Instrument Makers
(Editor's note: There are far more instrument makers in the area than I ever expected.)
Guitars, Basses, Mandolins, Ukuleles
Alembic,
Santa Rosa
Beyond The Trees / Fred Carlson,
Santa Cruz
Bisceglia Guitars,
San Jose
Blackbird Guitars,
San Francisco
Blanchard Guitars,
Los Gatos
Boulder Creek Guitars,
Gilroy
Branch Guitars,
Sheep Ranch
California Guitars,
Belmont
121 Industrial Road
Chandler Musical Instruments,
Chico
Paul Chandler only does pickguards now
DMT Guitars,
Potter Valley
Dart Instruments,
Philo
Dry Creek Guitars,
Healdsburg
Ed Claxton Guitars,
Santa Cruz
Fleishman Instruments,
Sebastopol
Fontanilla Guitars,
San Francisco
Franklin Guitars,
Ukiah
G. Gould Music,
San Francisco
Geiger Guitars,
Carmel
Goodall Guitars,
Fort Bragg
Grez Guitars,
Petaluma
Guitar Body Art / Mark King,
Vacaville
Halo Guitars,
Cupertino
Harvey Leach Guitars,
Cedar Ridge
Hemken Guitars,
St. Helena
Hill Guitar Company,
Ben Lomond
Hive Ukuleles,
Santa Cruz
Jason Z. Schroeder Guitars,
Redding
Jeff Traugott Guitars,
Santa Cruz
Joe Dragony Guitars,
Carmichael
Joel Di Mauro Guitars,
Santa Cruz
John F. Mello,
Kensington
Kal Brand Music Co.,
Petaluma
Kauer Guitars,
Elk Grove
Ken Bebensee Stringed Instruments,
Willow Springs
Klein Guitars,
Sonoma
Klepper Guitars,
Berkeley
Luthier Ervin Somogyi,
Oakland
Maegen Wells Guitars,
Forestville
Maloney Stringed Instruments,
El Sobrante
Mark Berry Guitars,
Cotati
Matsuda Guitars,
Redwood City
Michael Dolan Custom Guitars,
Santa Rosa
Michael Guitars,
Palo Alto
Michael Lewis Fine Guitars and Mandolins,
Grass Valley
Micheletti Guitars,
Willits
Moonstone Guitars,
Eureka
Novax Guitars,
San Leandro
Perlman Guitars,
San Francisco
Prisma Guitars,
San Francisco
Guitars built from skateboards.
Randall Kramer Guitars,
Truckee
Ribbecke Guitars,
Healdsburg
Rick Turner / Renaissance Guitars,
Santa Cruz
S3 Guitars,
Palo Alto
Saga Musical Instruments,
South San Francisco
San Francisco Guitar Company,
San Francisco
Moved to Indiana, now called Hoosier Guitars.
Santa Cruz Guitar Company,
Santa Cruz
Schoenberg Guitars,
Tiburon
Schroom Custom Guitar Works,
Vallejo
Scott French Musical Instruments,
Auburn
Sexauer Guitars,
Petaluma
Stearn Guitars,
Monte Rio
Steen Gutiars,
Walnut Creek
Stephen Strahm Guitars,
Santa Cruz
Tim Frick Guitars,
San Francisco
Visionary Instruments,
Oakland
Voyage Air Guitar,
Livermore
Foldable travel guitars.
Walker Electric Guitars,
Santa Cruz
Wayne (Charvel) Guitars,
Paradise
Recovering from the 2018 Camp Fire.
Yamamoto Guitar,
Dublin
Zon Guitars,
Redwood City
Bowed Strings
David Morse Violins,
Soquel
Jordan Music,
Concord
Ken Su Violins,
San Mateo
Knutson Luthiery / Messenger Upright Electric Bass,
Forestville
Maloney Stringed Instruments,
El Sobrante
Michael Hemken,
St. Helena
Palo Alto Violins,
Palo Alto
Saga Musical Instruments,
South San Francisco
Scott Cao Violins,
Campbell
Synthesizers
Buchla and Associates,
Berkeley
Metasonix Vacuum Tube Synthesizers (!!!),
Lakeport
Oberheim,
Orinda
Roger Linn Design,
Berkeley
Sequential Circuits,
San Francisco
Toppobrillo,
Oakland
Drums, Percussion
Brooks Drum Company,
Brentwood
Craviotto Drums,
Watsonville
Crockett Tubs Drums,
Discovery Bay
Jon Cross Custom Drums,
Rohnert Park
Roberts Drum Company,
Placerville
Rocket Shells,
West Sacramento
San Francisco Drum Company,
San Francisco
More
Hollywood Winds,
Fremont
John Phillips Harspichords,
Berkeley
Accessories
Cruz Tools,
Standard
Dean Markley Strings,
Santa Clara
Gravity Picks,
Manteca
HW Products,
San Leandro
Italia Straps,
Marina
Jim Dunlop,
Benicia
Sfarzo Strings,
Santa Rosa
Shubb Capos,
Rohnert Park
Slidewinder Ring,
San Francisco
Snareweight,
South San Francisco