulele as a significant musical instrument.

UK Groups

The Fellowship of Makers and Researchers of Historical Instruments: FoMRHI

https://www.fomrhi.org

The Lute Society (UK)

https://www.lutesociety.org/

Cambridge Guitar Consortium

https://guitarconsortium.org

European Groups:

European Guitar Building Community

http://www.europeanguitarbuilders.com

Specialty info

Harp Guitars:

https://www.harpguitars.net

Romantic and Baroque Guitars:

https://www.earlyromanticguitar.com

Vintage Martin And early Martin (Robert Corwin) 

https://vintagemartin.com

Podcasts: (these shows can be supported monthly through Patreon) 

Luthier-On-Luthier - Michael Bashkin

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/luthier-on-luthier-with-michael-bashkin/id1208172851

OMO (violin luthier related content)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/omo/id1447561223

Fretboard Journal

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fretboard-journal-guitar-podcast/id394447340

musical instrument museums with guitar or

Fretted instrument collection 

Musical Instrument Museum (South Dakota)

https://mim.org/

The Met (NYC)

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/742642

[Stephen Foss]

Larry, this is golden. Thanks!

Steve

[Paul McEvoy]

That's a lot!

I have a list I've worked on for a while, shorter than yours.  I'd welcome your collaboration if you'd like
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ooYj2eVlsi9YRWtmFLJFnzYr4yNJnnP3JmeEF6QE1AE/edit?usp=sharing

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[Kevin Sjostrand]

Thanks for sharing. Many on there I'd never heard of.

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[Joe Mendel]

Thank you for sharing this.

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[David Hole]

This looks great Larry!   Very well compiled!   I might be recalling incorrectly but I think someone else on this forum was maintaining a google drive list for suppliers, so perhaps a possible collaboration?  It might have been Paul McEvoy?

Another to add, based here in Australia would be https://www.guitartemplates.com.au/ they stock some great templates, jigs etc.  

Cheers,

David Hole

High Country Guitars Australia

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[Lynn Palmer]

Wow Larry! What a great resource you've provided us all. Thanks so much...

Lynn

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On Jun 1, 2024, at 12:04 AM, larryathaluthier <larryath...@gmail.com> wrote:

With LMII having closed shop, I know some people are looking to find things. I’m kind of a fanatic armchair luthier that likes to know where to get lutherie stuff and info. I’ve been putting all my notes and bookmarks for the last several days for tonewood, tools ,lutherie  info, specialty materials suppliers and organizations into one list of linked urls. I thought I would share it.there are still things missing but I think you will find something on here that maybe you didn’t know about. I have US, Canada, UK, Australia and Europe resources on here. I don’t have much on Asia, Middle East or Africa(sorry). There is not much here that will support electric guitar builders. This will mostly serve steel string, classical, Romantic, Baroque, Lute, bowed Instrument (violin family or gamba) builders. This is just a draft - I’ve just put everything together. If you have different ideas as to how I should organize or share it, I’d welcome it. I might send it to Ian D and see if he wants to post it on the Looth Group website too. Enjoy.

[Ray Cutler]

Fantastic Larry.  Thank you

[Paul McEvoy]

Mine is listed on this thread. 

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[Michael Minton]

Great resource.  Thank you Larry!

[Dick Fulco]

If it’s helpfull I could add some suppliers in the Netherlands…

Met vriendelijke groet, Dick

Op zo 2 jun 2024 om 15:39 schreef Michael Minton <skywa...@gmail.com>

[Dick Fulco]

Sorry, first of all, thank you Larry!

Met vriendelijke groet, Dick

Op zo 2 jun 2024 om 17:59 schreef Dick Fulco <dick...@gmail.com>

[larryathaluthier]

You are welcome. I would appreciate any additional sources for the Netherlands (and Belgium if you have any). 

 Graag gedaan. Ik zou eventuele extra bronnen in Nederland en België op prijs stelle

I’ve been adding some more since I put this out on Friday. I will share the revised list again this evening.

