Barb's CD, Sooner or Later, features 13 of Barb's original songs. Bluegrass Unlimited says, "solid bluegrass... selections reflect emotional themes of love, grief, humor, and joy... establishes Barb Diederich as a significant composer in the world of bluegrass music". Sooner or Later was nominated for a WAMMIE (Washington Area Music Association Annual Music Award) in the Bluegrass Recording of the Year category. For more information or to order Sooner or Later, click here.

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• http://www.gibson.com/products/dobro/1996/5-string/
• http://www.gibson.com/products/dobro/1996/basses/
• http://www.gibson.com/products/dobro/1996/signature2.html#Graves
• Adamas strings
• Allen Guitars
• Allen Guitars, Resophonic Guitars, and Mandolins - "Building Tomorrow's Collectable Instruments Today"
• C.A. Baber Resophonic Guitars
• Beard Guitars - resonator guitars
• Bluett Bros. Violins
• Bradivarius Violins by Bradley D. Higgins - at the foot of the beautiful Adirondack Mountains in Hartford, New York
• Breedlove Guitars - building guitars and mandolins the way fine musical instruments always have been built -- one at a time, by hand
• Bulldog Instruments - Mandolins
• Caouette Banjos - hand-crafted in New England by master craftsman Bernie Caouette
• Collings Guitars - reproducing the great vintage instruments of the 1930's
• Crafters Of Tennessee - resophonic guitars, banjos, acoustic guitars, mandolins
• Davidson Instruments - handcrafting fine instruments for over twenty five years, beginning with banjos and diversifying to mandolins and guitars
• Dearstone Mandolin Works
• Deering Banjo Company
• Dobro®
• Dudenbostel Stringed Instruments - extremely high quality handmade instruments
• Eastman Guitars - modern instruments, old-fashioned quality
• Eastman Mandolins - hand-crafted mandolins with the tonal brilliance, ease of playing, and beautiful woodcraft you have been searching for!
• Eastman Music Company
• Eastman Strings - modern instruments, old-fashioned quality
• G. Edward Lutherie Inc. - Home of the Eminence Portable Upright Bass
• Epiphone Guitars
• Ergoinstruments.com - home of the handmade EUB (Electric Upright Bass)
• Eucalypt Banjos - a total commitment to making the finest possible banjos at the lowest price
• Feddish Basses - low cost custom Upright Electric Basses
• Fender Guitars & Amps
• Flatiron mandolins
• Flatiron Mandolins - by
• Gallagher
• Guitars
• Musical Instruments
• page on Dobro Resonator Guitars
• 's Banjo Collection
• 's Mandolin Collection
• Gilchrist Mandolins & Guitars
• Gold Tone Musical Instruments - manufacturers of the Travel Banjo, plus 5 other models of banjos and banjitars
• Gold Tone Musical Instruments - world's best value in quality banjos, banjitars, mandolins, and other stringed instruments
• Goodall Guitars - one of the world's finest acoustic guitar manufacturers
• Heftone Musical Instruments - The Heftone line of upright string basses
• High Desert Mandolins and High Desert Guitars - Jason Chinchen's custom mandolins and guitars
• High Desert Mandolins and High Desert Guitars -
• Huber Banjos - the leader in pre war banjo conversions, replicas, hardware, & accessories
• Huss & Dalton Guitar Company, Inc. - makers of fine, hand-built instruments capturing the spirit of time-honored music played here for generations!
• Jaroslav Prucha's Bluegrass Instruments - banjos
• John Hutto - custom built mandolins
• Kaman Music
• Kel Kroydon Banjos - inspired by the new issue of the ever popular Kel Kroydon Style 10 & 11 Banjos, this banjo series has the traditional look preferred by many banjoists today
• Macica Mandolins
• Macica Mandolins
• C. F. Martin Guitar Company
• Matrix tuners
• Mid-Missouri Mandolin Company - handmade, hiqh quality mandolins
• Monteleone Instruments - guitars and mandolins
• Nashville Guitar Company - guitars of superior tone and quality for a new generation of players and collectors
• National Reso-Phonic Guitars - builders of fine brass, steel and wood body guitars, and ukuleles
• Nechville Banjos
• Nugget Mandolins
• Ome Banjos
• Ovation acoustic basses
• Ovation guitars
• Phoenix Mandolins
• Pietsch Banjo Company - handmade banjos, trading and repairs - in Bremen Germany
• Gary H. Price - luthier
• Rattlesnake Mandolin Works - handbuilt mandolins and guitars
• Red Diamond Mandolins - maker of about a dozen mandolins a year
• Rigel Mandolins - made by Peter Langdell of Jeffersonville, Vermont
• Sacramento Valley Luthiers Guild - a non-profit organization dedicated to the sharing of resources related to luthiery
• Santa Cruz Guitar Company
• Seiko metronomes and tuners
• Sound To Earth - maker of Weber mandolins, mandolas, and octave mandolins
• Starfish Designs - Celtic harps from Scotland and state-of-the-art electric basses
• Stealth 5 String Banjos - Scott Vestal puts his mark on banjo design
• Stelling Banjo
• Stinnett Stringed Instruments - individually handcrafted instruments built by Colorado luthier Mickey Stinnett
• Summit Mandolin Co. - professional quality bluegrass mandolins at affordable prices
• Takamine guitars
• Charles S. Tauber - maker of guitars & lutes
• Taylor Guitars
• Tobias Guitars
• Trace Acoustic amplifiers
• Trinity River Guitars - it's as easy to do it right as to do it less than right
• Weber Fine Acoustic Instruments - mandolins, mandolas, and octave mandolins
• Wunder Banjo Company

