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Mandolins for sale at Music Supplier.com Home page http://www.musicsupplier.com/
Instruments for sale and instruction at the Pickin' Parlor, Park Rapids, Minnesota http://playbluegrassmusic.com/
King Brown mandolins and pickups http://www.kingbrownhandcrafts.com/mandolin.html Home page with other music links http://www.kingbrownhandcrafts.com/
Budget mandolins (and some very expensive ones) for sale at Sam Ash
Some fine looking instruments in the gallery at Ludewig Mandolins http://www.ludewigmandolins.com/mandolin%20gallery.HTM See also details of the new Emory Lester A5 model http://www.ludewigmandolins.com/EmoryLesterModel.HTM
Kimble mandolins (nice looking instruments) at http://www.kimblemandolins.com/
Cohen Musical Instruments make a variety of mando family instruments as well as guitars http://users.erols.com/judcohen/index.html
The Mandolin Archive has lots of excellent pics and info about the whole range of Gibson mando family instruments, courtesy Dan Beimborn and others - brilliant site! http://www.mandolinarchive.com/
Some inexpensive mandolins in UK at Regent Guitars http://www.regentguitars.co.uk/acatalog/Mandolins.html
A range of mandolin family instruments for sale at Eagle Music, UK http://www.eaglemusicshop.com/mandolinfamily/index.asp
Lots of mandolins and accessories for sale at Music 123 http://www.music123.com/Mandolins-d777.music
Some inexpensive mandolins at Crossroads Music
Dix Bruce's mandolin buyers' guide now at http://www.mandozine.com/resources/buyersguide.php
Pic of The Raven's Irish style mandolin http://www.geocities.com/gotoravesroom/mando.htm
Some nice looking mandolins for sale at Ozark Mountain Music Home page http://www.ozarkmountainmusic.com/
Some nice A model mandolin pics (Gibson and Laura Ratcliff) courtesy Dave Ogershok http://members.cox.net/ogershok/photos/mandolin/Mandos01.jpg And links to other pics of Laura Ratcliff mandolins http://members.cox.net/ogershok/photos/mandolin/mandolin.htm
Lots of mandolins (including Kentuckys) and other instruments for sale at Saga Musical Instruments http://www.sagamusic.com/
Australian mandolin maker Peter Coombe has a new URL http://www.petercoombe.com
Mandolins for sale at String Works Penson
Full interview with Stan Werbin of Elderly Instruments http://www.elderly.com/articles/fullfilling.html
Pics of Gibson F5 Loar F5 fern inlay 1927 http://www.kyoto.zaq.ne.jp/dkarb200/post.1927.htm And some more mando (and other instrument) pics at this Japanese site http://www.kyoto.zaq.ne.jp/dkarb200/Instruments.htm
Doyle Lawson signature model mandolin at Gibson http://player.gibson.com/oct03/lawson.html
BRW Instruments have some nice looking mandolins http://www.brw-instruments.com/ImageGallery.html Home page at http://www.brw-instruments.com/
Harry and Jeanie West now at http://www.finemusicalinstruments.com/ and http://www.harryandjeaniewest.com/index2.ivnu Their quality vintage mandolins are at http://www.harryandjeaniewest.com/productCat87804.ctlg
Stainless steel tailpieces by Newell Mandolins http://www.shamrockgold.com/newell/tailpieces.html Newell Mandolins home page http://www.shamrockgold.com/newell/newell_mandolins.html
Some nice looking instruments at Smith Creek Mandolins http://www.iglou.com/campbell/smith_creek/smith_creek.htm
Lots of nice mando pics courtesy Mary Yanocsko http://www.mandobar.com/mandolins.htm
Mandolins for sale at Pioneer Music Co http://www.pioneermusicco.com/mando-banjo.asp
A brief history of Gibson mandolins, by Don Lashomb http://www.vintagemandolin.com/mandohistory.html
Glenn mandolins - nice pics
Silver Angel mandolins - new site for Ken Ratcliff's mandolins http://www.silverangelmandolins.com/
John Sullivan mandolins
Mandolins at Mountain Made Music http://www.mountainmademusic.com/mandolins.htm
Mandolins for sale at the Acoustic Outfitters Music Shop http://www.aomusicshop.com/mandoJS.html
Highland mandolins (and a banjo-mandolin) http://www.jimlaabs.com/Guitar/highland/mandolin.html
Info about roundback mandolins http://www.mandolincafe.com/cmsa/archives/0198.html This is courtesy the Classical Mandolin Society of America - other archive links at http://www.mandolincafe.com/cmsa/editorial.html and home page at http://www.mandolincafe.com/cmsa/
Nice pics of a 1917 Gibson A-4 and 1921 Gibson A style mandolin courtesy Lawrence Gibbs http://www.qsl.net/w3uio/mandolin.htm