Cheers,

Larry Atha

Huntsville, AL USA

[Dick Fulco]

Here are some stores I order stuff from online or visit.

Wood:

https://www.masave.nl/

https://www.af.nl/

https://www.fijnhout.nl/

 

Luthiers parts :

https://www.guitarsupplies.nl/

https://tlcguitargoods.com/

https://gitaarbouwwinkel.nl/nl/281-akoestische-gitaar

https://shop.rall-online.net/ (Germany)

 

Woodworking tools:

https://baptist.nl/

https://www.felder-group.com/

Met vriendelijke groet, Dick

Op zo 2 jun 2024 om 18:08 schreef larryathaluthier <larryath...@gmail.com>

[Craig Morey]

Larry,

Thank you for your work. Really appreciate it.

Craig

God Bless us All

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[larryathaluthier]

Updated list - quite a few additions since Friday Night - good luck! Larry A.

Tonewood and or lutherie supplies

USA

StewMac - Athens OH

https://www.stewmac.com/

Allied Lutherie - Vermont USA

https://alliedlutherie.com/

Allen Guitars - Colfax CA

https://www.allenguitar.com/supply.htm

Blues Creek Guitars

https://bluescreekguitars.com/

Bitterroot Guitars

https://bitterrootguitars.com/

WD Music Products

https://www.wdmusic.com/

Philadelphia Luthier Tools and Supplies

https://www.philadelphialuthiertools.com/

Old standard musical instrument Wood - Fulton, MO

https://www.adirondackspruce.com/

Commercial Forest Products - California

https://commercialforestproducts.com/exotic-wood/

Centerpiece Tonewoods - Miami FL

https://www.cptonewoods.com/

Cook woods - Oregon

https://www.cookwoods.com/

Appalachian Tonewoods - West Virginia 

https://www.appalachiantonewood.com/

Hearne Hardwoods - Pennsylvania

https://www.hearnehardwoods.com/

Pacific Rim Tonewoods - Washington State 

https://pacificrimtonewoods.com/

Pacific Coast woods - (Myrtle and Maple) - OR

https://pacificcoastwoods.net/index.html

Hibdon Hardwood - St Louis MO

https://www.hibdonhardwood.com/

Hawaiian Hardwoods Direct - Dufur, OR

https://www.curlykoa.com/

Northwest Timber - Jefferson OR

https://nwtimber.com/

Oregon’s Wild Woods - Oregon

https://tonewood.com/

Fiddleback Woodshack - Bend Oregon 

http://www.fiddlebackwoodshack.com/index.php

RCTonewoods - NY State

https://rctonewoods.com/RCT_Store/

GJTonewood - Wisconsin

https://gjtonewood.com/

Petros Guitar Shop - tone wood & purflex purflings - Wisconsin

https://petrosguitarshop.com/

Tempered Tonewoods - Sonoma California

https://temperedtonewoods.com/

Alaska Specialty Woods - Alaska

https://alaskawoods.com

Exotic Wood Zone - St. Louis MO

https://exoticwoodzone.com/

Denali Cues - Brazilian Rosewood Back and Sides

http://www.denalicues.com/home

Adirondack Spruce - No website (current ad in AL)