• Acri Picks - the fingerpick which "doesn't have to be tight to stay on"
• Alesis - studio/rack gear, including monitors, compressors, eq's and digital recorders
• Allen Guitars - Monteleone Style Mandolin Tailpieces
• Aphex Systems - studio and sound reinforcement equipment
• Audio-Technica - high-performance microphones, wireless microphone systems, and other electronic products for home and professional use
• Austin Cases - designed to meet or exceed Air Transportation Association (ATA) specs and custom built to order
• Black Diamond Strings - an American tradition since 1890
• Blue Heron Softshell Cases - the highest quality, light weight softshell cases available today
• Breezy Ridge Instruments, Ltd. - home of John Pearse ® Strings, instruments, and accessories
• Cakewalk - the world's leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording
• Cleartone Strings - the lifespan of coated strings with the brightness and feel of an uncoated set
• ClimateCase - thermal/humidity protective case covers for banjos and other instruments
• Colorado Case Company - soft cases, case covers, harp cases, guitar cases, banjo cases, mandolin cases
• Crate Acoustic Guitar Amps
• Crate Amplifiers
• D'Addario - the player's site
• D'Addario Strings - the world's largest manufacturer of musical strings
• D'Aquisto Music Strings - we not only wind our own strings, we also build the machinery on which the strings are wound
• DBX - Compressors/limiters and many other studio/live rig "toys"
• Dean Markley Amplifiers
• Dean Markley Strings - "Adjustment Page"
• Dean Markley Strings
• Dogwood Designs - custom made, quality instrument straps and other hand made tooled items of interest to musicians and fans of bluegrass music
• Evans Custom Amplifiers
• Fishman Transducers - the world leader in pickups and electronics for acoustic instrument amplification
• Fossil Ivory Products from John Mickelson - premium fossilized ivory pins and other fine accessories
• Fostex - Studio gear
• Gallien-Krueger - bass amps
• GHS Strings - the string specialists
• Gear - strings, pickups, accessories
• JLD Guitar Research & Development - the JLD Bridge System fixes warped guitar tops, makes your guitar louder and richer, installs easily without any modification to your guitar
• K&K Sound - top-quality pickups, microphones, and preamps for a variety of instruments
• Kelly Banjo Conversion ToneRing - for converting archtop tonerings to flathead ... perfect for pre-war banjos!
• Korg - digital recorders, etc.
• Reed Kotler Systems Inc. - home of the Transkriber and TR-1000/TR-400 digital music study recorders, the premier software and hardware solutions for transcribing
• Mackie - The best darn mixers (and other stuff) known to man!
• Bob Mansure - custom canvas instrument case covers
• New Crate Acoustic Amps
• Pegheds - planetary tuners for violin, viola, cello, and flamenco guitar
• Perfect-Tune - a heavy-duty clip-on piezoelectric transducer device to aid in the tuning of all flavors of acoustic instruments
• Photograph of the Bixby Bridge
• Pick-N-Glider - "the chair designed for musicians"
• Price Fiberglass Cases - fiberglass guitar, mandolin, and banjo cases
• RAT Music Stands and Music Stand Lights - the world's finest music stands
• Sabine Tuners and FBX Feedback Exterminators
• Shubb - capos, steels, etc.
• Shure Brothers Inc. - microphones
• SKB Cases
• Slider Dual Shoulder Straps - for guitar, bass, hand drum, sax and more!
• Sully's Straps - hangin' around fine musicians everywhere
• Super-Sensitive Musical String Co. - strings and accessories for bowed instruments
• Thomastik-Infeld Vienna - makers of Thomastik Spirocores and other fine strings
• TKL Products Corp. - the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of musical instrument cases and bags
• Westone Music Products - in-ear musicians monitoring

