{"id":164,"date":"2022-02-06T12:37:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/?page_id=164"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:37:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:37:25","slug":"suppliers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/supplies\/suppliers\/","title":{"rendered":"Suppliers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For suppliers who are mainly or exclusively tonewood suppliers, see the Tonewood page. Yes, I know that\u2019s repetitively redundant.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll start with lists compiled by others.<\/p>\n<h3>Link Lists Complied Elsewhere<\/h3>\n<p>(Well, what would you call it?)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/luth.org\/resources\/lutherie-suppliers\/\">G.A.L. Links &amp; Resources \u2013 Lutherie Suppliers<\/a><\/strong>. The list compiled by the Guild of American Luthiers. Doesn\u2019t sort in any way, so includes tonewood, hardware, vacuum tubes et al.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>General<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/siminoff.net\/\">Siminoff Banjo &amp; Mandolin Parts<\/a><\/strong>. Located in California, they cater to the Banjo\/Mandolin crowd.\n<ul>\n<li>Wood and wooden parts.\n<ul>\n<li>Necks \u2013 A variety of necks (banjo, mandolin, mandola) in maple, walnut or mahogony, with the basic price in the range of $90-$120.<\/li>\n<li>Fretboards<\/li>\n<li>Ribs<\/li>\n<li>Sound and Backboards<\/li>\n<li>Bridges<\/li>\n<li>Tools and Fixtures<\/li>\n<li>Services \u2013 They provide a variety of services; peghead carving, heel shaping, trussrod installation, fretboard install, f-hole routing. Each of these cost extra.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Hardware<\/li>\n<li>Decoratives<\/li>\n<li>Inlay<\/li>\n<li>Kits<\/li>\n<li>Books<\/li>\n<li>Plans and blueprints<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Chromes \u2013 tailpieces, bridges, services<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.advancedplating.com\/site\/\">Advanced Plating | World\u2019s Finest Chrome and Powder Coating<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0Apparently a specialty shop \u201cIf you truly want the top of the heap for Gibson Bridges and tailpieces then you need to speak with Advanced Plating in Nashville. they MAKE the Historic bridges FOR Gibson. and they are SWEET.. and not too awful expensive.\u201d and \u201cI think Advanced Plating makes Tele bridges as well, But I could be wrong about that. I know they have a whole catalog of parts and are a Top Secret supplier in the guitar world.\u201d (Bruce Bennett on LinkedIn \u201cLuthier Built\u201d group)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Violins, Violas, Bass Fiddles<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharmusic.com\/\">Shar Music<\/a>\u00a0Catering mostly to the Violin\/Viola\/Cello\/Bass family, they do also carry Fender Mandolins. Apparently based in\u00a0Ann Arbor, MI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<h3>Nuts, Saddles and Bridge Pins<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.graphtech.com\/\">Graph Tech<\/a>. Noted for their\u00a0TUSQ nuts, saddles and bridge pins, they also carry picks, pickups, preamps, complete bridges, and tuners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For suppliers who are mainly or exclusively tonewood suppliers, see the Tonewood page. Yes, I know that\u2019s repetitively redundant. We\u2019ll start with lists compiled by others. Link Lists Complied Elsewhere (Well, what would you call it?) G.A.L. Links &amp; Resources \u2013 Lutherie Suppliers. The list compiled by the Guild of American Luthiers. Doesn\u2019t sort in &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/supplies\/suppliers\/\" class=\"more-link pen_button pen_element_default pen_icon_arrow_double\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Suppliers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":97,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-164","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164\/revisions\/165"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}