- A Basses - Custom and limited
production basses.
- Acacia Instruments
- Custom, exotic wood electric basses.
- Acme Sound - Bass speaker enclosures.
- Acoustic Image - Acoustic
amps.
- Aguilar Amplification - DB
680 bass preamp.
- Alembic - Basses, but also offers
bass preamps, and pickups.
- Alvarez
- Ampeg (Official site) - Ampeg
- This is not the official page, but it does have some information on
their basses and amps.
- Analog Bros. - All tube rack
preamps, power amps, and combos.
- Andrews Guitars
- Aria USA
- ART - Effects and amps.
- Ashdown Engineering -
Handmade bass amps from England.
- Aslin Dane
- Aspe Guitars - Electric
guitars and basses made in the Netherlands.
- Auerswald Instruments
- Avatar Speakers - Guitar
and bass cab.
- Bag End - Bass cabinets and loudspeakers.
- BassCulture - German make
of electric basses (including uprights), strings, and pickups (in German)
- David King Bass Guitar Systems
- Custom basses.
- Basslab Guitars - Instruments
built with new materials and unique shapes.
- B. C. Rich Guitars
- Ken Bebensee Guitars - Hand
crafted instruments.
- Belman Guitars - Solidbody
electrics, hollowbodies & basses.
- Benedict Guitars
- Bergantino Audio Systems
- Speaker cabinets.
- Boogie Body Guitars
- (The owner is also the inventor of the 2Tek Bass Bridge)
- Born to Rock - Aluminum
basses.
- Buckdancers Choice - Upright
electric basses.
- Bunker Guitars
- Burns London - Reissues
of 60's Burns instruments plus some new models.
- Briarwood Guitars
- Hand-made by luthier Brian Goode at the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery
in Phoenix, AZ
- Brubaker Guitars - Handmade
guitars and basses
- Carvin - UK
Distributor
- Carl Thompson Basses - Custom
electric basses and guitars as well.
- Charles Cote Basses
- Christof Kost Bass - Unique
European handmade basses
- Harvey Citron - Handcrafted
Guitars and Basses
- Clevinger - Solid
body electric upright basses.
- Conklin Guitar Company
- Cort Guitars
- Crate
- C-tech/Pocket Rockit -
Headphone amps with effects that plug right into your instrument.
- Curbow String Instruments
- Danelectro
- The Danelectro
Discussion Board
- Dave Maize Acoustic Bass Guitars
- Dean Guitars
- Dean Markley - Amps, strings,
and accessories (some areas under construction). There's also a contest
to win a year's supply of strings!
- DeArmond Guitars
- Demeter Amplification
- Diego Pons Custom Guitars
and Basses - Luthier in Spain.
- Dingwall Designer Guitars
- Basses with a fanned fret system.
- DNG
- Dobro
- DP Custom Guitars and Basses
- Eagle Instruments
- EBS Sweden - Pedals, amps, cabs,
and strings.
- Eden Electronics
- Ellio Martina Guitars -
Handmade guitars and basses.
- Elrick Bass Guitars - Hand made
basses with 4 to 8 strings.
- Eminence - Acoustic, portable
upright basses.
- Epifani Custom Sound Systems
- Bass cabinets.
- Epiphone
- Ernie Ball, Inc./Music Man
- esh Basses - Electric bass
manufacturer in Germany.
- ESP Guitars - Some basses
and a list of dealers.
- Euphonic Audio - Bass
cabinets.
- F Bass - Hancrafted basses.
- FenderWorld - On-line version
of their Frontline magazine, some discussion forums, ways to date your
guitar, and find a dealer near you.
- The Fender Amp Field
Guide - A user site with information and specs on dozens of Fender
amps produced over the years.
- Fernandes Guitars
- Fichter Electric Upright Basses
- Fodera Guitars Inc. - Hand-made
electric basses and strings.
- Forshage Custom Instruments
- Specializes in acoustic archtops and hollowbody electrics, but does
electric basses too
- Fret-King Guitars
- Frudua Guitar Works - "Italian
style, worldwide technology custom guitars"
- Fury - Electric basses.
- Gallien-Krueger
- Gardner Guitars -
Custom basses, as well as repairs and restorations.
- Garnet Amps
- Gazer Guitars - Custom
basses.
- GB Guitars - Hand made
basses.
- Gecko Guitars - Handmade
guitars and basses from Australia
- G&L Guitars
- Guitars by Leo - A G&L
Guitars and Basses tribute page.
- The G&L 8-String Bass Initiative
- A user created site created in effort to persuade G&L to build an
8-string bass.
- G. Edward Lutherie - The Eminence
portable upright bass.
- Genz Benz - Speaker cabinets.
- G. Gould Music - Electric basses
and strings.
