- Froggy Bottom Guitars
- These are some of the best custom-made guitars in the world, designed and built right here in Vermont.
- North Branch Instruments
- North Branch Instruments offers fretted instrument repair, as well as buying and selling used instruments, in the Montpelier area. Owner Mike Ricciarelli has run a music jam for over a decade, which is where I learned to hold my own with fiddles.
- Harry Becker
- I take my guitars to master repair artist Harry Becker of Northampton, MA: Luthier, musician, songwriter and teacher (and extraordinary human).
- Whetstone School of Lutherie
- I first met my friend Scott Hausmann when he was working at Froggy Bottom Guitars in Newfane, VT - he has a wonderful way with wood and has now opened up his own operation to begin to share the wealth of his considerable years in the business.
- Creston Electric
- Backed into Creston at a Graham Parker concert and within the year had purchased not only one of his custom made guitars, but also his newly published book of short stories, "Wild Punch". And what a great guy.
