Links

Here's a page of links to shops I've found useful and interesting. I'll be adding to the list from time to time.

Acoustic Music Works	Pittsburgh shop specialising in Collings, Bourgeois, Breedlove and other high end acoustic and resonator guitars, banjos and mandolins. Nice people, very reliable. Tempting website.
Bernunzio Vintage Instruments	Vintage instruments, parts and ephemera.
Carter Vintage Guitars	Loads of top quality guitars.
Coda Music	Stevenage and Leicester company. Excellent range from beginners to high end.
Dream Guitars	Exclusive boutique store specialising in very high end small shop makers like Ervin Somogyi, Kathy Wingert, John Greven, Marc Beneteau, Dana Bourgeois, Ralph Bown, Charles Hoffman, George Lowden, Bill Tippin and Bruce Sexauer.
Elderly Instruments	Vintage fretted instruments. Lansing, Michigan's finest.
Folkway Music	Ontario, Canada shop - nice site, has some very desirable guitars.
Gruhn Guitars	George Gruhn is recognised as one of THE experts on vintage and collectable guitars. Gruhn Guitars was founded in Nashville in 1970. Always worth a look. No bargains here, but a fascinating website.
Retrofret	Vintage, rare and unusual instruments in upstate New York.
Schoenberg Guitars	Eric Schoenberg is a key figure in the renaissance of the acoustic guitar. His collaboration with CF Martin and Dana Bourgeois led to renewed interest in pre-war designs such as the OM-18 and OM-28. Interesting inventory.