Guitar Links

Information Troves
Electric Guitar Manufacturers, past and present
Acoustic Guitar Manufacturers
Celebrity Guitars
Chords
Tunings
Effects
Pickups
Wiring Resources
Amps
Accessories
MIDI and Virtual Guitar
 
  Information Troves
 
Acoustic Guitarists' Annotated Guide to the Internet
Animal Charme Guitars
Brad’s Page of Steel
British Guitars
BunnyBass
Cam’s Riffs
Dansm’s Guitar Page
Dating Vintage Guitars and Amps by Source-Date Code
Fender Talk Guitar Forum
FRETS.COM
From Frying Pan to Flying V: The Rise of the Electric Guitar
Gary’s Guitars (esp. helpful Price Guide)
GGJaguar’s Guitarium and Ampeteria (esp. check out his bibliography)
GM Arts' electric guitar resources
GuitarAttack!
Guitar Man Acoustic Guitar Tips
Guitar Noise’s links
Guitar Notes
GuitarSite.com
insane headstock details
KISEKAE Virtual Guitar Modeling System (online guitar coloring book, kinda)
The Maximum Musician (all sorts of resources; don’t miss the links)
MEGA Guitar.com
Mike’s Guitar Site
Project Guitar.com
Rob Livesey’s Home Page (classic British amps)
Sterner Capo Museum [honest!]
Steve Ekblad’s Guitars (includes some real oddballs)
Talk Guitar ("The Guitarist’s Message Board")
Technical Guitar FAQs and Digests
The Tremolo Page (helpful part of Animal Charme), above
Tune My Bass
12-String Bass Page
Uncle Tim’s Fine Guitar Books (and free newsletter)
Vintage Bass
World’s most complete Guitar Show and Guitar Events calendar
Zen Pharaohs of Ultimate Love: Guitar Gear (esp. nice collection of Telecasters)
 
  Electric Guitar Manufacturers, past and present
 
Alembic company homepage
Ed Roman’s Alembic links
Alembic guitar dates
Ampeg company homepage
unofficial Ampeg page
Vintage Guitar on Dan Armstrong guitar, bass
Vintage Guitar on the Ampeg Horizontal Bass
Andersen company homepage
Tom Anderson Guitarworks company homepage
Anderson Alley
Anderson guitar dates
Andrews company homepage
Ask Rick Andrews
Baker company homepage (Ed Roman!)
Vintage Guitar on Baker
Ken Bebensee company homepage
Bebensee guitar dates
Benedict company homepage
Bolin company homepage
Bolin NS Guitar and Bass
Bolin UK site
Burns

company homepage
Burns USA
Burns Guitar Museum
Burns history
Burns guitar dates
Burns imitators
Burns info at Excellent Leads
Burns info from Guitar magazine
Ed Roman’s Burns links
Alfons Lahaye’s site
Paul’s site has Jazz Split Sound schematics done by Peter van der Sande
Ampeg-branded Burns instruments
Baldwin info at Burns Guitar Museum
Baldwin write-up by Vintage Guitar
"He loves Baldwins you can sling over your shoulder"
Jerry Reed played a Baldwin
Willie Nelson’s battered Martin acoustic, Trigger, has a Baldwin pickup and he plays it through a Baldwin amp
Carvin company homepage
Carvin.com Discussion Board
Authorized Carvin Museum of Guitar History
Carvinite Family Photo Collection
Unofficial Carvin Bass Museum
Vintage Guitar Carvin factory tour
Bunny Brunel, designer of the Carvin BB series of basses
Carvin guitar dates
Chafin company homepage
Shelby Cobra model
Citron company homepage
Ed Roman’s Citron links
Vintage Guitar on Citron CS1
Comins company homepage
Daguet company homepage
Roger Daguet’s Handmade Guitars
Danelectro company homepage
vintage information
Danelectro Discussion Board
Unofficial Danelectro Web Page
Vintage Guitar on Danelectro’s return
Danelectro guitar dates

similar new guitars by Jerry Jones
Vintage Guitar on Jerry Jones’s Electric Sitar

Dean company homepage
Ed Roman’s Dean links [not very extensive for him]
Dean Guitar dates
DeGennaro company homepage
Dewey Decibel’s FlipOut guitar company homepage
DiPinto company homepage
Martin Dixon company homepage
Epiphone company homepage [glitchy connection]
vintage information
Vintage Guitar on Epiphone Crestwood: ’60s Un-Gibson Solidbody
Vintage Guitar on Jorma Kaukonen Riviera Deluxe
Epiphone Crest Custom & Newport Bass
Epiphone guitar dates

Also check out the new Crestwood Deluxes built by Daguet Guitars.