Ralph S. Charles III, Forester

1207 Pealeeville Rd

Schuyler Falls, NY 12985

Phone or Fax (518) 643-9942

Email: rsc3...@gmail.com

Guitarra Tonewood - an eBay shop

https://guitarratonewood.com/

Highland Hardwoods - New Hampshire

https://www.highlandhardwoods.com/

Righteous Woods - Massachusetts 

http://www.righteouswoods.com/ 

American Specialty Hardwoods - Clinton Michigan

https://americanspecialtyhardwoods.com/

Realeyez woodz - stabilized maple and other beautiful Woods - Wisconsin

https://www.realeyezwoodz.com/

Elite Tonewoods - West Salem, WI

https://www.elitetonewoods.com/

Savage Woods - Houston, TX

https://savagewoods.com/

Northridge Hardwoods - NW Washington State 

https://www.northridgehardwoods.com/

Tonewood Experts - Oregon

https://tonewoodexperts.com/

Maple Leaf Hardwoods - Pennsylvania 

https://www.curlymaple.com/

BYO Guitar

https://www.byoguitar.com/

Goby Walnut - Portland Oregon

https://gobywalnut.com/collections/tonewoods

Canada

MountainVoice 

https://www.mountainvoice.ca/

Acoustic Woods - Vancouver - Canada

http://www.acousticwoods.ca/newsite/index.htm

A&M woods specialty - Cambridge Ontario

https://amwoodspecialty.com/

Cascadia Tonewood

https://cascadiacanada.com/pages/lutherie-home

Adirondack Wood Supply - Quebec

https://www.adirondackwoodsupply.com/

Music Spruce - Canada 

https://musicsprucecanada.com/

Larry Stamm - British Columbia

http://www.larrystamm.com/

West Wind Hardwood - British Columbia

https://www.westwindhardwood.com/

Timeless Instruments - David Freeman - Saskatchewan 

http://www.timelessinstruments.com/

Edco Fine Woods

https://edcofinewoods.com/en-us

Japan guitar parts - Gotoh tuners

http://www.japarts.ca

Nex Gen Guitars - amp and guitar parts

https://nextgenguitars.ca/

Timbre Tonewood - British Columbia 

http://www.timbretone.com/

Hades Roasted Maple Parts Ltd. (Roasted/Birds Eye/Flame) - Nova Scotia

https://www.roasted-maple.com/

Maritime Tonewood - New Brunswick / Nova Scotia

https://www.maritimetonewood.ca/

Spain/España

Madinter - Madrid 

https://www.madinter.com/en/

Maderas Barber

https://maderasbarber.com/tonewood/en/

Madema Tonewood - Malaga Spain

https://madematonewood.com/en

Portugal

Lagrima Tonewood - Portugal

https://www.lagrimatonewood.com/shop/

Netherlands:

Wood:

https://www.masave.nl/

https://www.af.nl/

https://www.fijnhout.nl/

 

Luthiers parts :

https://www.guitarsupplies.nl/

https://tlcguitargoods.com/

https://gitaarbouwwinkel.nl/nl/281-akoestische-gitaar

 

Germany/Deutschland

Rudolph Fuchs 

https://www.germanspruce.com/index.html

Alpenholtz - Germany

http://www.alpentonholz.de

ESPEN Timber

https://www.espen.de/en/

Fall

https://shop.rall-online.net/ (Germany)

Switzerland

Bois de Resonance 

https://www.bois-de-resonance.com/

Tonewood Switzerland

https://www.tonewood.ch/en/

Italy

Rivolta Woods 

https://riwoods.com/en/

Ciresa Company - Fiemme Spruce / Maple 

https://www.ciresafiemme.it/en/

Filbo SRL  - very nice choices for many different species of wood

https://filbosnc.it/en

Austria

Traditional Tonewood

https://www.tonewoods.info/

KÖLBL GmbH Aigen, Austria.

https://www.koelbl.co.at/de/

Slovakia

S.V.S. tonewood 

https://www.tonewoodforviolin.com/

Romania

Carpathian Tonewood

https://www.carpathiantonewood.com/

Australia

Australian Luthier Supplies (extensive plans)

