General Information

Instructional Books/Videos (tablature/sheet music)

Homespun Tapes
Based in Woodstock (yes, the Woodstock), New York, Homespun produces a wide variety of audio and video instruction tapes at all levels of proficiency. Many are from top fingerstyle guitarists, such as Martin Simpson, Preston Reed, Laurence Juber, and David Wilcox. They offer instructional material for many other instruments as well. Their videos are consistently highly rated by RMMGA readers.

http://guitarvideos.com/

http://www.acousticfingerstyle.com/tabreview.htm

http://www.top100guitarsites.com/index.php3

Good Source for Quality Acoustic Guitars

Buffalo Brothers
http://www.buffalobrosguitars.com/

Elderly Instruments
http://www.elderly.com/

GuitarCenter
http://www.guitarcenter.com/

Mandolin Brothers
http://www.mandoweb.com

Musicians Friend
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/

Sam Ash Music Stores
http://www.samash.com/

http://www.guitargallerymusic.com/default.html

New, Used, and Custom Guitar Dealers

Cotten Music Center

Crackerbox Music

Daddy's Junky Music Stores

Discount Music Supply

Elderly Instruments

Eric Schoenberg Guitars

Garrett Park Guitars

Gruhn Guitars

Guitar Center, San Jose CA

The Guitar Closet

Guitar Closet

The Guitar Gallery of Houston

Harmonic Arts

House of Musical Traditions (HMT)

Homewood Musical Instrument Company

Lark In The Morning

Mandolin Brothers Home Page

Musicians' Exchange

New Hope Guitar Traders

Palmetto Music Company

Shoreline Acoustic Music

Spruce Tree Music & Repair Inc.

Vintage Instruments (buying / selling)

GuitarBASE, Inc.,

Mugwumps Instrument Herald, Instrument Collectors Commercial Listings

California Vintage Guitar

Harmonic Arts

Internet Guitar

Outlaw Guitars: Vintage Guitars and Amplifiers

Rod and Hank's Vintage Guitars, Memphis, TN

Route 66 Guitars, Pasadena, CA

Spruce Tree Music & Repair Inc.

Virtuoso Vintage Guitars

Distributors of Music, Instruments, Parts, and Accessories

Check out AtmosFear's Music Related Catalogs and Gear Prices page, which includes links to several mail order distributors and price lists for new and used gear.

First Quality Music Supplies
First Quality is a family-owned, second-generation mail order business, based in Louisville, Kentucky. They specialize in strings and accessories (including cases and electronics), but they also provide a selection of stringed instruments. Though new on the web as of 1998, First Quality is a longtime favorite mail order source for acoustic guitarists and other acoustic musicians. Their web site is a bit bare-bones at the moment, but offers attractive web specials. Their catalog is low on frills and fancy graphics, but high on quality selection at good prices; catalog order information is provided at the site.

ALLPARTS
Allparts is a major supplier of guitar and bass parts based in Katy, Texas (near Houston). Their web site includes a complete listing of their products with prices (but no photos); a printed picture catalog is available for $3. Orders are accepted by phone and fax, and Allparts parts are also available at many guitar shops. The site also provides a listing of international distributors of Allparts parts. Allparts serves both wholesale and retail customers.

The Guitar Gallery of Houston
This shop specializes in fine hand made acoustic instruments and sheet music. "Sorry Folks - No Electrics." They have an extensive on-line catalog of their sheet music.

Sonata Publishing

Interstate Music Supply

Musician's Friend

Reuse-It-Music
A Connecticut-based dealer that buys, sells, and trades new and used music equipment. Their site was heavily under construction as of April 1996, but looked very promising.

The Music Exchange

WISE Music Sales

Play Music, Inc.
Makers of the Windows CD-ROM, Play Blues Guitar with Keith Wyatt. Screen shots and product information are available here.

Graph Tech Guitar Labs
Manufacturers of acoustic and electric guitar nuts and saddles used by such makers as Buscarino, Taylor, Larivee, Fender, Lakewood and others.