Risa Mando-stick (not sure that you will be playing bluegrass on this one!) http://www.elderly.com/new_instruments/items/RMS.htm
Pic of two nice old Gibson A models courtesy Jodie Foster at http://members.cox.net/ogershok/photos/mandolin/Two_axes.jpg
Maui Music 8-string Ukulele http://www.ukes.com/ukes.html
Cole mandolins now at http://www.colemandolins.com/
Old Wave mandolins by Bill Bussmann http://www.oldwavemandolins.com/
Mini Les Paul - looks fun! Parent page http://www.gibson.com/whatsnew/pressrelease/1997/Sep09a.html
Jorg Strutwolf's music pages include some mando pics and MP3s http://people.freenet.de/j.strutwolf/music.html Also a mando oil painting at http://people.freenet.de/j.strutwolf/hobbies.html
Michael Heiden Custom F5 Artist mandolin made for Larry Berger, January 2003 - lots of pics and some audio clips http://www.lpb.com/mando/heiden/
Mandolins at Collings Guitars http://www.collingsguitars.com/mandolins.htm
Lots of mando pics courtesy Sean Grexa http://photos.yahoo.com/sgrexa
Mandolins at Hobgoblin Music, UK http://www.hobgoblin.com/local/mandolinframeuk.htm
The F5 Journal documents information about Gibson F5 mandolins and related Lloyd Loar instruments http://www.mandolincafe.com/archives/f5journal/
Various mando pics including 1924 Loar courtesy James E Watts http://webpages.charter.net/ragtop/photo.htm
P W Crump Co make celtic mandolins, octave mandolins, bouzoukis and citterns http://www.pwcrumpco.com/insts.html
Good pic of Tim O'Brien jamming on his new Giacomel octave mandolin at Telluride with Chris Thile http://www.timobrien.net/photoalbum.cfm
Kennaquhair String Instruments specialises in cittern, bouzouki, and other mandolin family instruments http://www.kennaquhair.com/
Gibson company mandolin page http://www.gibson.com/products/oai/mandolins/index.html
Zeta Acoustic Pro mandolin http://www.zetamusic.com/products/display.asp?id=253
CoMando Gathering at Inverness, CA, 2003 - another fine gathering with many great pickers and instruments to pick http://homepage.mac.com/c_dog/PhotoAlbum6.html
More Inverness pics http://www.tcoek12.org/~jimf/inverness2003.html
Silver Angel mandolins http://www.silverangelmandolins.com/
Mandolins for sale at Apollo's Axes http://www.apollosaxes.com/mandolins.html
Little Mountain Music store - "serving the acoustic musician since 1996" http://www.littlemountainmusic.com/
Links to pics of classic Gibson mandolins http://www.geocities.com/riqueritardo/mandolins/
Page about Bill Bussmann, maker of Old Wave mandolins http://www.southernnewmexico.com/snm/bussman.html
Alan Bond and his mandolins - interesting page about the guy who runs the Mandolin Museum site http://home.attbi.com/~ukecat/mandolin/mandos7.html
Some vintage mandolin pics at the String Shack http://bluegrass.bizhosting.com/vintage_mandolins.html
John F Reed makes mandolins and violins http://www.reedviolins.com/instruments.html
Stringed instruments, including mandolins, made by Scott Wise in Austtralia http://www.slwise.com.au/html/lutherie.html
Phillips Instruments offer a dobro-style A model http://members.aol.com/metalgitar2/mandolins.html Home page for Phillips Instruments http://members.aol.com/metalgitar2//models.html
The latest on Bill Monroe's mandolin? http://newstribune.com/stories/110402/ent_1104020007.asp
Butch Waller relaxing with his 1923 Loar - and other mando pics of interest - at http://www.tcoe.trinity.k12.ca.us/media/inverness.html
Vintage and new mandolins for sale at Buffalo Brothers http://www.buffalobrosguitars.com/mandolin.htm
Trillium octave mandolins http://www.octavemandolin.com/html/look.html
1931 Gibson F-5 at Gryphon Stringed Instruments - lots of pics! http://www.frets.com/f5/
The "Cutler-Challen" mandolin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1680 http://www.usd.edu/smm/StradMandolin.html
Joe Bethancourt's website includes pictures of vintage instruments and a miscellany of other stuff http://www.whitetreeaz.com/index.html
Some reasonably priced mandolins at Tyler Mountain Instruments http://www.tylermountain.com/mandolin.html
Mowry Mandolins at http://home.comcast.net/~nicholsw/mando/index.htm
Mandolin buyer's guide by Dix Bruce at Mandozine http://www.mandozine.com/resources/buyersguide.php
Hungry For Music charity provides musical instruments for disadvantaged children in USA http://hungryformusic.com/