• Acoustic Music Plus - in Omaha, NE
• Acoustic Music Supply - buy online instruments, strings, picks, capos, songbooks, videos, string instrument accessories and keyrings, music related hat and lapel pins plus gifts
• Acoustic Outfitters Music Shop - a full service music shop featuring fine quality, new and used acoustic instruments and accessories, in Stratham, NH
• Acoustic Shop - a full service stringed instrument music store
• And Sew On Custom Embroidery - embroidered shirts and hats with guitar, banjo, and fiddle designs
• Angie's Banjo.com - Best prices for Gold Tone Banjos, instructional books, DVDs, CDs, banjo contests and more!
• Angie's Banjo.com -
• Appalachian Bluegrass Shoppe - the acoustic musician's one-stop resource, in Baltimore, MD
• Artizon Music and Sound - new, used & vintage instruments - in Auburn, Massachusetts
• Back Porch Music - a cyberspace store
• Baltimore Bluegrass, Inc. - bluegrass music, acoustic music and folk music store; acoustic instruments and accessories since 1975, in Baltimore, MD
• Banjo Supplies - "best prices on the Internet"
• banjo.com - the source for banjos
• Bass Bus - a seat, a cart, and a stand
• Basscart - the perfect way to transport your bass at festivals and fairs
• Bernunzio Vintage Instruments - banjos, mandolins, guitars, ukulele, and more
• Bluegrass Parlor - for all your bluegrass needs, in Tampa, Florida
• Bluegrass World Music Store - Golden Gate picks, tuners, capos, song books, instructional books and other music supplies
• Bob's House of Basses - double basses and accessories
• Boe's Strings, Inc. - fine stringed instruments, in Frederick, Maryland
• - Music Shops Catering to Bluegrass Musicians - in New England and New York
• BP Strings - mail order all popular brands of strings, picks, capos, instructional videos, and accessories
• Breezy Ridge Instruments, Ltd. - home of John Pearse ® Strings, instruments, and accessories
• Buffalo Brothers Vintage Guitars - specializes in quality new and pre-owned vintage acoustic instruments
• Campbell's Music Service - in York, Pennsylvania
• Carmel Music Co. - fine acoustic guitars and mandolins
• Chesapeake Bass Viol Shop - makers, restorers and dealers of double basses and bows, in Annapolis, Maryland
• Chris B's Music - stringed instruments rentals and sales, based in Rhode Island
• Cotten Music Center - one of Music City's most respected and loved guitar shops
• Digibid.com - online auction of new and used pro audio, video, musical instruments, and gear
• Distraught Sound Studio and Vintage Guitars - selling vintage guitars and other stringed instruments, CD's, DVD's and studio time, in Smithville, Texas
• Drum and Strum - a family owned and operated full line music store that has been located in Historic Old Town Warrenton VA. for the last fifteen years
• eBay Auction Classifieds - The most fun buying and selling on the web! - check under: Miscellaneous: Music: Instruments
• Elderly Instruments - a music store and mail-order service in Lansing, MI
• Famous Old Time Music Company - the Tri-State's premier bluegrass specialty shop, in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Fiddler's Choice - fine new and used acoustical instruments, CDs, tapes, instructional videos, and all kinds of accessories
• Fifth String and Co. - your hometown bluegrass festival music store
• A Fine Bow - fine bows and instruments
• First Quality Musical Supplies
• Folk of the Wood - tools for the acoustic artist: books, videos, free online lessons, instruments and accessories, a bulletin board, essays and reviews, and more
• Fred's Music Shop - low overhead and low prices on all products
• Gollihur Music - main entry point - Upright Bass, Guitar, & Other Acoustic Instruments; Pickups, Mics, Preamps, Basses, Amps, and more...
• Gollihur Music - second entry point
• The Good Deale Bluegrass Shoppe - dealing in all things bluegrass and a wide range of instruments and accessories, in Deale, Maryland
• The Good Deale Bluegrass Shoppe -
• Greg Boyd's House of Fine Instruments - fine vintage & handmade instruments and "pro" accessories
• Gruhn Guitars - in Nashville, Tennessee
• Gruhn Guitars -
• Guitar Gallery of Houston - specializing in fine hand made acoustic instruments and sheet music
• Harmonic Arts Music Store - a full service music store in the heart of the midwest, offering prices that mail order companies on the coasts can only dream about
• Harmonic Arts Music Store - Full line bluegrass oriented music store
• Hatfield Music - banjo supplies, accessories, instruction
• Hillbillys - full size and miniature instruments and accessoeries and Bluegrass memorabilia
• Homewood Musical Instrument Company - a particular enthusiasm for National Resophonic instruments, concertinas and squeezeboxes of all manner, and for banjos and ukuleles
• House of Musical Traditions - instruments, accessories, recordings, and books from the U.S. and around the world, specializing in rare and exotic music
• House of Musical Traditions - acoustic folk and ethnic instruments from around the world, in the Washington, DC area but we mail order anywhere
• Instruments for Sale or Trade - list what you have for sale or trade on this page for free
• Janet Davis Music - the finest in acoustic instruments, accessories and supplies, instructional materials, videos and CDs
• Jinyin Musical Instruments - band instruments including violin and double-bass; also musical stands, bags, and cases
• - violin, viola and cello sales, rentals, strings and accessories, plus sheet music, and much more, in Newton Centre, Massachusetts
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• Just Strings
• JustStrings.com - an Online Musical Instrument String SuperStore
• Ken Smith Basses, Ltd. - basses, double basses, strings, bows, accessories
• Kingstowne Acoustic Music - your one stop shop for all your acoustic music needs, in Alexandria, Virginia. Large selection of instruments, instructional material, and accessories
• Lemur Music - everything for the double bassist
• Lemur Music -
• Nick Lloyd's Bass Store
• LNRMusic - offering competitive prices for the best in sound re-inforcement products, accessories for performers and recreational players, and the highest quality pro audio products, in Rindge, New Hampshire
• Make Music.COM - An online musical instruments business
• Mandolin Bros.' Vintage News Online
• Mandolin Brothers - in New York City - one of the largest dealers in the world of vintage, new and used American fretted instruments
• Mandolin Brothers Ltd. - Acoustic Instruments
• Mandolin Central - new and vintage mandolin family instruments, in Siler City, NC
• Mandolin World Headquarters...and Guitars! - buys, sells, and trades mandolins, Martin, , Fender, and Gretsch guitars, as well as other fine vintage stringed musical instruments
• Mass. Street Music - selling guitars, basses, mandolins and more down the street and worldwide for over 25 years
• McCabe's Guitar Shop - a musical instrument store in Santa Monica, California, specializing in acoustic and folk instruments: guitars, banjos, mandolins, dulcimers (both hammered and plucked), fiddles, etc.
• The Minor Chord - a very independent full service music store in Eastern Massachusetts
• Mostly Strings - a distributor of strings for musical instruments
• Mountain Made Music - music instruments & accessories - mountain dulcimers, hammered dulcimers, banjos, guitars, mandolins, tuners, straps & strings, cases, and more, in Indiana
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• Mountain Made Music -
• Mountain Music - your home for fine bluegrass instruments, books & accessories, bluegrass CDs and DVDs, repair & custom work, and instruction & workshops, in Old Forge, New York
• The Music Emporium - in Lexington, MA
• Music Solutions - a full line of Peavey products including, Peavey guitars, Peavey amps, Peavey speakers. Buy Martin guitars, Fender guitars and guitar parts and accessories
• Musician Rosa String Works
• Musician's Friend - world's largest direct mail music gear company, delivering the best for less
• Mystic Violin Traders - dealers, appraisers and restorers of violins
• Norton Customs - one-of-a-kind custom & quality stock upright basses
• Olde Town Pickin' Parlor - a high-end acoustic instrument store available for international Internet sales, stocking guitars, banjos, resophonics, mandolins and fiddles
• Osprey Guitars - Ft. Collins, Colorado's source of new and vintage stringed instruments, accessories and luthier services
• Picker's Supply - new and used instruments bought, sold, traded
• Resophonic Outfitters - dedicated to providing guitar players with parts, accessories and hard to find items
• River Song Music Shoppe - Hammered & Mountain Dulcimers, Autoharps, and much more
• Sandy's Music - Cambridge's funkiest music store, in Cambridge, MA
• Scott Hammer's web page - links to lots of dealers of used and vintage guitars
• String Pro's - instrument repairs, vintage restorations, supplies, new & used instruments, and the String Pro's custom "tortoise look" pickguards
• String Pull Guitar Shop
• Stringed Instrument Division - a full service sales and repair shop specializing in vintage instruments, in Missoula, MT
• Stringed Instrument Repair - first class repairs on guitars, violins, mandolins, banjos and just about any other type of acoustic instrument, music lessons, new & used instruments for sale, inlay work, custom instruments, in New Freedom, Pennsylvania
• Sweetwater Sound - sound and studio gear
• Sylvan Music - acoustic guitar store in Santa Cruz, California
• Tall Toad Music - new and used instruments for sale, listing of local music resources, and other items of interest to musicians
• Turtle Hill Banjo Co. - authorized dealer for Stelling, Deering, Ome, Mike Ramsey, Bart Reiter, Wildwood, and Nechville banjos, in Bryantown, MD
• The Ultimate Bass Cart - holds Bass upright for storing , moving, and playing
• Upton Bass - The Place for Upright Bass
• USAViolins.com - Your source for violins, cellos, violas, and accessories
• Vintage Instruments - guitars, banjos, mandolins, and other instruments, in Inverness, California
• Windy Strings - offering a variety of quality instructional materials and accessories for banjo players
• Young Musicians - in Fort Worth, Texas
• zZounds - the largest selection of name-brand musical instruments and guaranteed lowest prices

