Links

Here is the best acoustic guitar forum on the web, the Unofficial Martin Guitar Forum, (UMGF).

www.umgf.com

 

Another guitar forum, the Collings Guitars Forum:

www.collingsforum.com

 

Check out my fiddle and banjo player Stergios Loustas’ excellent fiddle blog:

www.learningfiddle.com

 

Dekavalas makes some of the very finest Greek traditional instruments in Greece like bouzoukis, tzouras and also some of the finest sounding Greek folk guitars, ladder braced. He’s located in my hometown, Thessaloniki.

 

Check out my friend’s Terence Tan excellent guitar blog:

www.guitarbench.com

 

Here is my favourite fingerstyle player, Howard Emerson:

www.howardemerson.com

 

One of my greatest influences on flatpicking guitar, David Grier:

www.davidgrier.com

 

Frankie Montuoro is my favourite guitar builder. He builds extraordinary Larson-influenced guitars:

www.montuoroguitars.com

 

My friend Andrea Bagnasco and his partner Alessio Casati from Italy are two of the best vintage acoustic guitars restorers in Europe:

www.guitar-repair.eu

 

My favourite acoustic guitar shop in Europe, The Fellowship of Acoustics:

www.tfoa.eu

 

If you are thinking of buying a new Martin guitar, my friend’s Jon Garon shop is your best choice:

www.myfavoriteguitars.com

 

My friend Myles Cochran runs his own shop in France with a very fine selection of new and vintage acoustic and electric guitars:

www.9ballguitars.com You can also visit his website at www.mylescochran.com

 

My guitar friend John Thomas is a finger picker, guitar collector and an excellent writer. He is also a regular contributor to Fretboard Journal:

www.johnthomasguitar.com

 

Luthier John Walker makes some of the best recreations of prewar Gibson guitars:

www.johnwalkerguitars.com

 

The mission of Vintage and Rare is to establish and develop the ultimate network/community designed for enthusiasts and retailers of vintage, rare and antique musical instruments, as well as an online network for dedicated builders of fine instruments:

Vintage Guitars on VintageandRare.com

 

Fanis Ploumis is a new talented luthier/repairer of acoustic and electric guitars here in Thessaloniki who studied guitar building and repair in England. I really appreciate his good eye on detail.Very reasonable prices and excellent materials.

www.musicrepaireng.weebly.com