Lark Street Music has vintage mandolins for sale
Pics of Mike Stangeland's finished Dudenbostel F5
Stephen Owsley Smith Acme DeLuxe mandolin pics courtesy Alan Cornett http://community.webshots.com/album/61402920RMJebF
Ye Ol' Fiddle Shoppe site has lots of mando items http://www.yeolfiddleshoppe.com/defaultf.htm
Mandolins at Moon Guitars http://www.btinternet.com/~moonguitars/mandolines.html Home page http://www.moonguitars.co.uk/
The Music Link sells some cheap mandolins http://www.musiclinkcorp.com/fretted/mandolin_1.html
Birth of a Tucker mandolin http://members.aol.com./mandolinexpress/tucker/index.htm
Custom mandolins and other instruments at Daley's instruments and repair http://www.simdaley.com/
Interview with mandolin maker Michael Heiden http://www.users.uniserve.com/~mheiden/mandolins.html
Smith Creek Mandolins by David Smith of Rhode Island
The latest on Bill Monroe's mandolin
Lots of nice mandolins at Vintage Instruments This site not to be confused with the now-renamed (and also excellent) Players Vintage Instruments
Andy Manson makes some interesting instruments including mandolins and multi-neckers http://www.andymanson.co.uk/entry_page.htm Here is an amazing triple-necker http://www.andymanson.co.uk/jpj_archtop_triple.htm
Pics of John Paul Jones, of Led Zeppelin, with triple-necker by Andy Manson http://www.zeppinhood.net/museum/photoalbm/jpj/
http://pyzeppelin.free.fr/tripleneck.html
Guitars and mandolins at Proulx Guitars http://www.proulxguitars.com/
Kimble A5 pics courtesy Mike Stangeland http://community.webshots.com/album/58104846sIdJUl
Vintage Guitar Info has lots of useful reference material http://www.provide.net/~cfh/
1923 Gibson Lloyd Loar and other mando pics courtesy Rodd Keith http://community.webshots.com/album/18436685JFGfMLHGfM
BRW Instruments make A and F model mandolins, also guitars and violins http://www.brw-instruments.com/
Mandolins by Jim Hilburn http://pages.prodigy.net/jim1307/
Column about luthier Bob Givens in The Local Planet archives
Fantastic Musical Instruments at bargain prices on Yahoo http://shop.store.yahoo.com/fantastic-instruments/banman1.html
Mandolins, bags and cases at RP Sales http://rpsales.tripod.com/aman.htm
Mandolins for sale at Song Of The Sea http://www.songsea.com/mndbjuka.htm
Links for tons of Gibson instrument info including serial numbers http://www.gibson.com/pure/exchange/downloads.html
Elvenwood Mandolins offer mandos and guitars at quite low prices http://www.elvenwoodmandolins.com/
Mando gallery at the Larson Brothers Guitars site http://www.larsonbrothersguitars.com/otherpics.html
Daniel's Mandola Resource Links http://home.mindspring.com/~dnestler/mandolastuff.htm
Mandolin made from osage orange wood http://www.hedgeapple.com/ha/picspage/index.htm
Thomas Buchanan makes mandolins and other instruments in Inverness, Scotland http://www.geocities.com/tbmando/default.htm
Lawrence Smart mandolin pic and article
Mid-Missouri Mandolins have instruments with short scale lengths for kids http://www.midmomandolin.com/products_kid-mo.php
Nugget Mandolins profiled at Mandolin Cafe http://www.mandolincafe.com/nugget.html
Mark Lane's instruments at http://community.webshots.com/album/45446816XpbdsK and Michael Kelly mandolin http://community.webshots.com/album/49183902YEfwpM
The Michael Kelly Guitar Company make mandolins http://www.michaelkellyguitars.com/mandolins/ They also sell cases and gig bags
Lots of mandolins in Jim Coon's pics http://community.webshots.com/album/21089523EdRHCstOya
A L Smart long neck two point, oval hole mandolin, courtesy Arthur Stern http://www.smithfowler.org/music/mandolin/smart/index.html
Mandolin by Jim Hilburn, courtesy Bill Hamilton http://community.webshots.com/album/50381232GvwYXY
Joe Foley mandolins, mandolas and bouzoukis made in Dublin http://aoife.indigo.ie/~donal/joe/
Summit mandolins by Paul Schneider http://www.infomagic.net/~bluemoon/summit/
Spicer mandolins at http://www.guitarclinic.com/spicer.htm
Instrument pics at the Catskinner band site http://www.catskinner.homestead.com/gear.html
Stan Miller mandolins http://home.attbi.com/~ukecat/mandolin/mandos11.html
Larry Berger's F5 mandolin by John Sullivan http://www.lpb.com/mando/sullivan/ John Sullivan website at http://quicksitebuilder.cnet.com/sullivan_mandos/index.html
