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List of classical guitar makers by country

Contents 1 Australia 2 Brazil 3 Canada 4 Finland 5 France 6 Germany 7 Indonesia 8 Ireland 9 Italy 10 Japan 11 Macedonia 12 Peru 13 South Korea 14 South Africa 15 Spain 16 Sweden 17 The Netherlands 18 Turkey 19 United Kingdom 20 United States 21 Venezuela 22 Paraguay 23 See also 24 External links

[edit] Australia

• Lance Litchfield - Official Website
• Greg Smallman
• Simon Marty -http://www.guitarcentre.com.au/marty.html
• Richard Howell - http://home.exetel.com.au/howell/howell07/index.htm
• Robin Moyes
• Kim Lissarrague
• Zbigniew Gnatek
• David Argent - http://argentguitars.com
• John Price
• Jeff Kemp - www.jeffkemp.com
• Rob Clarke - www.robclarkeguitars.id.au
• George Ziatas - http://www.ziataguitars.com - www.australianguitarcentre.com
• Graham Caldersmith - www.caldersmithguitars.com
• Lawrence Smith - Guitar and Mandolin Maker http://www.smithguitars.com
• Allan Bull - [1]
• Jim Redgate
• Bruce Roberts
• Jayson Elazzi
• John "Ben" Hall
• Dan Kellaway
• David Buttrose
• Daniel De Jong

[edit] Brazil

• Sérgio Abreu
• Roberto Gomes
• Antônio Tessarin
• Jorge Raphael
• Sugiyama
• Samuel Carvalho
• Eduardo Brito
• Claudio Arone
• Francisco Munhoz
• Jó Nunes http://www.luthierecia.hpg.ig.com.br/
• Lúcio Jacob
• João Batista
• Luís Custódio
• Lucas Braz http://www.lbguitarmaker.com

[edit] Canada

• René Wilhelmy - http://www.wilhelmy.ca
• Oscar Graf - http://www.grafguitars.com
• Kamil Jaderny - http://www.jadernyguitars.com
• Jean Rompre - http://www.jeanrompre.ca
• Sergei De Jonge - http://www.sergeidejonge.com
• Michael Lazar - http://www.lazarguitars.com
• Robert St. Cyr
• Jerry Farrell - http://www.farrellguitars.com
• Marcus Dominelli - http://www.dominelliguitars.com
• Daryl Perry - http://www.perryguitars.com
• Luis Feu de Mesquita - http://www.lfdmguitars.com

[edit] Finland

• Kauko Liikanen - www.liikanenguitars.com
• Keijo Korelin - www.keijokorelin.com

[edit] France

• Victor Bedikian
• Godefroy Maruejouls
• JB Castelluccia
• Antoine Pappalardo
• Christian Magdelaine
• Daniel Friederich
• Dominique Delarue
• Erik Pierre Hofmann
• Gilles Mercier
• Hervé Lahoun
• Jean-Marie Fouilleul
• Joël Laplane
• [www.guitares-donadey.com]Michel Donadey
• Renaud Galabert
• Olivier Fanton d'Andon
• Dominique Field
• Pascal Quinson
• Maurice Dupont
• Alain Queginier

[edit] Germany

• Cornelia Traudt
• Albert & Müller
• Mathias Dammann
• Armin & Mario Gropp
• Gert Petersen
• Angela Waltner
• Stephan Schlemper
• Thomas Ochs
• Christoph Sembdner
• Nicolaus Wollf (real: Karl-Hermann Schäfer) [2]
• Dani
• Hermann Gräfe
• Michael Götz
• Dieter Hopf Official Website
• Tobias Berg [3]
• Frank-Peter Dietrich [4]
• Markus Dietrich [5]
• Höfner
• Hohner
• Achim-Peter Gropius [6]
• Josef Hauser
• Hermann Hauser I
• Hermann Hauser II
• Hermann Hauser III

[edit] Indonesia

• Yosefat Wenardi Wigono

[edit] Ireland

• Michael J. O'Leary -[7]

