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Wood and Supplies Guitar Makers – Luthiers Mercantile International, Inc

Posted on 6 March 2022by wm_wp_adminCategories:Guitar, Hardware, Mandolin, Other Strings, Suppliers, Techniques and Tips, Tools, Wood

We offer the largest selection of tonewoods, professional tools and parts for the custom guitar builder. Source: Wood and Supplies Guitar Makers – Luthiers Mercantile International, Inc

Welcome to Bow River Wood to Works – In tune with your needs

Posted on 6 March 2022by wm_wp_adminCategories:Guitar, Mandolin, Violin, Wood

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Guild of American Luthiers – Sharing Information & Inspiration for Stringed Instrument Makers

Posted on 5 March 2022Updated on 5 March 2022by wm_wp_adminCategories:Associations, eZines, Guitar, Mandolin, Other Strings

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MIMF – Musical Instrument Makers Forum!

Posted on 5 March 2022Updated on 5 March 2022by wm_wp_adminCategories:Associations, Guitar, Lutherie, Mandolin, Other Strings, Techniques and Tips, Tools, Violin

Guitar building: online discussions and interactive courses on acoustic guitar building, electric guitar making, archtop guitar building, bass guitar building, guitar repair, violin making, dulcimer making, mandolin building and all other types of lutherie; pickup winding; flute making; brass instrument repair; drum making and all other types of musical instrument construction and repair. …
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Peter Coombe Mandolins and Guitars

Posted on 28 February 2022by wm_wp_adminCategories:Luthiers, Mandolin, Techniques and Tips

Peter Coombe Luthier – maker of fine hand made mandolins, mandolas, octave mandolins, tenor guitars, and steel string and classical guitars Source: Peter Coombe Mandolins and Guitars Hand made mandolins, mandolas and guitars, made in Bega NSW, Australia. There are some really handy sequences of photos describing his processes for building mandolins (NOTE: his specialty …
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GenOne Luthier Services Guitar Plans

Posted on 25 February 2022by wm_wp_adminCategories:Guitar, Lutherie, Mandolin, Other Strings, Suppliers, Tools

Acoustic & classical guitar plans, ukulele plans, electrical guitar plans, mandolin plans and guitar building tool plans are available in digital format for easy printing and direct use on a tablet, computer or smart phone. Plans are drawn full scale and and fully detailed of dozens of instrument styles. Source: GenOne Luthier Services Guitar Plans

Octave mandoline string spacing

Posted on 22 February 2022Updated on 22 February 2022by wm_wp_adminCategories:Lutherie, Mandolin, Techniques and Tips

Discussion on the Mandolin Cafe about OM string spacing. Graham Macdonald piped in with the diagrams. Someone noted that these are the diagrams that Graham used in in his Bouzouki book (p108). Source: Octave mandoline string spacing

Acoustic Concepts

Posted on 19 February 2022Updated on 19 February 2022by wm_wp_adminCategories:Guitar, Lutherie, Luthiers, Mandolin, Other Strings, Techniques and Tips

Daniel Brauchli describes his concepts around the use of carbon-fibre bracing (he calls it “full-phase”) and the theory that supports it. There is also a fair bit of info on the use of fluorocarbon strings. He is of Swiss extraction, grew up in Alaska, then moved to Australia when he was 13 Source: Acoustic Concepts