The Cittern and Mandolin Image Gallery courtesy Mike Berro http://www.massmedia.com/~mikeb/mando/gallery/ Cittern and Mandolin home page http://www.massmedia.com/~mikeb/mando/index.html
Lots of great mando pics courtesy Dane Tyson http://community.webshots.com/user/danetyson
Godin A8 acoustic-electric mandolin at http://www.godinguitars.com/godina8p.htm
At Rigel Mandolins this week... http://www.rigelmandolin.com/thisweek/
Rigel Killer Bee mandolin! http://www.davidpound.com/killerbee/killerbee.html
Gallery of Strings sell quality mandolins and other instruments http://www.galleryofstrings.com/
Mandolin Express sells quality mandolins http://www.mandolinexpress.com/
New Coombe mandolin, pics courtesy Sean Grexa http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/sgrexa/lst?.dir=/New+Coombe&.src=ph&.view=
Gibson mandolin, banjo and dobro with exotic vine inlay http://www.fqms.com/vinecollection.htm
Annapolis Bluegrass Coalition band site has a chain of links to Gibson F5 pics http://www.gibsonf5.com/F5_Page.htm and old pics of Reno and Smiley http://www.gibsonf5.com/Reno_Smiley1.htm Home page http://www.gibsonf5.com/
Spruce Tree Music have new and vintage instruments for sale, including mandolins http://www.sprucetreemusic.com/ Also check their photo gallery for some nice pics http://www.sprucetreemusic.com/gallery.html
Arnie Solomon's mandolin page has some pics of classic Gibson mandolins http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/Stage/1171/mandolins.html His home page has details of his career http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/Stage/1171/
Breedlove mandolins and guitars http://www.breedloveguitars.com/index/index2.html
Pics of Rigel A-natural courtesy Phil Good-Elliott http://homepage.mac.com/philg2/R-AN.html
Brentrup F5 mandolin in Italian spruce, courtesy Rob Coleman and Rodd Keith Check his other mando pics at http://community.webshots.com/user/roddkeith
Double neck electric mandolin/guitar by Alan Dodge http://www.novaxguitars.com/doubleneck.html
Pic of Docy mandolin at http://members.aol.com/zabeans/Docymandolin.jpg
Don Grieser's Nugget mandolin pics http://homepage.mac.com/dgrieser/nugget.html
Kevin Macleod's mandos (and other instruments) by Jim Mackie of Edinburgh http://mysite.freeserve.com/kevinmacleod/page5.html
1998 Gilchrist Artist Model 3 courtesy Kim Davis and Mike Stangeland plus some other interesting pics at this site http://home.mindspring.com/~kim-flatpicks/index.html
Nugget mandolins by Mike Kemnitzer, and other instruments at Great Divide Music Plus a mandolin tablature of Michael's Lament
Pics of mandolins made by Johnny Adams at the Bluegrass Music Club http://www.bluegrassmusicclub.com/
Flatiron mandolin archives at Gibson http://www.gibson.com/products/flatiron/1996/
The Gibson M-6 "features an A-style mandolin body with a short-scale guitar neck that makes every guitarist an instant multi-instrumentalist" http://www.gibson.com/products/oai/mandolins/m6.html
Fret Mill Music in Virginia has new, used and vintage instruments, including mandolins http://www.fretmill.com/
Fender acoustic-electric mandolins http://www.fender.com/gear/gear.php?node_id=2717
Current Gibson mandolins http://www.gibson.com/products/oai/mandolins/
Epiphone Mandobird solid electric, 14" scale
Coast Line Musik AB produces handmade mandolins http://coastline.gq.nu/Mandolins.html
Monteleone mandolins and guitars http://www.monteleone.net/
Great article on Bill Monroe's mandolin by Will Pinkston in the Wall Street Journal
Stinnett left-hand mandolin, interesting design http://home.t-online.de/home/eurotour/
Mally's Traditional Music Store in West Yorkshire, England http://www.mally.com/mallysite/pages/page/mandolin.html
Profile of luthier Paul Schneider by Maxwell McCullough http://www.infomagic.net/~bluemoon/summit/mq.html
Steve Gilchrist interview currently broadcast at http://www.bluegrasscountry.org/
Music Store Heaven has lots of software amongst other things http://www.musicstoreheaven.com/
Mandolins for sale at Fretland, Rhode Island http://www.fretland.com/mandolins.html
Page on how to select a vintage Gibson mandolin by Dan Beimborn at http://www.ceolas.org/instruments/gibson.html Plus some useful info and links on instruments used in Celtic music at http://www.ceolas.org/instruments/
How to choose a mandolin - article at Mandozine by Dix Bruce http://www.mandozine.com/resources/buyers/guide.html