https://luthiersupplies.com.au/

Distinctive Timbers Tasmania

https://buytasmaniantimbersonline.com.au/

Tasmanian Salavged Resurrection Timbers Pty Ltd

https://tasmaniantonewoods.com/

Tasmanian tonewoods - Australia

https://www.tasmanianacoustictonewood.com.au/pages/links

Southern Tonewoods - Australia

https://southerntonewoods.com.au/

Guitar Templates - Australia 

https://www.guitartemplates.com.au/

United Kingdom

David Dyke & Co 

https://luthierssupplies.co.uk/

Rothko & Frost - UK 

https://rothkoandfrost.com/

Touchstone Tonewoods - UK

https://www.touchstonetonewoods.co.uk/

Tone Tech  - luthier Supply UK

https://tonetechluthiersupplies.co.uk

Specialty services

David Borson Precision Resaw - Fort Bragg, CA

http://www.borsonresaw.com/

Specialty parts

Beard Resophonic Guitar Parts

https://beardguitars.com/parts/

Fred’s Guitar Parts - France

https://www.fredguitar.com/en/

Note: gypsy jazz guitar tuners

Gallato - gypsy jazz guitar tuners and tailpieces etc

https://www.gallato.com/

Balsam Banjo Works - banjo parts

https://balsambanjoworks.com/

birkonium - CNC guitar necks

https://birkonium.com/

String Pluckery - CNC/ SL /CAD services - 

https://stringpluckery.com/

Veneer Suppliers

B&B Rare Woods (veneer) - Colorado

https://www.dyed-veneer.com/default.asp

Certainly Wood - veneer - NY state

https://certainlywood.com/index.php

Constantines - veneer, marquetry, tools etc - Florida

https://www.constantines.com/

Oakwood Veneer- Troy MI

https://oakwoodveneer.com/

Yankee Veneer Corp. birdseye maple veneer

https://www.birdseyemaple.com/birdseye-maple.html

The Fils of J. George (France) - Finest Veneers in the World

http://www.george-veneers.com/

specialty stuff

Balsa Wood (for double tops)

https://specializedbalsa.com/balsa_grain_classification.php

Nonexistent (for double tops)

Boone Trading - ivory and bone 

https://www.boonetrading.com/

Canadian Ivory

http://www.canadianivory.com/

The BWC Company - waxes

https://store.bwccompany.com/

Felt (100% Wool - for case linings and toolbox lining)

https://www.thefeltcompany.com/

Baize Wool Fabric - high end case lining (best fabric in the world for violin/lute etc cases).

https://www.baizewoolfabrics.co.uk/product-insights/musical-instrument-case-lining-fabric/

Pickups and Amplification (acoustic instrument oriented)

L.R. Baggs - pickups and microphones (internal)

https://www.lrbaggs.com/

Barbara Transducers - high end saddle transducers 

http://barberatransducers.com/

K&K pickups - good acoustic guitar pickups 

https://www.kksound.com/

Henriksen Amplifiers

https://henriksenamplifiers.com/

Early Music shop - UK (Suffolk & Yorkshire)

https://earlymusicshop.com

Wittner GMBH - Germany tuning forks and metronomes

https://wittner-gmbh.de/produkte_wittner_e.html

Gemini - carbon fiber stuff

https://www.geminimusical.com/

Violin Vision (formerly Lemuel Violins) - Canada

https://www.violins.ca

Guitar and Instrument Cases

Hoffee Cases

https://www.carbonfibercases.com/

TKL Cases 

https://www.tkl.com/

Armitrage Guitar cases (USA)

https://www.ameritage.com/

Calton Cases (USA)

https://www.calton-cases.com/

Hiscox Cases (UK)

https://hiscoxcases.com/

Kingham Cases (UK) - lutes/custom

http://www.kinghammtm.com/

Visenut (Thailand)

https://www.visesnutcase.com/

Access cases

https://www.accessbagsandcases.com/

BAM cases - France

https://www.bamcases.com/

Price Cases - Oklahoma

http://www.fiberglasscase.com/

Karura Case (Thailand)

https://www.karuracase.com/index.php/en/

Accord Cases (Croatia)

https://accordcase.com/

Peck Tool - German Tools (Ulmia, EC Emmerich, Kunz) - Ohio

https://www.pecktool.com/

Highland Woodworking - Atlanta, GA (EC Emmerich planes)

https://www.highlandwoodworking.com/

Diefenbacher Tool (Dastra & Two Cherries carving ) Littleton CO

https://diefenbacher.com/

Taytools - Columbia, MO (PEC and Shinwa rules, other tools, fret saw )

https://taytools.com

Hardwick and Sons - Idaho 

https://hardwickandsons.com

KC Tool - specializes in modern German hand tools (knipex, Picard hammers) - Kansas City, Mo

https://www.kctool.com/

Klingspor Woodworking - North Carolina (site works best with Chrome)

https://www.woodworkingshop.com/

Klingspor also make abrasives (CAMI)