Shoreline Acoustic Music
Shoreline sells a variety of acoustic guitar related material, but their specialty is built-to-order instruments by the following builders: Northwood, Brook, Fylde, Morgan, Mcilroy, and Lakewood. They also carry amplification equipment by Highlander, Pick-Up the World and Fishman, various accessories, and instructional material. They carry recorded and printed music for selected acoustic players and songwriters, with an informative web page devoted to each player (among them Muriel Anderson, Franco Morone, Pierre Bensusan, Peter Finger, Dougie Maclean, Rick Ruskin, David Wilcox). Prices are available on line, and many items can be ordered on the web. They also have an auction section. Although US-based, they do a lot of business with overseas customers; domestic shipping is free.

Euphonon Strings

JustStrings
JustStrings.com is based in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, and offers "the world's largest selection of musical instrument strings." They carry, not only guitar strings (of various types, including lap steel and banjo guitar), but strings for over 30 other instruments, including bass, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, violin, viola, cello, double bass, etc.. Their site provides a form for ordering free string manufacturer catalogs, as well as a chat room and an upcoming library of reviews and interviews. Orders can be placed online or by phone or fax; they ship worldwide.

BP Strings
BP Strings is run by Bob Passante, a mail order distributor of strings for acoustic and electric guitars, bass, mandolin, and banjos. The string catalog is online; orders may be placed by email or via a web form. BP stocks common brands like D'Addario and Dean Markley, as well as less common brands such as DR and John Pearse. BP also sells tuners, capos, and other guitar accessories as well as harmonicas and instructional videos by companies such as Homespun, the latter at 10% off list prices.

Mostly Strings
Based in Lizella, Georgia, this company distributes a huge selection of strings for a wide variety of instruments at good discount prices. They also sell some instrument accessories such as capos. Their web site lists their inventory and prices.

Strings and Accessories from Mary's Music
"A full line music store in Dickson, Tennessee, presents the lowest prices for instrument strings on the internet."

Big City Strings
A mail order string distributor based in Bridgeport, CT.

Lang Music
A shop and mail order distributor located in Columbus, Ohio, with a web site that has extensive text listings of their stock and prices.

Pro Audio Sound Reinforcement

Fred's Music Shop ( Shillington , PA )

The Direct Shop
Based in Germany ; site includes price lists and technical info.

Gand Music
Midwestern US music/sound "superstore," based in Northfield , IL .

Classifieds

Harmony Central: Guitar Resources
The fine Guitar Resources page at Harmony Central includes a Classified Ads section allowing users to buy and sell used equipment via a searchable archive.

The Guitar Exchange
A web site providing free classified ads for buying/selling/trading used guitars and basses and other music equipment. Ads appear as simple text listings catgories such as "Acoustic Instruments" or "Pro Audio."

ClassicWeb Marketplace
Run by ClassicWeb, this web page serves those interested in buying and selling instruments over the web. Not guitar-specific, however. You can place ads for free, in five languages: English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian.

NetVista GuitarSpace Buy/Sell Guitar/Amp Database
Sellers can post items to this database, and buyers can search it in a fast and easy way. As of fall '96, it is a shareware service ("any donation would be appreciated").

MinneMusic
"The absolutely FREE Minnesota musical equipment classifieds." Hats off to Ted Martin for running this localized web classified ad site, strictly serving musicians in the Minnesota area.

The Internet Gear Wanted List
Potential purchasers post their desires to this list which sellers can search in order to sell their used gear.

usedguitar.com
"A database of classifieds that allows you to search for guitars, basses, amps and effects in your area code (US and Canada). Listings are free to individuals...." The site also includes a collection of manufacturer and publisher links and columns on guitar purchasing.

MusiciansNet: Guitars
This site hosts a page of classifieds for anything guitar-related. It is not categorized or localized, but it's free, searchable, and easy to read and post to.

Mugwumps Instrument Herald
Though not specifically focused on acoustic guitar, this online version of a magazine previously published in print provides classifieds for buying, selling, and trading acoustic instruments, as well as articles on vintage instruments, instrument identification (e.g., serial number lists), and repair tips and techniques.