Mandolins and other instruments by Christer �din and Helge Ekvall in Sweden http://www.luthiers.nu/types.html
Pics of 1924 Loar F5 courtesy Evan Reilly
Freshwater fretted folk instruments from the Highlands of Scotland http://www.inverness-online.com/fretted/intro.htm
On-line music warehouse at http://www.kwim-v.com/
Knutsen mandoharp pics at http://users.bestweb.net/~jgarber/instrpic/knutmh1.jpg and http://users.bestweb.net/~jgarber/instrpic/knutmh2.jpg
Celtic Southern Cross is "Australia and New Zealand's major supplier to the folk musician" http://www.celt.com.au/index.html
Fantastic Musical Instruments sell mandolins
Stefan Sobell quality instruments http://come.to/sobell
Mandolins at Folk of the Wood http://www.folkofthewood.com/page675.htm
Pics of Old Wave Parlor jazz guitar http://community.webshots.com/album/27891255gHKDeizLEz
Mandolins featured on the Tone Poems CDs by David Grisman - comprehensive picture gallery and background info courtesy of Mandozine http://www.mandozine.com/handmade/instr.html
Lloyd Loar page by Roger Siminoff
http://www.siminoff.net/pages/loar_background.html
The Cornwell Instruments site includes pics of a blue mandolin http://www.cornwellinstruments.com/
1967 Rickenbacker banjoline pic at http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/mccorp/banjoline67.html And Peter McCormack's Rickenbacker research home page at http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/mccorp/framespage.html
More pics of Barry Ford's F-style mandobass, including construction http://community.webshots.com/album/27394663nmctIrXxyo
Mandoguitar (but no pic) at Phantom Guitars http://www.phantomguitars.com/mandoguitar.html
Buddy and Julie Miller - some interesting instrument pics on this country musicians' site, including a few mandos http://www.buddyandjulie.com/
John Sullivan mandolins (also guitars and violins) http://quicksitebuilder.cnet.com/sullivan_mandos/mandolin.html
Kevin Schwab mandolins, including electrics http://www.hoffmanguitars.com/SCHWABMANDOLINS.htm
CoMando list members' mandolin pics at http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/Stage/1228/MandoPics/
Cameron's community page includes some pics of some nice old Gibson mandolins http://community.webshots.com/user/cameron0893
Ludewig mandolins at http://www.ludewigmandolins.com/
The 13th Fret is "home of the world's most popular acoustic guitar discussion forum" http://www.13thfret.com/ Lots of pics on this site including a mando monster at http://www.13thfret.com/images/mandolinph4.jpg
The Acoustic Music Company - UK supplier of quality mandolins and guitars http://www.theacousticmusicco.co.uk/
Pics of the only Lloyd Loar signature Gibson A5 and other interesting stuff courtesy of Kim Davis and Mike Stangeland http://home.mindspring.com/~kim-flatpicks/index.html
Mandolins,guitars and basses by Jamie Wiens http://www.mandolinbuilder.com/index.html
Mandolins (also guitars and fiddles) made in Alaska by Dave Coleson - some interesting construction info at this site http://www.dukesshoppe.com/
Pricetone mandolins are played by Dale Reno and Don Rigsby http://www.expresswebs.com/scbtma/local_music_shops.htm
Rattlesnake mandolins and guitars by Olin Davis http://www.rattlesnakemandolins.com/
Ron Lacey's page - some nice instrument pics and useful mando links http://www.agen.tamu.edu/users/rel/personal/
Michael Kelly makes bluegrass mandolins (and other instruments) http://www.michaelkellyguitars.com/mandolins/
Morgan Monroe mandolins, banjos and guitars http://www.shsaudio.com/Morgan_Monroe_home.htm
Dave Bucher's Golden Wood instrument site http://www.thegoldenwood.com/
Matanuska Music has mandolins by Dave Coleson
Various mando pics including an A5 with a Rigel neck, courtesy Will Kimble
Guitar Works - big Chicago company http://www.guitarworksltd.com/
A-style mandolins by Ken Ratcliff's wife
Alan Bond's Berkeley Mandolins - wonderful mandolin museum site, lots of pics including Bill Monroe's mandolin collection, also Ukecat Ukelele Museum and UkeCat Ukulele Method, plus Dark Hollow bluegrass band, all at new URL http://ukecat.home.attbi.com
Inlay, instruments and more at http://www.custominlay.com/start.html
Includes mandolins by Bryan England - check out his Bobby Osborne model at http://www.custominlay.com/Osborne/index.html
A-style mandos, octave mandolin and archtop guitar by Bill Bussman
F-style mandobass by Barry Ford!
