Hawaiian Hardwoods Direct

The premier source for Hawaiian tonewoods. Curly Koa and Curly Mango guitar sets and ukulele sets. We also supply various other luthier, and turning supplies.

Guitar & Ukulele Links

This is our collection of woodworking and luthier related links, along with a short description of each. If you own a website and would like to see it on this list - or just know of a great website that you would like to share please email me and tell me about it!

• Guild of American Luthiers

• The Guild of American Luthiers is a non-profit educational membership organization, formed in 1972 to advance the craft of string instrument making and repair (lutherie), through a free exchange of information. They also publish a quarterly magazine.

• Mya-Moe Ukuleles

• Serious instruments for serious fun. From right here in the Columbia River Gorge!

• Website is dedicated to the Hollowneck Acoustic Hawaiian Steel Guitar

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• Luthier Forum

• A great place to learn and share about the construction and repair of stringed instruments. A large and friendly membership. Check it out!!

• The Guitar Sherpa

• The Guitar Sherpa bill themselves as “Your guide through the mountains of online stringed instrument information.” With a directory containing over 2500 sites (including our own) I'd say they arn't joking!

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• Russel Guitars

• Steel String, Classical and Nylon String, Archtop, and Electric Guitars, Electric Upright Basses.

  Hand Crafted by James Russell

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• Jazz Guitar and Ukulele Resources

• Lots of stuff on this great site! A lot of you probably know about it but if you don't- check it out. Resources is the key word here- lots of 'em for any instrument that has strings...

• Resource for Building a Weissenborn Guitar

• a site for the person who has always dreamed of building a beautiful weissenborn guitar but has never had the nerve to start! plans, the instruction book and loads of great photos are available on this really informative site..aloha!!!

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• Easy Ukulele

• If you wonder how the ukulele came into being, and why it has such a funny name, you are not alone. Learn some fun facts about ukuleles here. Free video lessons!!

• Live Ukulele

• Live 'Ukulele - Tabs, lessons, and info - Learn 'ukulele with Hawaiian style tabs and lessons. Also chords, reviews, artist interviews, gear, videos, and more.

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• Project Guitar

• Great website for everything relating to guitar building. Also has a very active forum.

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• Glyph Ukuleles

• David Means is a customer of ours. Check out his instruments link to see some beautiful examples of koa and mango ukulele's!

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• Micheletti Guitars

• Beautiful custom guitars built in Willits, California.

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• Luthiers Cool Tools.

• Tools, jigs and materials for building guitars.

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• Uketalk

• Ukulele information, reviews and interviews for ukulele fans, uke players and luthiers. Also has a ukulele discussion board.