- Gibson USA - Pictures and product
information for many instruments and product listings for Dawn, Epiphone,
Oberheim, Orange Amplifiers, Red Bear, Tobias Guitars, and Zeta.
- Giffin Guitars - Electric
guitars and basses.
- GIM Custom Guitars - Malaysian
guitar/bass luthier that also offers classes.
- Glockenklang - Bass amps
and cabs from Germany.
- Godin/Seagull Guitars
- Golini Guitars - Handcrafted
classical, steel string, jazz, and electric guitars/basses.
- GR Basses - 4- and 5-string
electric basses.
- Grendel Basses - Hand
made electric basses. (The distributor's web site.)
- Guitar Factory
- Electric/acoustic guitars and electric basses.
- Hamer Guitars
- Hanewinckel Guitars
- Hand crafted bass guitars.
- Hartke
- Heins Guitars - Handmade
custom guitars and basses from the Netherlands.
- Hembrook Custom Basses and Guitars
- Heritage Guitar Inc.
- HEVOS - Based in the Netherlands.
- Hoag Light Beam Guitars
- Guitars and basses with optical pickups.
- Hofner
- A divsion of Boosey & Hawkes.
- Hot Wire Bass - High-end
custom basses made in Germmany.
- Hughes and Kettner
- Human Base - Handmade electric
basses from Germany.
- Ibanez
- Jay Turser Guitars
- Electric guitars and basses.
- JB Player
- Joe's Guitars - Custom electric
guitars and basses.
- John Birch Guitars
- Electric guitars and basses.
- J. T. Hargreaves Bass Guitars
- Acoustic bass guitars.
- Kania - Hand made
EUB and bass guitars from Poland.
- Ken Smith Basses, LTD.
- Hand-made electric basses.
- Kern Engineering - IP-777 tube
preamp.
- Kimex Trading - Kix and
Kimberley brand acoustic and electric guitars and amps. OEM for export.
- Kinal Guitars
- Knooren Handcrafted
Instruments - Upright and electric bass builder in the Netherlands.
- Koch Guitar Electronics -
Tube amps made in the Netherlands.
- Koll Guitars
- Kramer Krazy
- Some history about Kramer guitars, classifieds, and other tidbits.
- Kubicki - Electric basses.
- Kustom
- Labsystems - Australian
bass amp manufacturer.
- Lakland Basses
- Laney Amplification
- Laurus Basses - Handmade electric
basses.
- Leduc Guitars
and Basses - Manufacturer in France.
- LeFay - Basses from Germany.
- Luthiers Access Group
- A group of custom electric bass builders.
- The Luthier's
Shoppe - A list of instrument makers for building your custom guitar
or bass.
- Manne Guitars - Handcrafted instruments
from Italy.
- Mari by RediVivus - Electric
basses made in Italy.
- Marleaux Bass Guitars -
German bass builder
- Marshall
- Martin Guitar Company - Makes
some acoustic basses.
- Matt Pulcinella Guitars -
Handmade electric basses.
- Merchant Bass - makes upright
electric basses and repairs/restores acoustic uprights.
- Mesa/Boogie
- Messenger Upright Electric
Bass
- Mike Lull's Guitar Works -
Custom basses.
- Moses, Inc. - Upright
basses and replacement necks.
- MTD (Michael Tobias Design)
- Hand made basses (electric and acoustic).
- Modulus Guitars
- Music Man/Ernie Ball, Inc.
- Music Man Amps - A user
created site with history on the now defunct company, product info,
schematics, and more.
- Musicvox
- Neuser Basses
- New York Bass Works
- Hand crafted 4,5 & 6 string bass guitars.
- Nobels Electronics - Practice
amps.
- Novax - Fanned-fret instruments.
- NS Design (Ned Steinberger)
- OnBoard Research - Makes the
Intellitouch Tuner, which works by 'feeling' the vibrations of the instrument,
rather than using a mic or cable.
- Orange - Amps and enclosures.
- Peavey
- Pedulla
- Pegasus Amplifiers - Cabinets.
- Petillo Guitars - Handmade
guitars and basses. Also strings, repair and restoration.
- Petros Guitars and Basses
- Predaina Custom Basses
- Handmade custom basses
- Pritchard Amps
- RainSong Graphite Guitars
- Randall Amplifiers
- RavenWestGuitar Co.
- Ray Ramirez Basses -
Upright basses.
- Read Custom Instruments -
Handcrafted electric basses and guitars.
- Renaissance Guitars
- Handmade guitars and basses from Santa Cruz, CA. Won First Place in
Harmony-Central Golden Axe Award "Best Value" Category
- Reverand Musical Instruments
- Rick Turner Guitars
- Rickenbacker
- Rickenbacker Registration
Page - A user site with instrument photos with polls and data on
owners.
- alt.guitar.rickenbacker
- A newsgroup for Rickenbacker owners.
