Makers Websites

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

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]

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Archtop, flat top and electric guitars and mandolins.

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.

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

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

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]

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]

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

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

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

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