Index of NZ Guitar/Pedal/Amp builders *ON TOPIC*
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:45 am
Just post the name, contact details (if applicable) status (active/no longer in business) a few of the products made etc.. website perhaps or any other misc. info.
Guitars/Setup/Repair etc.
Northland
Benavides Guitars
David Benavides - Luthier, Acoustic guitars
http://benavidesguitars.com/home.html
Christian Druery
Acoustic guitars
https://www.facebook.com/ChristianDrueryGuitars/
Laurie Williams
Acoustic guitar luthier
http://www.guitars.co.nz/
Auckland
ASH Customworks (Auckland)
https://www.facebook.com/ashcustomworks/
Maxwell Custom Guitars
Archtops
https://www.facebook.com/MaxwellCustomGuitars/
Audio Zephyr
http://www.audiozephyr.co.nz/
https://www.facebook.com/AudioZephyrGuitarServices
Gene Bennett (Avondale)
http://www.g-spotguitars.com/
Trevor Binford/Binford Lutherie - Onehunga
http://www.binfordluthiery.com/
Rod Capper
Luthier - Classical Guitar
http://www.capperguitars.com/
Mr. Glyn (Khyper Pass)
https://www.facebook.com/Mr-Glyns-Guita ... 243959145/
North Shore Guitar Repair (Torbay)
https://www.facebook.com/nsguitarrepairs/
021 208 1847
Andries Vorster - The Fret Shop (Torbay)
http://www.guitarrepairs.co.nz/index.html
Ramsay Phillips - North Shore
https://www.facebook.com/ramsayphillipscustomguitars/
Zettwitz
Stringed instrument luthiers
Birkenhead Auckland
Hamilton
Keith Macmillan
http://macstrings.co.nz/
Rodney Stedall Classical guitars - Cambridge.
http://www.rodneystedallguitars.com/
Vander Gaag Guitars
https://www.vandergaag-guitars.com/
Rotorua
Hamurana Guitar Works
https://www.hamuranaguitarworks.co.nz/
Golden Queen Guitars
https://www.facebook.com/GOLDEN-QUEEN-G ... 152832755/
Napier
James Rochester (Hawkes Bay)
Products: JR 'Wave' guitar.
http://www.jrguitars.co.nz/
New Plymouth
Whanganui
The Gat Shack
https://www.facebook.com/Gatshack.Music/
Feilding
Jack MacKenzie
Acoustic repair and custom builds.
http://simianridge.co.nz/Guitar_Repair.html
Levin
Peter Madill Guitars
Luthier, Acoustic guitars
As played by The Tattletale Saints, The Eastern etc.
http://www.madillguitars.co.nz/
Kapiti
Dave Berry Guitars. Paraparaumu.
Bamboo bodied Electric Guitars
https://www.facebook.com/daveberryguitars
Family Music Store. Paraparaumu
http://www.familymusic.co.nz/
Wellington
Paddy Burgin (Wellington)
Weissenborn, Mandolin, Bozouki/Cittern etc.
As played by David Lindley
http://www.burginguitars.co.nz/
Rob Matthews Guitar Repair - Te Aro, Wellington.
https://www.facebook.com/RMGuitarrepair/
Ray Mercer
Luthier - Breaker Bay
Rory Macartney
Lutherie and repair - Petone
Frank McLoughlin - Upper Hutt
https://www.facebook.com/McLoughlinGuitars/
Bernie Breslin - Upper Hutt
Guitars, Mandolins, Bouzouki, Fiddles.
Simcha Delft
Stringed instrument repair
Can be contacted through Alistair's Music, 215 Cuba st. Wellington
Max Watt - Watt Guitars
http://www.wattguitars.co.nz/about
Bad Seed Guitars
Guitars made of metal
http://www.bsguitars.net/
Weta Guitars
Island Bay, Wellington
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Weta-Gui ... k=timeline
Nelson
Mattsen Guitars
Resonator and acoustic instruments
http://www.mattsenguitars.co.nz/
Davy Stuart - Richmond (ex- Christchurch)
http://www.stuart.co.nz/
Goldbeard Guitars - Motueka (ex-Wellington)
Luthier - Acoustic instruments
http://www.goldbeard.co.nz/
Christchurch
Alan Farrow
Peter Stephen
http://www.peterstephen.co.nz/
Dunedin
Steve Barkman
http://www.barkmanguitars.nz/contact.html
Kenny Duncan Guitars
Dunedin
Ph: 021 235 7000
http://www.kennyduncanguitars.com/
Singing Wood
Ian Davie - Luthier
https://www.singingwood.co.nz/
Other
Beltona Resonator Instruments (Wellington, relocated to UK early 2014).
