Peter Coombe Mandolins and Guitars
Links
Here are some links to my suppliers, colleagues and other interesting links
Premier Internet site for all things mandolin.
Premier international forum for Luthiers. Mostly guitar related.
Forum for Australian and New Zealand Luthiers
Lowell Lavinger (Banana) is a dealer in vintage instruments who has sold some of my mandolins on consignment for me in the U.S.A. whenever I have one available. Unfortunately the cost of transport, as well as the paperwork and costs associated with the USA Lacey act has ended this for the time being.
Schertler are makers of what I think are the best sounding mandolin pickup in the world. Expensive, but as close to a microphone sound you are likely to get. Made in Switzerland.
McIntyre pickups
Excellent sounding pickups for acoustic instruments. I use their feather pickup in all my guitars.
Steven Gilchrist is the maker of some of the finest mandolins ever made. Here are a couple of pictures of a mandolin I had made by Gilchrist.
Graham is a stringed instrument maker from Canberra.
Lawrence is a maker of fine guitars and mandolins.
Terry is a maker of wooden flutes.
Peter is the maker of my button accordions. I have a 2 row in G/C and a new 3 row in Acc/D/G. Beautiful instruments that sound as good as they look. Peter lives in Adelaide.
Jack is an old friend way back from when I first started making mandolins in 1994.
Guitar maker from Canberra
Supplier of native woods from Tasmania. Specializes in supplying the Luthier market. Bob exports Tasmanian timbers all over the world.
Another supplier of native woods from Tasmania. They have had some of the most stunning colours of figured Blackwood I have ever laid eyes upon. Also the go to source for Tiger Myrtle. They have an ebay store so you can buy on line and see pictures of the wood before purchasing.
Supplier of all manner of guitar woods.
Lewis Judy from Northwest Timbers, Oregan U.S.A. has some of the best looking U.S.A. Walnut and Maple I have ever seen. I visited in October 1999 and gasped at the timber he has in his shed when I wandered in. I left with a very much depleted credit card, but some beautiful mandolins will emerge from this timber.
Randy Allen supplies me with blank and pre-slotted Ebony fingerboards. Randy has a great fingerboard slotting service.
John Preston from Old World Tonewood has some killer sounding Carpathian Spruce (a variety of European Spruce) and figured European Maple.
For anyone interested in ukeleles
Guitar vs Ukulele
How to transfer guitar
skill to the ukulele
How to learn guitar, for beginners
How to play guitar, for learners
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