Jim Triggs mandolins http://triggsguitars.com/mandolins.htm
Some Mexican instruments at Lark In The Morning
GuitarInternet - good guitar links site plus mandolins and other instruments http://www.guitarinternet.com/
At Rigel Mandolins this week http://www.rigelmandolin.com/thisweek/
Pics of a Nugget mandolin courtesy of Cameron http://community.webshots.com/album/25551610vPebRUOzRh
Fred's Music Shop - big online music shop in Pennsylvania http://www.fredsmusic.com/
Ray Sparks-made mandolin owned by Scott Brooks http://www.max.q1.com/mando/
Julian Tubb makes mandolins and resonator guitars in Canada http://www.juliantubb.com/mandolin.htm
Kathy Matsushita describes building guitars and mandolins at http://pweb.jps.net/~kmatsu/
New link for Kathy Matsushita's mandolin construction page http://pweb.jps.net/~msm/htmlpages/mandolin1.html
Thin Man String Co has lots of mandolins (and other instruments) - and strings http://www.thinmanmusic.com/
Paul Shippey mandolins and bouzoukis, made in Bristol, England http://www.paulshippey.co.uk/
Nice pics of a 1928 Gibson A model courtesy Charlie Johnson and Tim Piazza http://medianet.kellercrescent.com/Tim/28GibsonA.jpg
Play It Again Sam - store with lots of mandolin interest http://www.guitarsam.com/catalog/mandolincatalog.htm
Stinnett Mandolins http://pws.prserv.net/stinnett/default.html
Red Diamond mandolins updated site http://www.reddiamondmandolins.com/
Guitar Base - lots of mandolins for sale http://gbase.com/
Interview with Ray Dearstone (of Dearstone Mandolin Works) http://www.dearstone.com/profile.htm
Sawchyn mandolins http://www.sawchyn.com/
Sheba mandolins and guitars by Gavin Baird (Canada) http://www.sheba.ca/
Lawrence Smart mandolins and guitars http://smart-instruments.com/
Flatbush stringed instruments (including mandolins) from Denmark http://www.flatbush.dk/
Hobgoblin Music - lots of mandolins and other folk instruments, accessories and instruction materials http://www.hobgoblin.com/
Rigel Cream R-100 mandolin, courtesy Peter Mix
Summit Mandolin Company - instruments by Paul Schneider http://www.infomagic.net/~bluemoon/summit/
Ryder Stringed Instruments - electric mandolins and handwound pickups http://www.sjryder.com/
Dusty Strings make harps and hammered dulcimers (they also sell mandolins) http://www.dustystrings.com/
New Brentrup 23L, courtesy Rob Coleman http://www.robcoleman.com/images/fretted.jpg
Michael A Lewis guitars and mandolins http://svlg.org/member/lewis/instrume.htm
1923 Gibson F-5 mandolin signed by Lloyd Loar April 10, 1923 http://www.vintagemandolin.com/loar/index.shtml
What has happened to Bill Monroe's mandolin? http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/01/04/04478453.shtml
Mandolins by Mike Nelson (including construction of an A5 copy) http://www.geocities.com/pipemakermike/mandolin/instruments.htm
Fifth String and Co (aka Harry and Jeanie West) - bluegrass supply shop http://www.fifthstringandco.com/index.htm
Music Folk Inc have mandolins for sale http://www.musicfolk.com/
Mandolins and guitars from Siren String Works http://www.tollway.com/siren/
Monteleone instruments (including mandolins!) http://www.monteleone.net/index2.html
Mandolin by Stephen Stahl (white stage)
Bernunzio Stringed Instruments - lots of classic instruments! http://www.bernunzio.com/
Cotten Music instrument dealers, big inventory http://www.cottenmusic.com/
House of Musical Traditions - lots of instruments, accessories, etc http://www.hmtrad.com/
A style mandolin by Peter Coombe, courtesy Sean Grexa.