• Bluegrass Parlor - for all your bluegrass needs, in Tampa, Florida
• Bow Repair
• Chesapeake Bass Viol Shop - makers, restorers and dealers of double basses and bows, in Annapolis, Maryland
• Tom Cussen - banjo builder
• Fairbuilt Guitar Company - custom shop designs for guitars, mandolins and other stringed instruments as well as a full service repair shop
• James E. Fegley Violin Shop - providing all needs for your stringed instrument at discount prices, in Reading, Pennsylvania
• Fiddles / Violins / Bows - truly unique custom colorized violins/fiddles and Glasser composite bows
• George's Music Service II - specializing in string instrument repair
• RH Lane Decorative Arts - hand made custom banjos, fiddles, mandolins, guitars and more
• Joe Latham - repairing instruments for some of the country's top musicians since 1965
• Martin Manor Music - Builders of fine instruments
• Mountain Music - your home for fine bluegrass instruments, books & accessories, bluegrass CDs and DVDs, repair & custom work, and instruction & workshops, in Old Forge, New York
• Musicmaker's Kits, Inc.
• Jerry Nolte, Luthier - custom handmade guitars and mandolins
• Norton Customs - one-of-a-kind custom & quality stock upright basses
• Mike Ramsey Banjos - custom built openback banjos from the Chanterelle workshop
• Siminoff Banjo and Mandolin Parts - precision wood products and services
• Smith Banjos Ltd. - home of Legend banjos and the banjo setup specialist Kyle K. Smith
• Stewart MacDonald - Parts, books & videos to build or repair instruments and a whole lot more!
• String Pro's - instrument repairs, vintage restorations, supplies, new & used instruments, and the String Pro's custom "tortoise look" pickguards
• Stringed Instrument Repair - first class repairs on guitars, violins, mandolins, banjos and just about any other type of acoustic instrument, music lessons, new & used instruments for sale, inlay work, custom instruments, in New Freedom, Pennsylvania
• StringRepair.com - Bass Repair,Bass Setup, Bass Restoration, Upton Bass String Instrument Company's Repair, Restoration & Set-up Workshop