[edit] Italy

• Gioachino Giussani -[8]
• Roberto de Miranda
• Lorenzo Frignani -[9]
• Davide Castellaro -[10]
• Andrea Del Bravo -[11]
• Renato Barone
• Paolo Lovadina
• Luciano Lovadina

[edit] Japan

• Masaru Kohno -http://www.kohno-guitar.org
• Masaki Sakurai --http://www.kohno-guitar.org

[edit] Macedonia

• Risto Ivanovski -http://www.ivanovskiguitars.com.mk/

[edit] Peru

• Abraham Falcon -http://www.guitarrasfalcon.com/

[edit] South Korea

• Kim Hee Hong - http://www.almaguitar.com/

[edit] South Africa

• Marc Maingard -http://www.guitarsafrica.co.za/

[edit] Spain

• Prudencio Sáez -http://www.guisama.com/
• Amalio Burguet
• Antonio Aparicio
• Antonio de Torres Jurado
• Antonio Picado
• Enrique Coll
• Conde Hermanos
• Domingo Esteso
• Pagés, Joséf
• Enrique Pipolachi
• José Ramírez
• Manuel Raimundo
• José Ramírez III
• Manuel Ramírez
• Manuel Contreras
• Fernando Rubin Saglia -http://www.fernandorubinguitars.com/
• Granada guitar makers [12]
• Ignacio Fleta

[edit] Sweden

• Lars Jönsson
• Per Hallgren Official Website
• Thomas Fredholm Official Website
• Heikki Rouso Official Website

[edit] The Netherlands

• Scharpach Guitars
• Otto Vowinkel

[edit] Turkey

• Anatolian Guitars, Turkiye
• Octopus Tonewood, Turkiye
• Sinan Rifat Guitars, Turkiye
• Fatih YILMAZ [13]

[edit] United Kingdom

• Tito Dalmedo UK Based [14]
• Stephen Cadney [15]
• Kevin Aram
• Peter Barton (guitar maker)
• Christopher Dean (guitar maker)
• Paul Fischer (guitar maker)
• Michael Gee
• James Lister [16]
• David Merrin [17]
• Liam Romanillos
• William C. Kelday [18]
• Nicholas Scott
• Gary Southwell
• David Whiteman
• Trevor Semple [19]
• Roy Courtnall Summerfield [20]
• Michael Ritchie [21]
• Roger Allan [22]
• David Rouse [23]
• Anthony Thompson Glastonbury [24]
• Simon Ambridge [25]

[edit] United States

• John Michael Blanchard [26]
• Cyndy Burton
• Greg Byers
• Chris Carrington [27]
• Stephan Connor
• Jeremy Cooper [28]
• J. Thomas Davis [29]
• Jeff Elliott[30]
• Alan Fontanilla
• John Gilbert
• Darren Hippner [31]
• Thomas Humphrey [32]
• Nicholas Ioannou
• Paul Jacobson [33]
• Peter Oberg [34]
• Randy Reynolds [35]
• Richard Prenkert[36]
• Tom Prisloe
• Thomas Rodriguez [37]
• Osmany Ruano
• Robert Ruck
• Dake Traphagen [38]
• Aquiles Torres[39]
• Pepe Vergara [40]

[edit] Venezuela

• Ramón Blanco
• Claudio Lazcano
• Marco Antonio Peña
• Eduardo Franco Vivas
• Yliana Ferrebus Machado
• [Aquiles Torres][41]

[edit] Paraguay

[edit] See also

• Classical guitar making

[edit] External links

• John Michael Blanchard, Luthier
• Anatolian Guitars, Turkiye
• David Argent Guitars
• Erik Pierre Hofmann
• Cornelia Traudt
• Jean-Marie Fouilleul
• Joël Laplane
• Renaud Gallabert
• Leonardo Michelin-Salomon
• Antoine Pappalardo
• John Ray
• Francisco Bros
• Ramón Blanco
• Marco Antonio Peña
• Eduardo Franco Vivas
• Nicolaus Wollf
• Michel Donadey
• Alma Guitar Luthier-Kim Hee Hong
• Yliana Ferrebus Machado
• Abraham Falcon
• Aquiles Torres

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