And A L Smart F5
Archtop guitar by Steve Smith
Janet Davis Music has mandolins, accessories and teaching materials http://www.janetdavismusic.com/mandolin.html
John Sullivan mandolins, as played by Adam Steffey http://www7.bcity.com/sullivan/mandolin.html
Heiden mandolins http://www.users.uniserve.com/~mheiden/mandolins.html
The Olde Town Pickin' Parlor sell mandolins (including vintage Gibsons) and other bluegrass instruments http://www.picknparlor.com/
Orcas Island Tonewoods, and some useful links for instrument builders http://www.rockisland.com/~tonewoods/
Davy Stuart, New Zealand luthier http://www.stuart.co.nz/
Mandolins by Will Kimble http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1573775&a=11963118&f=0
Building a Weber mandocello, courtesy John Bird http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=975173&a=11943056&f=0
Rattlesnake Mandolin Works - Loar style mandolins by Olin Davis, with lots of pics http://www.rattlesnakemandolins.com/
Mandolins by Johann D Brentrup http://www.brentrup.com/
Bill Bussmann's mandolins - includes some unusual stuff http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1248872
McCabe's Guitar Shop http://www.mccabesguitar.com/index.html
Some good quality pics of a new Rigel - click on the links at http://www.skyenet.net/~danfreeman/dans.html
Martin Stillion has completed a major update to the Electric Mandolin site http://www.emando.com - new section of CD reviews, lots of new information on pickups, and tons of additional builders and players
A great collection of mandolins courtesy Gary Hedrick http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1437222
Some British Isles mando family instruments at Lark In The Morning http://www.larkinam.com/mencomnet/business/retail/larknet/irishstrings
Semi-solid body electric/acoustic mandolin by Joe Veillette http://www.veilletteguitars.com/mandolin.html
Washington Post article about Wayne Henderson http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11438-2001Jan2.html
Mando pics including Bucher octave mandolin, courtesy Sean Grexa http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1342682
The Great Divide music store (lots of mando interest) http://www.greatdividemusic.com/index.html
Electric mandolin by Ron Oates http://www.greatdividemusic.com/Ron_Oates_ElectroMando.html
The Music Emporium (they currently have a mandobass for sale!) http://www.themusicemporium.com/
Dudenbostel mandolin #12, courtesy Gary Hedrick http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1437222&a=10803174
Fylde mandolins (and guitars) http://www.fyldeguitars.com/
Santa Fe Violin and Guitar Works http://santafeguitar.com/
Dearstone Mandolins http://www.dearstone.com/
Curtis McPeake's instrument list - plenty of mandolins! http://www.cmcpeake.com/InstrList.html
And home page http://www.cmcpeake.com/
Jeff Cowherd's Mandolins site: Mandolin dealer, also carries Golden Gate picks (see Accessories) http://www.mandolins.net/
Ken Ratcliff's Silver Angel mandolins http://silverangel.freeservers.com/
Heartwood Music Works mandolins by Will Parsons http://www.gotech.com/parsons/homepg.htm
Zepp Country Music lots of instruments for sale, including mandolins http://zeppmusic.com/
Ratliff mandolins plus links to Bluegrass Dreams Webring and Fiddle Webring among others http://www.ratliffmandolins.com/
Charles Bond's mandolin pics at http://members2.clubphoto.com/charles226218/
Jeff Cowherd's gallery of Rigel mandolins http://www.rigelmandolin.com/gallery/cowherd.html
Putnam mandolin modified by CE Ward - pics http://home.wirefire.com/putnamjf/mando1.jpg and five more (change file name to mando2.jpg etc)
Lots of pics with mando interest, courtesy Jim Coon http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=89237&a=651293
Lebeda mandolin pics courtesy Jeannie Cooper http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=306817&a=10567878
Evergreen Mountain Instruments make mandolins and guitars http://www.eoni.com/~emi/
Flying V style electric mandolin http://www.arpkorina.com/p12van.html
Elloree guitars and mandolins, also some other instruments - quite unusual designs and prices look good http://www.angelfire.com/la2/elloree/
Pics of 1913 Gibson F4, courtesy http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=963216&a=7063525
Schwab electric mandolins http://www.hoffmanguitars.com/SCHWABMANDOLINS.htm
Bacorn custom mandolins and guitars http://www.bacornguitars.com/
Pics of a Pricetone F5 courtesy Charles Bond http://members2.clubphoto.com/charles226218/Pricetone_F5/
Steve Swan Guitars (he also sells mandolins!) http://www.steveswanguitars.com/
Greg Boyd's House of Fine Instruments (including lots of mandolins) http://www.gregboyd.com/
Beltona resonator mandolin http://www.beltona.net/mandolin.htm
Weber mandolins http://www.soundtoearth.com/
Possibly the first four-string cello guitar (tuned CGDA), said to combine the best qualities of the flat-top guitar and the mandocello in one instrument http://www.ctel.net/~earnest/bigred.html
New Zealand mandolin maker http://www.stuart.co.nz/