• ALT.BANJO
• Andy's Banjo Page - links and tabs, by Andy Alexis
• Angie's Banjo.com - Best prices for Gold Tone Banjos, instructional books, DVDs, CDs, banjo contests and more!
• Angie's Banjo.com -
• Banjo Hangout - free banjo lessons, tabs, links, and more!
• Banjo Kingdom - where banjo players can post sound files for the rest of the world to hear
• Banjo Links - by 5-String Quarterly
• Banjo Revolution Web Circle - for websites or pages that deal with the Banjo
• Banjo Supplies - "best prices on the Internet"
• Banjo Tablatures and Bluegrass Information - by Phillip Mann
• Banjo Tablatures and Bluegrass Information -
• Banjo Tablatures and information - devoted to bluegrass banjo information, as well as links to tablature sources, trivia, and biographies of banjo stars
• Banjo's And Bluegrass - to discuss anything pertaining to the 5 string banjo and bluegrass music
• BANJO-L Website - mission central for BANJO-L, the Banjo Discussion List
• BANJO-L Website -
• banjo.com - the source for banjos
• banjobasics - information on how to purchase, maintain and play a fivestring banjo bluegrass style
• banjoland - a banjo oriented site for banjo players and bluegrass lovers alike
• BanjoTeacher.com - for learning 5 string banjo, bluegrass and many other banjo music services
• Bill's Banjo Page
• Brief History of the Banjo
• The Classic Banjo Resource - the first site on the World Wide Web devoted exclusively to classic banjo
• Clawhammer.com - a website for anyone interested in clawhammer banjo
• Judson Davis - Scouting, Banjo Picking and Sleeping Hounds
• Deering Banjo Company
• Nat Torkington's Banjo Pages - tablature and links
• Ross Nickerson - bluegrass banjo lessons, books, videos, CD's, gear, instruction, tablature, etc.
• Play the Banjo! - Harrell Stiles Banjo Page
• Smith Banjos Ltd. - home of Legend banjos and the banjo setup specialist Kyle K. Smith
• Terry's Banjo and Bluegrass Page - information about bluegrass in the U.K.