Resonator guitars, Ukuleles and more
As played by: Donna Dean, Slowhand, Mark Knopfler, Tiny Tim, Jeff Lang etc.
http://www.beltona.net/nav/welcome.htm
Effects
Waylon macpherson
http://mcphersonmusic.site/
Crowther Audio. Auckland
Status: Active
Notable Products: Hotcake, Prunes & Custard, Double Hotcake, Hotcake Bluesberry
Dogmatek Effects - Wellington
https://dogmatek.com/arcticwolf/
Bignoise Effects - Nelson
https://bignoiseamplification.com/
Firehorse FX - Hamilton
https://firehorsefx.com/
Flux Effects - Christchurch
https://www.fluxeffects.com/
G2D Effects
Status: Active
Notable products: Classic overdrive, Custom Overdrive, Morpheus, Cream-tone
Website: http://www.g2d.co.nz
Red Witch Analog
http://www.redwitchanalogpedals.com
Notables: Seven Sisters series, Violetta dleay, Medusa Chorus, Fuzz God, Moon phaser, Pentavocal Trem.
Users: Sting, David Gilmour, Andy Summers, Steve Vai.
Peper's Pedals - Dunedin
https://peperspedals.bigcartel.com/
Monarch Pedals - Auckland
https://www.monarchpedals.com/
FuzzieBro
products: pedals to your customisation as well as standard cloney and tweaked cloney ones
products: Hand made valve amps.
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/fuzziebroandthepedals
Tinnitus Effects (Wellington)
Lightning Wave - Dunedin/Wellington
https://www.lwave.nz/
Silverpistol Effects (Wellington)
http://www.silverpistoleffects.com/
https://www.facebook.com/silverpistoleffects
Amps
Cunningham Amps
https://www.cunninghamamps.co.nz/
Amp repair
Clarry Schollum - Auckland
34 Audio
Bogan Boutique - Upper Hutt
https://www.facebook.com/boganboutique
Baja electronics/Steve Bartlett
Ampstig. Wellington/Kapiti
Amp repair and restoration
https://www.facebook.com/ampstig/
Guitars/Setup/Repair etc.
Northland
Benavides Guitars
David Benavides - Luthier, Acoustic guitars
http://benavidesguitars.com/home.html
Christian Druery
Acoustic guitars
https://www.facebook.com/ChristianDrueryGuitars/
Laurie Williams
Acoustic guitar luthier
http://www.guitars.co.nz/
Auckland
ASH Customworks (Auckland)
https://www.facebook.com/ashcustomworks/
Maxwell Custom Guitars
Archtops
https://www.facebook.com/MaxwellCustomGuitars/
Audio Zephyr
http://www.audiozephyr.co.nz/
https://www.facebook.com/AudioZephyrGuitarServices
Gene Bennett (Avondale)
http://www.g-spotguitars.com/
Trevor Binford/Binford Lutherie - Onehunga
http://www.binfordluthiery.com/
Rod Capper
Luthier - Classical Guitar
http://www.capperguitars.com/
Mr. Glyn (Khyper Pass)
https://www.facebook.com/Mr-Glyns-Guita ... 243959145/
North Shore Guitar Repair (Torbay)
https://www.facebook.com/nsguitarrepairs/
021 208 1847
Andries Vorster - The Fret Shop (Torbay)
http://www.guitarrepairs.co.nz/index.html
Ramsay Phillips - North Shore
https://www.facebook.com/ramsayphillipscustomguitars/
Zettwitz
Stringed instrument luthiers
Birkenhead Auckland
Hamilton
Keith Macmillan
http://macstrings.co.nz/
Rodney Stedall Classical guitars - Cambridge.
http://www.rodneystedallguitars.com/
Vander Gaag Guitars
https://www.vandergaag-guitars.com/
Rotorua
Hamurana Guitar Works
https://www.hamuranaguitarworks.co.nz/
Golden Queen Guitars
https://www.facebook.com/GOLDEN-QUEEN-G ... 152832755/
Napier
James Rochester (Hawkes Bay)
Products: JR 'Wave' guitar.
http://www.jrguitars.co.nz/
New Plymouth
Whanganui
The Gat Shack
https://www.facebook.com/Gatshack.Music/
Feilding
Jack MacKenzie
Acoustic repair and custom builds.
http://simianridge.co.nz/Guitar_Repair.html
Levin
Peter Madill Guitars
Luthier, Acoustic guitars
As played by The Tattletale Saints, The Eastern etc.
http://www.madillguitars.co.nz/
Kapiti
Dave Berry Guitars. Paraparaumu.