Lee Valley tools and Hardware

https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca

Ernest wright - UK - handmade scissors and shears

https://www.ernestwright.co.uk/

Woodworkers Specialties  best selection of Pfiel/Swiss Made Tools  in North America (located in British Columbia) fast shipping /good prices for US due to exchange rate 

https://woodworkerspecialties.com/

Picard Hammers and Mallets - Germany

(French Pattern joiners Hammers, English Pattern joiners Hammers, Veneer Hammers, bar fret hammer for metalsmith/watchmaker, etc)

KCTool (Kansas City, Mo) represents Picard in US 

https://www.picard-hammer.de/en/

Bearcat Tool - small slimline deadblow hammer (8 oz). 10S08

https://www.bearcattool.com/

Howard’s Total Vise - specialty luthier vises, workstands etc

https://totalvise.com/

Jim Bode Tools - Antique Tool Dealee

https://www.jimbodetools.com/

Infinity Tools

https://infinitytools.com/

Woodcraft

https://www.woodcraft.com/

Rockler

https://www.rockler.com/

Jamestown Distributors - wooden boat building stuff (epoxy, tools, etc)

https://www.jamestowndistributors.com/home

Woodworking tools (Netherlands) 

https://baptist.nl/

https://www.felder-group.com/

Tools Today - Amana Router Bits (including guitar making specific router bits - e.g. binding and purfling rabbeting bearing bits with 4 cutters)

https://toolstoday.com/

Luthiers that make lutherie tools:

Luthier Tool - Chris Klumper

http://www.luthiertool.com

Elevate Lutherie - Chris Ensor - specialty lutherie tools / jigs /fixtures - Springfield MO

https://elevatelutherie.com/products/

Luthier Suppliers - Denver CO (drill jigs, centerline, neck shape templates, )

https://www.luthiersuppliers.com

Northfield Mandolin’s - wavelerly style clamps

https://www.northfieldinstruments.com/shop

Canadian Luthiers Supply - Josh House - Radius Dishes

https://www.canadianluthiersupply.com/

Bear Meadow Dulcimers (custom fret templates for LMII and StewMac miterbox/setups)

https://www.bearmeadow.com/index.html

T.J.Thompson Pro Luthier Tools (bar fret wire, bar fret tools, belly corrector, taping aids, special cauls, bridges)

Martin golden age expert

https://proluthiertools.com/

James Roadman Guitars - makes small production runs of special lutherie tools - great blog too

http://www.jroadman.com/instruments/

The Late Henry Stroebel - Violin Making and Repair books

https://www.henrystrobel.com/

Henry Weissharr and Margaret Shipman - Violin Restoration (The Blue Book) most important book for violin repair!

https://www.weisshaarrepairbook.com/

Ted Woodford - repair 

https://www.woodfordinstruments.com/

https://youtube.com/@twoodfrd?si=QjFzecbEHUBPKqbl

Mcdonald - Mandolin Books

https://www.mcdonaldstrings.com/

David Hurd - Left Brain Lutherie

Ukuleles by Kawika

https://ukuleles.com/left-brain-lutherie-book/

Book Stores or publishers with Guitar/lutherie materials of interest

Camino Verde

https://caminoverde.com/

Guitar Salon International - Books & Instruments & classical guitar performances

https://www.guitarsalon.com/

Pendragon Press - early music

https://pendragon.bsquaresite.com/

Sheldon Urlik - fine Spanish guitars book

https://sunnyknollpublishing.com/

Lutherie Magazines/Journals

Free:

Soundboard Scholar (GFA peer reviewed scholarly journal - Open Source)

https://digitalcommons.du.edu/sbs/

Savart Journal (peer reviewed GAL publication)

https://www.savartjournal.org/

Orfeo (classical guitars English, French & Spanish Languages available)

http://www.orfeomagazine.fr/fr/English.html

Subscription:

Fretboard Journal

https://www.fretboardjournal.com/fretboard-journal-51-whats-inside/

Acoustic Guitar

https://acousticguitar.com/

The Strad (UK)

https://www.thestrad.com/

Strings Magazine

https://stringsmagazine.com/

Classical Guitar Magazine (now defunct) has good content online

https://classicalguitarmagazine.com

To be paid for Guitar Plans

GenOne -Guitar Plans and Jig/Fixtures - Georgia (USA)

https://genone-luthier-supply.com/

-CAD Guitar Plans - Tennessee

https://cadguitarplans.com/

Torres FE18 - Florian Vorreiter

https://www.vorreiterguitars.com/?page_id=233

Michael Collins - gypsy jazz guitar plans & add’l

https://collinsguitar.com/products

Free Guitar Plans 

Crane - Japan- classical & romantic guitars

http://www.crane.gr.jp/indexE.html

Grellier - France - acoustic Guitars

https://www.grellier.fr/en/downloads

Drawings of Fixtures and Jigs for Sale:

Luthiers Cool Tools - Rick and Deana Micheletti 

http://www.luthierscooltools.com/Dwgs.htm

Vacuum Press Sites:

Joe Woodworker - Vacuum Press Kits

https://www.joewoodworker.com/veneering/vacuum-clamping-jigs.htm

Strings

Strings by Mail - 

https://www.stringsbymail.com/

All Strings Nylon - Chuck Marfione

https://allstringsnylon.com/

D’Addario

https://www.daddario.com/

Savarez

https://www.savarez.com/home-page

Augustine Strings

https://www.augustinestrings.com/

Aranjuez Strings

https://aranjuezstrings.com/

Aquila USA strings (gut, nylgut)

https://www.aquilausa.com/

Dan Larson - Gamut Strings - Gut  strings for early music instruments and baroque and romantic 

https://www.gamutmusic.com/

Tuning Machines and Pegs

Rubner Tuners 

https://www.rubnertuners.com/

Wittner pegs

https://www.thomannmusic.com/wittner_fine_tuning_pegs_flamenco_6pcs.htm

Gilbert Tuners

https://gilberttuners.com/

Schaller Tuning machines and parts (Germany)

https://schaller.info/en/

Alessi Tuning Machines (Italy)

https://alessituningmachines.it/

Violin Society of America

https://www.vsaweb.org/

Online Forums

Australia NZ Luthiers Forum - online forum

http://www.anzlf.com/

Foro Flamenco

http://www.foroflamenco.com/

Official Luthiers Forum

http://www.luthiersforum.com/

Musical Instrument Maker’s forum

https://www.mimf.com/

Specialty info

Harp Guitars:

https://www.harpguitars.net

Romantic and Baroque Guitars:

https://www.earlyromanticguitar.com

Vintage Martin And early Martin (Robert Corwin) 

https://vintagemartin.com

Some Lute Stuff

https://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/lute.html

Catgut Acoustical Society

http://www.catgutacoustical.org/

Podcasts: (these shows can be supported monthly through Patreon) 

Luthier-On-Luthier - Michael Bashkin

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/luthier-on-luthier-with-michael-bashkin/id1208172851

OMO (violin luthier related content)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/omo/id1447561223

Fretboard Journal

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fretboard-journal-guitar-podcast/id394447340

musical instrument museums with guitar or

Fretted instrument collection 

Musical Instrument Museum (South Dakota)

https://mim.org/

The Met (NYC)

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/742642

Museo de la Guitarra - Antonio Torres - Almería Spain no direct website except to city cultural resources

https://almeriaciudad.es/cultura/lugares-de-interes/museo-de-la-guitarra

Virtual Flamenco Guitar Museum

https://www.flamenco-guitar.net/museum/

El Centro de la Vihuela de Mano y la Guitarra Española “José Luis Romanillos” Siguenza Guadalajara - archive of Santos Hernández - (no website)

Larry Atha 

Huntsville AL 

[Robert Erdman]

Superb list, thanks. 

I can add DePaule Supply for essential MOP inlay material, and Cremona Tools in Italy for all tools and traditional finishes.