ESP company homepage USA
company homepage Japan
Fender company homepage
Mr. Gearhead (Fender’s tech support)
Custom Shop homepage
Fender Japan
Ishibashi’s Fender Japan Web Shop
vintage information
Fender guitar dates
Fender Vintage Guitar Detail Pictures
Fender Custom Colors: Color Confusion
Vintage Fender Guitar Pickup Specs and Info
Blue Horizon: Fender
Fender Discussion Page
Fender Talk Guitar Forum
Fender Museum of Music and the Arts
Ed Roman’s Fender links
Vintage Guitar on Fender aluminum-bodied models

Jaguar
Jaguar and Jazzmaster Page, incl. the Virtual Jaguar
Jag-Stang, Jaguar, Mustang

Jazzmaster
Jazzmaster and Jaguar Page
Inside a 1958 Jazzmaster

Musicmaster, Duo-Sonic
Inside an April 1956 Fender Musicmaster
Musicmaster, Duo-Sonic

Mustang
Fender Mustang Web

Stratocaster
Inside a 1954 Stratocaster
Strat Central
The Stratocaster Web Site!
Stratocaster — A True Thoroughbred
Strats.com
Fender Stratocasters – Made in Japan
Upgrading MIJ reissue Strats
Vintage Guitar on Standard Strat
Vintage Guitar on Clapton and Beck Strats

Telecaster
FenderRama: Esquire, Broadcaster & Telecaster
1951 "Nocaster": The Building of Historic Replicas
Telecaster Discussion Page Reissue
TelePhiles
The Complete Telecaster
Bruce Stringkiller’s Telecaster Shootout
Telecaster Gallery
Telecaster history by Vintage Guitar: 1 2

Bass VI
The Fender Bass VI
Vintage Guitar on the Bass VI

Fury company homepage
Fury guitar dates
G&L company homepage
Guitars by Leo
ToneQuest’s ASAT Review
Vintage Guitar on the SC-2
G&L guitar dates
Gibson company homepage
Custom Shop homepage
vintage information
Gibson guitar dates
Gibson Custom Colors: Color Confusion
1968 catalog at Excellent Leads
Vintage Guitar on Gibson’s "Experimental ’70s"
Vintage Guitar on Gibson’s ES-357
Blue Horizon: Gibson
blueshawk.info focuses on BluesHawk and Nighthawk
Ed Roman’s Gibson links

Flying V
Flying V

Les Paul
Gibson’s Les Paul page
The Les Paul Forum
Vintage Guitar on the 1958-60 Les Paul Standard
Vintage Guitar on the Goldtop Reissue
Vintage Guitar on the Spotlight Special
A Stringkiller Guitar review — The Ultimate Les Paul (first half is Gibson)

Les Paul Jr.
The Les Paul Jr. Tone Showdown by Vintage Guitar

M-III
M-III

SG
Gibson’s SG page
The Gibson SG Page
The Gibson SG Special, immortalized by Pete Townshend
Vintage Guitar on the SG Les Paul
"Fool Guitar," Eric Clapton’s psychedelic SG

Girl Brand company homepage
interview with creator Chris Larsen
Gretsch company homepage
vintage information
The Gretsch Pages
Gretsch guitar dates
Guild company homepage
Mr. Gearhead’s Guild support area (Fender now owns Guild)
Guild guitar serial numbers: 1 2
Hagstrom company homepage
Bälgdraget (former employees; English section)
The Hagström Gallery
Hagstrom USA
Historien om en svensk musikindustri (in Swedish)
Robert Danielsson’s Hagstrom page
The Ugly Duckling®
Hallmark company homepage
Hamer company homepage
Ed Roman’s Hamer links
Hamer 12-String Basses
Hamer’s Beatle Guitars
Hamer Factory Tours: 1 & 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Hamer Fan Club
Hamer Talk
Unofficial Official Hamer Guitar Archive
Vintage Guitar History of Hamer: 1 2 3 4
Hamer guitar dates
Heritage company homepage
Ed Roman’s Heritage links
Heritage guitar dates
Hofner company homepage [now part of Boosey & Hawkes]
vintage information
factory tour in Hagenau, Germany
Hofner Guitars [emphasis on basses]
Hofner Heaven
1968 catalog at Excellent Leads
Steve Russell’s Vintage Hofner site
Hofner guitar dates (not a simple process)
Ibanez company homepage
Hoshino Gakki Group
Ibanez Japan
Blue Horizon: Ibanez
Ibanez Collectors Page (in German)
Ibanez Collectors World
Ibanez-Guitar.com
Ibanez guitar dates
The Ibanez Register
Ibanez Rules
Ibanez Vintage Page
J-Custom.com
JEM/Universe Site
JEM 7 Burnt Stained Blue
Jemfest
Jemsite Forum
JPM Site
JS page
Vintage Ibanez Page
Ed Roman’s Ibanez links
Jackson

