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Luthier Tonewood Wood Suppliers

What started out as a search to have a seven string archtop built for myself, ended up as a web site and a collection of over 240 luthiers that can build you an archtop guitar.

42 Listings

A & M Wood Specialty Inc.
358 Eagle Street North, P.O. Box 32040 Cambridge, Ontario  Canada, N3H 5M2

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Acme Archtops
Dan Yeager
3626 Malden Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21211
410-523-5419

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Produces laminated wood parts for archtop guitar builders

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Alaska Specialty Woods
P.O. Box 312
Craig, Alaska 99921
Phone: 1-877-361-9003 (U.S. callers only)
or 1-907-826-3566

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( from listing's site ) - We've been supplying the FINEST Sitka Spruce Soundboard material available for over 10 years; processing over 50,000 guitar tops worth of Sitka Spruce and Western Red Cedar & Alaskan Yellow Cedar annually to luthiers, manufacturers and Builders of Acoustic Instruments.

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All Righteous Woods
Rowley, MA. 01969

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Allred & Associates, Inc.

5566 Jordan Rd.
Elbridge, NY
Ph 315-689-1626

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Carl Barney
P.O. Box 128
Southbory, CT 06488
203-264-9207

CUSTOM HANDMADE GUITARS SINCE 1968

  • Archtop Guitars
  • Classical Guitars
  • Tonewood

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( from listing's site ) - I started building classical guitars in 1968, and built my first archtop guitar in 1972. Two years later, I built a guitar for jazz legend Sal Salvador - and began a long friendship and collaboration with Salvador (I later created the Sal Salvador Artist model for Salvador in 1980).

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Bart Potter's
Hawaiian-Grown Tonewoods

Bart Potter's Hawaiian-Grown Tonewoods
4761-B Matsonia Drive
Honolulu, HI 96816

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Ukulele Koa wood sets are available at Ukulele Supply of Hawaii

"Hawaii-grown" tonewoods (notably koa)

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Big Island Acoustic Koa
Hawaii
Tel: 808.326.9825

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Bow River Specialty Woods
46501 Ballam Rd
Chilliwack, BC
Canada
V2P-6H5

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Colonial Tonewoods
Located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia
108 Holly Grove
Williamsburg, VA, 23185
757-564-0956

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Curly Koa Guitar Wood
P.O.Box 1264
Kalaheo, HI 96741
1-808-635-5908
(business hours: 11am - 6pm PST)
Sales and Customer Support:
james@koaguitarwood.com
Phone: 1-808-332-0915
Cell: 1-808-635-5908

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Acoustic guitar, archtop guitar, electric guitar, and ukulele wood sets

Ukulele wood sets of Hawaiian Koa

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DM Guitars
Bay 2 Brook works
37 Brook road
Rayleigh
Essex
SS6 7XJ
United Kingdom

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Exotic Lumber Inc.

Instrument grade hardwoods.
Three locations in MD,
Annapolis, Timonium and Gaithersburg.

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Exotic Woods Company Inc.
444 Erial-Williamstown Road
P.O. Box 532
Sicklerville, NJ 08081
Phone (609) 728-5555
Orders 800-GIDWANI
Fax (609)728-6262

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Exotic Woods Inc.
2483 Industrial St.
Burlington, Ontario Canada L7P 1A6
Phone: (905) 335-8066
Fax: (905) 335-7080

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Georgia Hardwoods Inc.
Georgia Hardwoods Inc.
3061 Verona Ave.
Buford, GA 30518
(770) 932-0640
Fax: (770) 932-0651
Southeastern Wats: 1-800-992-6426

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Gilmer Wood Company
2211 N.W. St. Helens Road
Portland, OR 97210
(503) 274-1271
Fax (503) 274-9839
800# 1-888-667-3979

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Goodman Guitars
6 Juniper Circle
Brewster, NY 10509
845-278-8847

Griffin Exotic Wood LLC
Grand Junction, Colorado
Phone: 970-241-2827
Toll Free: 1-866-518-9663

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Grizzley Industrial, Inc.
Order Phone Number: 1-800-523-4777 Customer Service Phone Number: 1-570-546-9663

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Showrooms: 1203 Lycoming Mall Circle, Muncy, PA 17756
1821 Valencia St., Bellingham, WA 98226
Corner of Battlefield & Kansas Expressway in Springfield, Missouri

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Guitar Woods
Unit 5 / 6-10 Booralee Street
Botany, NSW, 2019
AUSTRALIA
PH: +61 (02) 9316 7467

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Hawaiian Hardwoods Direct
125 N. 4th St.
Box 363
Dufur, OR 97021
541-467-2610

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Mango Ukulele built by David Means of Glyph Ukuleles

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Hibdon Hardwood, Inc.
1410 N. Broadway
St. Louis, MO 63102
Office: (314) 621-7711 Fax: (314) 621-3369

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Hula Monkey Ukuleles
Luthier: Glenn Bosshard
234 Waycross Way
Arnold, MD 21012
Phone: 443-995-1023

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Hula Monkey Ukuleles are handmade in Arnold, Maryland by luthier Glenn Bosshard. Each Hula Monkey ukulele is made one at a time and takes several weeks to complete. A variety of materials are used to construct a Hula Monkey uke mainly focusing on continental USA hardwoods but other exotic species are also used. Each piece of wood that goes into our ukes is hand selected for the best tonal qualities and most pleasing aesthetic.