- Ritter Bass Guitars -
Electric basses and custom designs.
- Robin Basses
- Sabrafen - Electric guitars,
basses and archtops from Spain
- Sadowsky Guitars Ltd. - Makes
basses and a bass preamp. Based in New York.
- Samick - Acoustics, electrics,
and amps.
- Sandberg Guitars -
Guitars, basses, and custom work.
- Sandy Sanderson Guitars
- Electric guitars, basses, and other stringed instruments from New
Zealand.
- Schecter Guitar Research
- Guitars, basses, 7-strings, and Diamond
Series instruments.
- Sei Bass - Custom bass builder
in London with Axon MIDI option.
- Selsam Hellrazor Tarantula
- Sever - Standard and custom basses
from Slovenia.
- SGD Lutherie
- Shuker Bass Guitars
- 4-, 5-, and 6-string electric and acoustics basses.
- Songworks - Little Lanilei
miniature tube amps.
- Sonic Loudspeaker Systems
- Speaker cabinets.
- Soundsmith, Inc. - Tube preamp.
- Specimen Products -
Custom guitars and tube amps.
- Spector Basses - Hand crafted
basses.
- Spruce Hill Guitars
- Aluminum bodied instruments.
- Starr Labs - Makes bass
MIDI controllers.
- Status Graphite
- Steinberger - Wood and composite
basses.
- Stevens Guitars - Electric
guitars/basses and mandolins.
- Billy Stuart - Handmade
electric basses.
- Sukop Electric Guitars
- Sunn Amps
- SWR
- Timtone Custom Guitars
- Tobias Basses - A division
of Gibson.
- Trace Elliot
- Travis Bean
- Treker Guitars - Instruments
with patented neck designs guaranteed not to warp.
- Tube Works
- U.S. Masters Guitar Works
- Vaccaro Guitar Co. -
Aluminum neck instruments.
- Vantage
- A division of Samick.
- Vigier Guitars
- The VOX Showroom - Some
product info with pictures, and a little history.
- Wal Basses - 4, 5, and
6 string basses from the UK.
- Warrior Instruments
- Warwick - Some basic information
on their basses. Under construction.
- Wayne Jones Amplification
- High-end bass cabs designed by a bassist.
- Washburn Guitars
- Wendler electroCoustic
- Unique carved cedar acoustic/electric guitars and basses.
- Wilkat Guitars
- Custom electric guitars and basses.
- Wittman-Spins
- Wolff Erickson
- Wood Musical Instruments
- Brazilian manufacturer of guitars and basses.
- Yamaha Guitars - Yamaha
- Zeta Musical Instruments -
Makes a cross-over bass for upright or electric playing, as well as
solidbody violins/cellos (some with MIDI capability).
- Zon Guitars - Makers of fine
handcrafted basses with graphite necks.
Pickups
Strings
Cases/Gig Bags/Covers/Racks
Parts and Accessories
- Actodyne General Inc. - Maker
of the Lace Sensors and McIntyre Amplification products.
- Advantage Tube Services
- Sells tubes.
- AG Kustoms - Custom guitar/bass
finishes.
- Allparts - Instrument and amp
parts.
- Autoplayer - Windows software
for guitar, bass, ukulele, and mandolin for learning scales, chords,
and writing music with the ability to save as a tab file.
- AXON
- Pitch-to-MIDI converters for guitar and bass.
- Azden Corporation - Wireless
systems.
- BassLine - Acoustical treatment
for speaker enclosures to improve bass response.
- BBE Sound - DI boxes and preamps.
- Best Guitar Parts - Numerous Guitar Parts
- B. Hefner Company - Body
parts, necks, and other components
- Castalia Publications -
Instructional posters.
- Castle Guitar Works
- Custom finishes and inlays.
- chicipick - A pick/trigger
system to allow new control over effects.
- The Chordal Approach
- Clayton Guitar Picks - Picks,
slides, and other accessories.
- Cord-Lox - Cable wraps, with
option custom printing.
- C-tech/Pocket Rockit -
Headphone amps, effects, digital recorders for slowing down riffs, and
more.
- Double Treble - Custom
straps.
- Double Whammy
- Dunlop - Picks, slides, and
other accessories.
- EBow - Emulate string instruments
and synths.
- Edition MJN - Publishes
a new book, 'The Repertory of Chords for Electric Bass'. A sample page
is available.
- El Dorado Guitar Straps
- Leather straps, including hand-tooled models.
- Ernie Ball, Inc./Music Man
- Strings and accessories.
- Etymotic Research - Earphones
and hi-fi ear plugs.
- Evidence Audio - High-end
instrument cables.
- E.W. Bridge - Pocket-sized
digital recorders.
- Exotic Woods Company - Parts
for instrument building.