Charvel

Wayne

company homepage
Brian’s USA Jackson page
Jackson/Charvel Heroes
Jacksonbass.com
San Dimas Charvel
Steve Vai’s Charvel Green Meanie
Thrashburn’s Jackson Tribute Page
Wayne Guitars
Ed Roman’s Jackson links
Jon Kammerer company homepage
Klein company homepage
Kramer Kramer Krazy [now a mere portion of its former expanse]
Kramermaniaxe
Vintage Kramer
Vintage Kramer Guitars
Kramer Konvention
Ed Roman’s Kramer links

new metal-necks by Vaccaro

Lace company homepage
Ed Roman’s Lace links
Vintage Guitar on Lace’s California Twister
Lado company homepage
Master company history
Terry McInturff company homepage
Ed Roman’s McInturff links [not very flattering]
factory tour
TCM Forum
McInturff guitar dates
Melancon company homepage
Ed Roman’s Melancon links [not very extensive for him]
Vintage Guitar on the Artist
Melancon Forum
Minarik company homepage
Monteleone company homepage
scroll down to see some nice Monteleone guitars
makes nice guitar stands, too
Moonstone company homepage
Ed Roman’s Moonstone links
Vintage Guitar on Moonstone
serial numbers
Brian Moore company homepage
Blue Horizon: Brian Moore
Mosrite Johnny Ramone’s Mosrites
Mosrite guitars and the Ventures
Tim’s Mosrite page
Ventures model owner list
Ed Roman’s Mosrite links

Mosrite-like designs: Tym Guitars
current Japanese reissues

Ovation company homepage
[note: they no longer make solidbodies, the focus here]
Ovation Solidbody and Storm Collection
Breadwinner fan page
Ovation Fan Club
Vintage Guitar on Ovation Solidbodies
Paradis company history
Parker company homepage
NiteFly fan page
ToneQuest interviewed Ken Parker
Ed Roman’s Parker links
PGM company homepage
Phantom company homepage
Prestige company homepage
Reverend company homepage
Vintage Guitar on the Avenger
Vintage Guitar on the Slingshot
Vintage Guitar on the Rumblefish bass
Vintage Guitar inteview with Joe Naylor
B.C. Rich company homepage
Dutch B.C. Rich site
Ed Roman’s B.C. Rich links
Ronz B.C. Rich Temple of Worship
Vintage B.C. Rich Maniacs
The Anatomy of a Bich
Vintage Guitar on B.C. Rich
my 1978 Mockingbird

Neal Moser, designer of Bich model and full active electronics
He’s the "M" in GMW Guitars.
Neal Moser Custom Shop

Rickenbacker company homepage
vintage information
Rickenbacker guitar dates
alt.guitar.rickenbacker Frequently Asked Questions
Rickenbacker Registration Page
Rickenbacker Research Ring
Roger McGuinn’s 370/12Byrd wiring explained
Ed Roman’s Rickenbacker links
Vintage Guitar on Ric 12-strings
RKS (Australia) company homepage (Australian company)
RKS (USA) company homepage (U.S. company)
Sadowsky company homepage
Sadowsky guitar dates
Schecter company homepage
Schecter Japan
Dave Schecter now runs Lost in the Ozone
Shergold Shergold Guitars
Shergold Guitars Forum
Siegmund company homepage
Signature A Tribute to the Signature Guitar Company
Paul Reed Smith company homepage
PRS Forum
Ed Roman’s PRS links
Vintage Guitar on PRS guitars, basses
PRS guitar dates
Spector Spector’s current product
They’re better known for their
basses.
Spector history at Vintage Kramer
Steinberger

NS Design

Steinberger current product
built by Gibson; for sale here

Ned Steinberger’s current company

Steinberger World
homepage and Yahoo! Group

Steinberger Freaks (mostly in Japanese)
Ed Roman’s Steinberger links (dead)

Teuffel company homepage
Timtone company homepage
Tokai company homepage
Tokai Forum
Tokai Guitar Registry
Tokai Guitar Australia
Tokai Guitars Benelux
Tokai Guitars (UK)
A Stringkiller Guitar review — The Ultimate Les Paul (second half is Tokai)
ToneSmith company homepage
Totem company homepage
Totem Guitars for sale in Japan
Travis Bean The Cult of Travis Bean
Travis Bean Unofficial Guitar Resource
Vintage Guitar Travis Bean interview
Trussart company homepage
Vintage Guitar on Trussart
Univox The Univox Page
Univox Photo Gallery
Veleno company homepage
VOX VOX Chronicles
The VOX Showroom (guitars, amps, organs)
VOX Vintage Museum
[official VOX amps page, not strictly part of a guitar page]
Wandre best overview, at fetishguitars.com
Le chitarre di Wandré
played by Buddy Miller
Wandré Guitars
Vintage Guitar on Wandré: 1 2