Details of a Lyon and Healy mandolin, courtesy Sean Grexa http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1342682&a=10013453
Gryphon Stringed Instruments - instrument dealers http://www.gryphonstrings.com/ These are the folks who put up the excellent Frets.com instrument maintenance and repair site site http://www.frets.com
Laurence Wexer Ltd website - some good instruments for sale including vintage mandolins. (Larry Wexer has played with the Dillards) http://www.wexerguitars.com/
More Rigel mandolins http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=963216&a=9801788
Bussmann mandolins under construction http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1248872&a=9358337
Mandola by Paul Newson http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=999313&a=7351213
Mandolin made by Tom Ellis in 1982 owned by Buck White http://www.carmelmusic.com/stocklist/scanned%20photos/Ellis30.jpg
Spot the famous mandolin pickers - they all played Rigels at IBMA! http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=963216&a=9573126
Mandolin kits at http://www.musikit.com/mandos.htm
Mandolin kit and instruments at http://www.larkinthemorning.com/MenComNet/Business/Retail/Larknet/Mandolins
Experience in building from a kit http://www.dougsparling.com/lutherie/mandokit/index.html
Mandolin plans for builders from The Guild of American Luthiers http://www.luth.org/bp.htm
Rigel mandolins http://www.rigelmandolin.com/
Lots of pix of vintage instruments http://www.vintageinstruments.com/
Allen guitars, mandolins, resophonics and luthier supplies http://www.allenguitar.com/
Interesting page by a bluegrass player and instrument maker http://www.larp.com/~bakimsey/music.html
Another mandolin maker http://www.ctel.net/~earnest/
Carmel Music - lots of mando interest http://www.carmelmusic.com/
Mandolins and More - vintage Gibson mandolins http://www.mandolinsandmore.com/
Construction of a mandolin - pix (URL courtesy of Lynn Dudenbostel on Comando list): look at Chris' Mando 1, 2 and 3 http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=66138
And construction of ukuleles http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/FieldTrips/Kamaka/kamaka.html
Good Gibson page - lots of links http://www.gibson.com/whatsnew/pressrelease/2000/sep26a.html
Phoenix mandolins http://www.phoenixmandolins.com/
Mike Vanden's top quality mandolins and guitars, plus acoustic pickups http://www.vanden.co.uk
Mandolin Central, Tony Williamson's on-line music shop. Some useful links also http://www.mandolincentral.com/
Kentucky KM150S starter mandolin for $200 http://www.elderly.com/new_instruments/items/KM150S.htm
Rob and Maria's mandolin website in Queensland, Australia http://www.cyberwizards.com.au/~robaria/
The Arthur Stern Two Point Artist Model Mandolin by A. Lawrence Smart http://www.webpak.net/~bsmando/Art2.htm
A. Lawrence Smart, Luthier http://reality.sgi.com/relph/smart/
Cole mandolins http://www.idahoweb.com/cole/
Mid-Missouri web page http://www.midmomandolin.com. They have a good reputation for beginners' mandolins, quality at a reasonable price.
German dealer, lots of mandolin pix http://www.bluegrass.de/mandolins.htm
9th July 1923 Lloyd Loar mandolin pictures http://www.danmarcus.com/loar.htm
Ontario's "Mister Mandolin": an interview with luthier Doug Woodley by Maxwell McCullough. Also lots of mando pix on this page http://www.12fret.com/retail/mwoodley.htm
Ithaca Stringed Instruments has some old-fashioned styles of mandolin http://ithacastring.com/acoustic.html
George Gruhn's site - well worth a look, lots of archived stuff http://www.gruhn.com/
George Gruhn's library page http://www.gruhn.com/articles/
Orville Gibson's last mandolin http://www.gruhn.com/articles/orvillemando.html
More mandolins - The Dude's mandolin page http://www.dudenbostel.com/mandolin.html
Big Canadian acoustic instrument dealer http://www.acousticguitar.net/home.htm
Lots of pictures of mandolins http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/Stage/1228/MandoPics/
Mandolin Brothers fretted instrument dealer, huge catalog, lots of pix on line http://www.mandoweb.com/
Australian mandolins by Peter Coombe http://www.petercoombe.com
Phil Davidson's instruments (excellent UK mandolin maker) http://www.davidsoninstruments.com/index.html
Lots of stuff about Gibson mandolins http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/1375/gibson8.html
Lots of stuff about instruments, including mandolins for sale http://www.mugwumps.com/
Folk Of The Wood free mandolin lessons (real beginners!). Site owned by Mel Bay author Mickey Cochran has loads of mandolins (plus banjos, guitars, fiddles, dulcimers and dobros), teaching materials and accessories. Home page http://www.folkofthewood.com/index.htm
Alan Bond's Berkeley Mandolins - some wonderful pictures, including Bill Monroe's mandolin collection, ukulele museum and ukulele method, also Dark Hollow bluegrass band http://ukecat.home.attbi.com
Charles Johnson's vintage mandolin site http://www.vintagemandolin.com/