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Kelachandra Veneer Industries
Hulimavu, Bannerghatta Road
Bangalore- 560 076 India
Ph # +91-80-641884/6648449
Fax # +91-80-6643950

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Madinter Trade, S.L
Mercurio, 11
Colmenar Viejo
28770 Madrid
Spain
Tel:  +34 91 846 36 79
Fax:  +34 91 845 49 06

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Suppliers of wood and accessories for guitar making.

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North Ridge Hardwoods
P.O. Box 4356
Nooksack, WA 98276
360-988-0313

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Northern Tonewood Company
PO Box 1505
42 Cooper Crescent
Goose Bay
Newfoundland & Labrador
Canada, A0P1E0
Telephone: +(709)896-3086
Facsimile: +(709)896-0471
Email: tonewood@hvgb.net

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Northwest Custom Timbers
325 Main Street
Fairview, OR
1 866-4TIMBER (484 6237)
Voice 503 465 8480

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Notable Woods
342 Port Stanley Road
Lopez Island, WA 98261
Phone or Fax: 360-468-4294

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Ukulele wood sets of Hawaiian Koa, Oregon Claro Walnut (Walnut or Sitka Top) and Alaska Sitka Spruce in Soprano, Concert, Tenor and Baritone sizes.

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Octopus Wood Works
Bursa karayolu 10.km. TR-16414 İNEGÖL / TURKEY
Phone: +90.224.7313276
Fax: +90.224.7313278

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Orcas Island Tonewoods
679 Roehl's Hill Rd.
Olga, WA 98279
phone-(360) 376-2747
fax-(360) 376-4080

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Quayanna Spruce Company
P.O. Box 2723
Kodiak, AK 99615
(907) 487-9775

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Aged sitka spruce for violins, cellos and guitars

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Rutland Plywoods Corporation (RPC)
One Ripley Road
Rutland, VT 05701
Telephone: (802) 747-4000
Facsimile: (802) 747-4932

PO Box 6180 Rutland, VT 05702

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( from listing's site ) - Rutland Plywood Corporation (RPC) was founded in 1957 as a hardwood plywood supplier to the rope and reel industries.   The company remains in its original location in Rutland, Vermont, central to a strong supply on Northern Hardwoods and skilled workforce.  Building on this foundation, and owing to consistent innovation, Rutland Plywood has become the world’s premium manufacturer of specialty hardwood composites for a highly diversified and global customer base.

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Sandy Pond Hardwoods, Inc.
921-A Lancaster Pike
Quarryville, PA 17566
Phone: (717) 284-5030
Fax: (717) 284-5739
TOLL FREE: (800) 546-WOOD

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The Santa Fe Spruce Company
Thomas Prisloe
1-866-TARREGA (1-866-827-7342)
607-387-3875

Pavan Guitars
PO Box 308
Trumansburg, NY 14886

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Timeless Instruments
David Freeman, Luthier
P.O. Box 51
Tugaske, Saskatchewan, Canada S0H 4B0
Tel: 1-888-TUGASKE (1-888-884-2753)
Fax: (306) 759-2729

Tonewood International
Dalio Despot
Waisenhausstr. 67 c
80637 München, Germany
Phone: +49 89 - 159 88 324
Fax: +49 89 - 159 88 337

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Touchstone Tonewoods
44 Albert Road North
Reigate
Surrey. RH2 9EZ. England
Tel: 0044(0)1737 221064
Fax: 0044(0)1737 242748

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Touchstone Tonewoods
44 Albert Road North
Reigate
Surrey. RH2 9EZ. England
Tel: 0044(0)1737 221064
Fax: 0044(0)1737 242748

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Winkler Woods LLC
17-4332 Huina Rd. PO Box 554
Kurtistown, HI 96760
JAPAN:
123 Daitoji
Rikinaga-cho
Konan-shi
Aichi-ken
483-8104 TEL: 0587-54-9151

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Bilingual representative (Jorma Winkler) available

The Winklers have been a major distributor of Hawai'ian Hardwoods and Custom Furniture in Hawai'i for the past few decades. They specialize in supplying your unique Hawaiian Hardwood needs.

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The Wood Well
PMB 258, 2023 East Sims Way
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Call  (877) 440-2643
Fax  (360) 765-4220

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Additional Luthier Web Resources

  • Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans -

    During the summer of 1988, a small group of stringed instrument makers and repair technicians met with the intent of establishing a not-for-profit professional trade organization. Most simply, we preferred to be an "association," deciding to focus specifically on "stringed instruments," and we felt that the word "artisans" best described our mutual activities. Hence, the Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans (with the accidental yet recognizable acronym of "ASIA") was born. Michael Dresdner was chosen to launch the concept of ASIA, with the initial goal of facilitating through consensus a mission statement and set of bylaws that would provide a framework of integrity for our future evolution.

    With Michael Dresdner's task complete, a Board of Directors was elected and Dick Boak, assuming the voluntary post of editor and executive director, began the task of developing a publication and operating procedure. The ASIA journal began as a very informal 4-page newsletter and grew over the course of several years into the substantial and respected magazine Guitarmaker.

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