Makers' Suppliers

Some who are too good to leave out of a useful contact list do not have websites. Their addresses and tel / fax are given instead.

David Dyke Luthiers Supplies - Knowledgable supplier with a wide selection of woods.
The Hall Horebeech Lane, Horam, Heathfield, East Sussex TN21 0HR England. Tel: +44 1435 812315

Touchstone Tonewoods - Excellent supplier of woods and parts for instruments.
44 Albert Road North, Reigate, Surrey RH2 9EZ England Tel: +44 1737 221064

Small Wonder Music Company - Mother-of-Pearl, other shell and inlay materials in great variety.
Mike Read and Adrian Farmer.

Phil Brown Maker of very high quality wooden pegs in many woods for guitars, lutes, viols etc.
2, Stove Cottages, Tindale Fell, Brampton, Cumbria CA8 2QW England Tel: +44 16977 46307

Kent Armstrong Rainbow Pickups.
Hazeldene House, Nickley Wood Road, Shadoxhurst, Kent TN26 1LZ England Tel: +44 1223 732527

Hiscox Cases Strong, fibreglass cases. Many sizes.
Unit 7-8 Mill Park Industrial Estate, Hawks Green Lane, Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 2XT England Tel: +44 1543 571420

Paxman Cases Ltd bespoke, custom made cases to fit any instrument.
3 Tudor Court, Harold Court Road, Harold Park, Romford, Essex RM3 0EA England Tel: +44 1708 345415

William Cowley Parchment and Vellum.
97 Cladecote Street, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire MK16 0DB England Tel: +44 1908 610038

J. Crispin and Son Veneers.
92-96 Curtain Road Shoreditch, London EC2A 3AA England Tel: +44 171 739 4857

Bina Misical Instruments Indian, family-run supplier of Sitars, and spares and accessories for them.
31-33 The Green, Southall, Middlesex England Tel: +44 181 843 1411

Heckscher Ltd Musical wire.
75 Bayham Street, London, NW1 0AA England Tel: +44 171 387 1735

Stewart Macdonald - Luthier's Supply Shop in Montana with extensive catalogue. Very efficient mail-order delivery.

Headway Acoustic Pickups - High quality British-made acoustic pickups and amps.

Gemini Pickups - Versatile British-made electric guitar pickups.

Bareknuckle Pickups - High quality electric guitar pickups.

Tonetech Luthiers Supplies - UK based luthiers supplies.

Prime Timber - UK based timber supplier.

Guitar-related websites

Acoustic Guitar Resources - a vast list

Guitarsite - home of Guitar News Weekly.

Martin Koch's guitar-building pages - Guitar building books and guitar making resources.

Robert Eyland - Maker of fine Viols in nearby Dartington

Simon Ambridge - Maker of fine classical and flamenco guitars in Dartington

Stefan Sobell - Guitar, Cittern and Mandolin maker working in Hexham, Northumberland

Mark Lacey - Archtop jazz guitar maker, working in Nashville, Tennessee

Organic Guitars - High quality UK guitar maker.

Patrick James Eggle - Fine English acoustic guitars.