• Bass Bus - a seat, a cart, and a stand
• Bass Player - "the world's number one bass magazine"
• Basscart - the perfect way to transport your bass at festivals and fairs
• Bluegrass Bass Place - an open community for those looking to learn, play and enthused about bluegrass bass playing
• Bob's House of Basses - double basses and accessories
• The Bottom Line Archive - electronic magazine for bass players
• Chesapeake Bass Viol Shop - makers, restorers and dealers of double basses and bows, in Annapolis, Maryland
• 2xBASSLIST
• Gollihur Music - main entry point - Upright Bass, Guitar, & Other Acoustic Instruments; Pickups, Mics, Preamps, Basses, Amps, and more...
• Gollihur Music - second entry point
• How to Slap That Bass - six one-minute instructional videos to download free
• Kay Bass Database - by Roger Stowers
• Ken Smith Basses, Ltd. - basses, double basses, strings, bows, accessories
• Lemur Music - everything for the double bassist
• Lemur Music -
• Nick Lloyd's Bass Store
• Norton Customs - one-of-a-kind custom & quality stock upright basses
• Picker's Place - home of the Flaming Woodie bass, links for tablature and lyrics, and much more!
• Picker's Place - new URL
• TalkBass.com - the internet's largest bass guitar and double bass forum community
• The Ultimate Bass Cart - holds Bass upright for storing , moving, and playing
• Upton Bass - The Place for Upright Bass