- EZWrap - Cable fasteners.
- George L's - Steel guitar pickups
and accessories, strings, and cables.
- Grover Musical Products - Tuning
machines.
- Gruven Music Products - Guitar
and amp stands.
- Herc Fede's Custom Shop
- Offers multi color swirl and standard instrument finishes.
- Hipshot Products - Extender
keys, bridges, and tuning hardware.
- Homespun Tapes - Instructional
material available in cassette, CD, and video tape formats.
- Hudson Music - Instructional
and entertainment videos featuring some well-known artists.
- Italia Straps - High Quality Straps.
- Kellar Bass Systems - Makes
a system that allows guitarists to play MIDI bass at the same time.
- Jimy - Custom picks.
- Lathon Bass Wear - Clothing
for bass players.
- Legend Picks - Custom picks.
- LockOn - Tuners.
- Make
Your Own Electric Guitar - A book that guides you through the construction
of three different guitars.
- Maranita -
UK firm offering silver and gold plectrums.
- Marshall Electronics/Mogami
- Cables.
- Mel Bay Publications, Inc. -
Instructional books.
- MJS Music Instruction
- Sells several instructional books on scales and theory.
- Monster Cable
- Moses, Inc. - Manufactures
graphite/composite replacement necks.
- Nady Systems - Wireless
transmitters.
- Nashville Guitar Pattern
- An instructional book for creating scales and modes from only one
fret pattern.
- Neutrik USA - Audio connectors.
- On-Stage Stands - Musical
instrument and mic stands.
- Pedalboard.com - Pedal power
supplies, true bypass switch boxes, and battery simulators.
- Pedal-Racks - Pedalboards.
- Peterson Tuners - Professional
strobe tuners.
- Pickboy Picks - Actually
the distributor's web site.
- PlayPro Software - Instructional
software with real-time effects and hard disk recording.
- Pork Products
- 4-, 5-, and 6-string bass tremolos.
- ProCo Sound - Manufactures
a variety of cables.
- Quick Cord Systems - Rackmount,
retractable instrument, mic, speaker, and AC cord reels for quick rig
setup.
- Quik Lok - Stands and accessories.
- Rack Release - A quick release
fastener for use with rack gear to easily remove components without
any tools.
- Rapco - Instrument/mic/speaker
cables, snakes, and related accessories.
- Reed Kotler Systems - Software
and hardware for slowing down recorded audio while preserving the pitch.
- RePlay Technologies - CD looping
software that can also slow down music for transcription.
- Reunion Blues - Gig bags
and straps.
- Roxy Guitar Finish
- Performs a variety of body and neck finishes.
- Russian Dragon - Products
for measuring timing accuracy between two signals.
- Schaller - Pickups,
tuning heads, bridges, and more.
- Schaller - Unofficial
site.
- Schatten Design - Piezo
transducer pickups for acoustic instruments, plus some luthiery tools
and technical books.
- Sher Music - Jazz and Latin
music books.
- Slider Straps - Straps
with a patented 'X' design supports instrument across back and over
both shoulders.
- Sound Sculpture - Switching
systems for working with multiple amps and effects, with gain controls
and continous controller capability.
- Spectraflex - Braided cables.
- Sperzel - Tuning machines.
- Straps Plus
- String Swing Mfg. - Guitar
stands and hangers for instruments.
- Stringer Industries, Inc.
- Strings, pedals, and chord computers.
- Svetlana - Tubes.
- Texas Music and Video - Lessons
on video.
- Thermidor Music - Publishes
Essential Bass Technique, and instructional book.
- Twanger, Inc. - Makers of the
PraxAx, a portable practice and strength building tool.
- Ugly Bass Player - Hats,
shirts, and stickers for bass players.
- Ultimate Support Systems
- All sorts of stands.
- USA Custom Guitars
- Sells parts and raw materials for guitar builders.
- Vision Music - Lessons by
Mail service covering a variety of playing styles and topics.
- Vintage Paper - Sells reprints
of older catalogs from Fender, Vox, Gretsch, Danelectro, Supro, and
National String Instruments.
- The Virtual Accompanist
- Sells piano sccompaniments in MIDI file format or audio tape. Aimed
primarily at string bass players.
- Warmoth - Parts including bodies,
necks, pickguards, and other hardware.
- WD Music Products -
Sells a variety of guitar parts and will even build a guitar for you.
- Whirlwind - Cables, mixers,
adapters, and accessories.
- WholeARTS - The
Harmonic Metronome for Windows.
- Wittman-Spins - On-board
tuners and the Spinstrap.
- World Wide Custom Paint - Performs
basic and custom body finishes as well as inlays.
- Xwire - Digital wireless systems.
- Y Strap
- An ergonomically designed strap.
- Do-Music - Labels
that you can put on your bass to show the notes.
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