Wandré Models
Avalon
BB
Rock Oval [scroll down]
Selene
Sweden Bass

  Acoustic Guitar Manufacturers, past and present
Afri-Can company homepage
sold at Gruhn Guitars
Allen company homepage
AlvarezAlvarez-Yairi company homepage
Alvarez-Yairi
Jeff Babicz company homepage
Beard company homepage
Bourgeois
Pantheon
Bourgeois homepage
Pantheon homepage
Jesse Brace company homepage
Breedlove company homepage
Vintage Guitar on Breedlove
Burrell company homepage
Collings company homepage
field trip to the Collings factory here in Austin
Collings guitar dates
Delmundo company homepage
NAMM ’03
Doolin company homepage
Guitares Maurice Dupont company homepage
Emerald company homepage
Fylde company homepage
Galloup company homepage
Hill company homepage
Kinscherff company homepage
Klein company homepage
Larrivee company homepage
H. G. Leach company homepage
Legend company homepage
John LeVoi company homepage
Liberty company homepage
Martin company homepage
vintage information
Martin guitar dates
"rewire" your Backpacker
The Unofficial Martin Guitar Forum
scroll down to see some nice Martin guitars
Mauel company homepage
McCollum company homepage
McPherson company homepage
Mermer company homepage
National company homepage
vintage information
Northwood company homepage
Ovation company homepage
Paragon company homepage
Rayco company homepage
Renaissance company homepage
Ed Roman’s Rick Turner links
John David Scott company homepage
Sheppard company homepage
Jeff Sigurdson company homepage
Sobell company homepage
Taylor company homepage
FRETS.COM’s field trip to the Taylor factory in El Cajon, California
Taylor Forum
Taylor guitar dates
Thomsley company homepage
Wechter company homepage
Kathy Wingert company homepage
Zimnicki company homepage
  Celebrity Guitars
 
multiple artists listed on one site: 1, 2
Beatles: 1, 2, 3
Eric Clapton
John Fogerty
Mark Knopfler: English, French
Brian May
MC5
Rick Nielsen
Jimmy Page
Johnny Ramone
Elliott Randall (Steely Dan)
Keith Richards
Pete Townshend
Eddie Van Halen
Stevie Ray Vaughan 1 2
Frank Zappa
 
  Chords
 
Chord progressions for guitar
Chordfind (online graphical display)
Dansm’s Guitar Chord Theory
 
  Tunings
 
Acoustic Guitar Resources: Tunings (links to many resources)
Alternate Tuning Guide
Big City String Company Guitar Tunings
Guitar Notes’ Standard & Alternate Tunings
Guitar Tunings, helpfully provided in English and Swedish
Joni Mitchell Guitar Tunings
Led Zeppelin guitar tunings
Open Tuning Tutorial
Unofficial Sonic Youth Guitar Tunings List
Arto’s String Calculator (niceties of string gauge, tension, and materials)
 
  Effects
 
Amptone: Guitar Amp Tone and Effects Placement
AMZ Guitar Effects Schematics
aNaLoG.MaN Vintage Guitar Effects
Aron Nelson’s Stompbox Page
Effectronics — Do-It-Yourself Guitar Effects
Guitar Effects Oriented Web Page
Guitar Effects Ring
Guitar-related Circuits
How to build a Superfuzz pedal
Ibanez Pedals
Music Electronics µArchive (née Leper’s Effects Schematics)
ToneFrenzy
 
  Pickups
 
Bill Lawrence Designs
DiMarzio
EMG
Joe Barden
Lindy Fralin
Rio Grande
Seymour Duncan
 
  Wiring Resources
 
The Blue Guitar
GuitarElectronics.com
GuitarNuts’ Guitar Shielding and Wiring Info
   (good explanation of the basics and lotsa Strat mods)
Guitar Wiring Ideas
Guitarage’s Electrical Modifications
Parts Is Parts schematics
Stew-Mac’s Wiring 101 and Wiring FAQ
 
  Amps
 
Aiken Amplification [esp. check out Tech Info]
Ampage
Amptone
AX84: The Cooperative Tube Guitar Amp Project
Duncan’s Amp Pages
Fender Amp Field Guide
Guitar Amp Pages at GEO
Homebrew Project Pages
PriceLess Amp Restoration
Project Vibroclone
Project: Bandmaster
Seymour Duncan Convertible amp
Steve’s Vacuum Tube-Related Web Site
Tube Amp Ring
Vintage Tube Guitar Amplifiers Ring
 
  Accessories
 
handmade guitar picks
Gorilla cymbolic pick
Real Rock Gemstone Guitar Picks
Wirething guitar picks
Wooden Guitar Picks
 
  MIDI and Virtual Guitar
 
GuitarFX
MIDI Guitar Unofficial Internet Home Page (tres stale)
 

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