• Brad's Page of Steel - dobro and steel guitar information, performers, and links
• Dobro Player's Tune of the Week
• The Dobro®, or Resonator Guitar Page
• Dr Mojo - blues chats and forums, plus an online version of Robertson's LITTLE BLUES BOOK, done with R. Crumb, great slideguitar lessons and ramblings about the players and instruments
• RESOGUIT - Resophonic guitar discussion list
• Les Resonateurs en francais - dobro is universal
• Transplanted Bluegrass Dobro Players Anonymous - original dobro tunes as well as some useful links to other cool places

• Ask Craig! - Looking for a cool tune?... An obscure recording... An instrument repair... Practice tips... Learning to improvise... Buying a fiddle... Pickups and amps... Midi violins... Tuners? Ask Craig!
• fiddle chat
• Fiddle Hangout - the mission of the Fiddle Hangout is to become the world's most comprehensive fiddle resource by bringing the world's fiddlers together into one online community
• FIDDLE-L List at LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
• FiddleFork - online fiddler community
• Fiddler Magazine - providing an informative, educational, and entertaining resource for fiddlers, accompanists, and appreciative listeners
• Fiddler's Loft - providing space for new fiddlers to learn contradance tunes, in Kingston, NH
• Fiddlers Philharmonic - a select group of high school musicians, dedicated to preserving and performing American folk fiddling music
• Fiddles / Violins / Bows - truly unique custom colorized violins/fiddles and Glasser composite bows
• Fiddles of the World - for resources and information on fiddle and violin
• Fiddles!
• Georgi's Home Page of the Fiddle
• The Irish World Network - plenty of sites for fiddlers and just about everything
• Mystic Violin Traders - dealers, appraisers and restorers of violins
• USAViolins.com - Your source for violins, cellos, violas, and accessories