Bamboo bodied Electric Guitars
https://www.facebook.com/daveberryguitars
Family Music Store. Paraparaumu
http://www.familymusic.co.nz/
Wellington
Paddy Burgin (Wellington)
Weissenborn, Mandolin, Bozouki/Cittern etc.
As played by David Lindley
http://www.burginguitars.co.nz/
Rob Matthews Guitar Repair - Te Aro, Wellington.
https://www.facebook.com/RMGuitarrepair/
Ray Mercer
Luthier - Breaker Bay
Rory Macartney
Lutherie and repair - Petone
Frank McLoughlin - Upper Hutt
https://www.facebook.com/McLoughlinGuitars/
Bernie Breslin - Upper Hutt
Guitars, Mandolins, Bouzouki, Fiddles.
Simcha Delft
Stringed instrument repair
Can be contacted through Alistair's Music, 215 Cuba st. Wellington
Max Watt - Watt Guitars
http://www.wattguitars.co.nz/about
Bad Seed Guitars
Guitars made of metal
http://www.bsguitars.net/
Weta Guitars
Island Bay, Wellington
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Weta-Gui ... k=timeline
Nelson
Mattsen Guitars
Resonator and acoustic instruments
http://www.mattsenguitars.co.nz/
Davy Stuart - Richmond (ex- Christchurch)
http://www.stuart.co.nz/
Goldbeard Guitars - Motueka (ex-Wellington)
Luthier - Acoustic instruments
http://www.goldbeard.co.nz/
Christchurch
Alan Farrow
Peter Stephen
http://www.peterstephen.co.nz/
Dunedin
Steve Barkman
http://www.barkmanguitars.nz/contact.html
Kenny Duncan Guitars
Dunedin
Ph: 021 235 7000
http://www.kennyduncanguitars.com/
Singing Wood
Ian Davie - Luthier
https://www.singingwood.co.nz/
Other
Beltona Resonator Instruments (Wellington, relocated to UK early 2014).
Resonator guitars, Ukuleles and more
As played by: Donna Dean, Slowhand, Mark Knopfler, Tiny Tim, Jeff Lang etc.
http://www.beltona.net/nav/welcome.htm
Effects
Waylon macpherson
http://mcphersonmusic.site/
Crowther Audio. Auckland
Status: Active
Notable Products: Hotcake, Prunes & Custard, Double Hotcake, Hotcake Bluesberry
Dogmatek Effects - Wellington
https://dogmatek.com/arcticwolf/
Bignoise Effects - Nelson
https://bignoiseamplification.com/
Firehorse FX - Hamilton
https://firehorsefx.com/
Flux Effects - Christchurch
https://www.fluxeffects.com/
G2D Effects
Status: Active
Notable products: Classic overdrive, Custom Overdrive, Morpheus, Cream-tone
Website: http://www.g2d.co.nz
Red Witch Analog
http://www.redwitchanalogpedals.com
Notables: Seven Sisters series, Violetta dleay, Medusa Chorus, Fuzz God, Moon phaser, Pentavocal Trem.
Users: Sting, David Gilmour, Andy Summers, Steve Vai.
Peper's Pedals - Dunedin
https://peperspedals.bigcartel.com/
Monarch Pedals - Auckland
https://www.monarchpedals.com/
FuzzieBro
products: pedals to your customisation as well as standard cloney and tweaked cloney ones
products: Hand made valve amps.
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/fuzziebroandthepedals
Tinnitus Effects (Wellington)
Lightning Wave - Dunedin/Wellington
https://www.lwave.nz/
Silverpistol Effects (Wellington)
http://www.silverpistoleffects.com/
https://www.facebook.com/silverpistoleffects
Amps
Cunningham Amps
https://www.cunninghamamps.co.nz/
Amp repair
Clarry Schollum - Auckland
34 Audio
Bogan Boutique - Upper Hutt
https://www.facebook.com/boganboutique
Baja electronics/Steve Bartlett
Ampstig. Wellington/Kapiti
Amp repair and restoration
https://www.facebook.com/ampstig/