• Acoustic Guitar Magazine - the magazine for all acoustic guitar players
• Acoustic Guitar Magazine -
• Aldy's OGRE (Online Guitare) Chord Finder - interactive and helpful
• AllGuitarists.com - information about concerts, courses, persons, ensembles, recordings, music scores and all other things and questions
• Breedlove Guitars - building guitars and mandolins the way fine musical instruments always have been built -- one at a time, by hand
• CapoCalc - guitar capo calculator, and more guitar flatpicking tools yet to come
• Collings Guitars - reproducing the great vintage instruments of the 1930's
• Eastman Guitars - modern instruments, old-fashioned quality
• Flatpick Bazar - le site francophone du flatpicking
• Flatpick-l
• Flatpick-l archives
• Goodall Guitars - one of the world's finest acoustic guitar manufacturers
• Guitar Notes - the largest guitar directory - 9000+ guitar links, 150,000+ tabs, lessons, gear, reviews, and much more!
• Guitar Pictures - by Tom Barnwell
• GuitarBase, Inc. - the on-line community for vintage guitar enthusiasts
• Harmony Central®: Guitar Resources
• Harmony Central®: Guitar: Tablature
• Internet Guitar
• C. F. Martin Guitar Company
• Steve McWilliam - guitar tab page
• OLGA - The On-Line Guitar Archive - a collection of chords and tablature for thousands of songs; also contains lessons, chord charts, software, information on building guitars, and many links to other guitar-related Web sites
• OLGA - The On-Line Guitar Archive - Search - at Harmony Central®
• Raccoon Bend Flatpick Guitar - by Mike Wright
• Trinity River Guitars - it's as easy to do it right as to do it less than right
• Twelvemonth Music - a world of music, based on the guitar, and on visualinear™ tablature
• Glenn Weiser's Celtic Guitar Page - free tab, articles, discographies, reviews of my Celtic fingerstyle guitar books and more, by a contributing writer for Acoustic Guitar and Sing out! magazines

• Atlanta Mandolins - Atlanta Mandolin Orchestra and Atlanta Mandolin Society, Inc.
• COMANDO
• Eastman Mandolins - hand-crafted mandolins with the tonal brilliance, ease of playing, and beautiful woodcraft you have been searching for!
• Bruce Graybills - A website for Mandolin enthusiasts
• Mandolin
• - mandolin chords, exercises, charts, lessons, tablature, soloing exercises, mandolin software, historical information, mandolin technical and product information, and lots of other fun stuff
• The Mandolin Pages - by Dan Beimborn
• Mandozine - MandoTunes - UkeFarm - a resource for those who are just starting out, the more advanced players that are always ready to help the beginners, and those who don't play, but love the music
• Mid-Missouri Mandolin Company - handmade, hiqh quality mandolins
• Mike Nelson's mandolin resource page - playing mandolin in a bluegrass band, making musical instruments, etc.
• Red Diamond Mandolins - maker of about a dozen mandolins a year
• Rigel Mandolins - made by Peter Langdell of Jeffersonville, Vermont
• Sound To Earth - maker of Weber mandolins, mandolas, and octave mandolins
• Weber Fine Acoustic Instruments - mandolins, mandolas, and octave mandolins
• Roland White's Bluegrass Mandolin Instruction/Roland White Band

• Harmony Music List - Instruments and Equipment
• Heritage Insurance Services, Inc. - the music industry's finest instrument insurance
• HOTlist - stolen instruments database - a free service
• The Miner Museum of Vintage, Exotic and Just Plain Unusual Musical Instruments - Gregg Miner's unique tour of his private collection of stringed instruments
• A Mountain Dulcimer page
• Rio Player from Diamond Multimedia - a solid state, 2.4 ounce "Walkman" that carries a half hour to an hour of CD-quality music
• USA New Gear Price List
• USA Used Gear Price List

• http://www.globeticket.com/globewb.htm - wrist band supplier
• http://www.MedTechGroup.com - wrist band source
• Good Times Unlimited - RV and camper trailer dealer in Farmington, Maine

• Instruments and Equipment

• [87] Instrument manufacturers
• [54] Equipment manufacturers
• [111] Instrument and equipment dealers
• [22] Custom instruments and repair
• [30] Banjo pages
• [22] Bass pages
• [7] Dobro pages
• [15] Fiddle pages
• [26] Guitar pages
• [15] Mandolin pages
• [8] Instruments - miscellany
• [3] Bluegrass-related equipment and supplies

Last updated February 19, 2009.