Guitar Schools, Seminars and Workshops Worldwide
- Guitar Vacation Retreats
- The UK Guitar Weekend
- International Guitar Seminars
- Accent on Music Guitar Seminars
- National Guitar Workshop
- Acoustic Guitar Magazine guide to guitar schools and workshops.
- Acoustic Sessions
- Guitar in the Redwoods
- Mediterranean Acoustic Guitar Workshop
- Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp -
- Fur Peace Ranch - Jorma Kaukonen.
- Puget Sound Guitar Workshop
- Stringalong Weekends
- Cuban Guitar School - Study Guitar for a week in Cuba
- Guitar Player Workshop - In Forest Grove, Oregon, USA
- Vallarta Music Vacations - Blues workshops in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
- Augusta Heritage Center - Guitar workshops in Elkins, West Virginia, USA
- Acoustic Alaska Guitar Camp - Wasilla, Alaska, USA
- Grownups' Guitar Camps - listings.
- John C Campbell Folk School - guitar and other music classes in North Carolina.
- OzzMusic - A Nepalese site promoting music education for peace and harmony, with free guitar lessons.
Handmade Classical and Flamenco Guitars
- Carlos Piña: The 12th Fret music store in Toronto has a page on Carlos Piña of Paracho.
- Francisco Navarro: - perhaps Paracho's best high-end production builder.
- Salvador Castillo: Salvador's website has been down lately. You'll have to visit him in Paracho. He builds exceptional classical and flamenco guitars. A review of Salvador's guitars: Castillo Review
- Hill Guitars: - Classical and Flamenco Guitars made in Santa Cruz, CA, USA. We own one of his "Classic Crossovers" - the first one, as a matter of fact. It's a lovely guitar.
- Casa Montalvo: - Berkeley, CA, USA. Importer of guitars from Paracho, made by contract for sale under the Montalvo label, and a lot of guitar for the money. We've owned 3 of them between us.
- Marc Silber: - Berkeley, CA, USA. Marc deals in a variety of vintage instruments and has a few new ones, too. Showings by special appointment. Worth it!
- Acoustic Haven Guitars of Austin, Texas - hand crafted classical and flamenco guitars built by some of today's leading contemporary luthiers.
Articles on buying guitars from Paracho:
- Buying Guitars in Paracho - our own page on Paracho
- Teja on Paracho
- Paracho, Guitar Capital of Mexico - article by Kenny Hill.
- Buying a Guitar in Paracho - report from Chris Riley.
- Paracho Photos
- Cideg - Centro para la Investigacion y el Desarollo de la Guitarra, A.C., en Paracho
- Paracho Guitars - a SMA resident buys a guitar in Paracho
Luthier and Guitar Building Courses
- Manuel Delgado - 2-day workshop in Nashville, TN, USA
- American School of Lutherie - Hands-on Guitar Building Courses
Guitar Websites
- The Fret.Net
- Wikipedia Guitar
- Wiki Guitar
- The Iceland Guitar School
- Guitar Down Under
- Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar
- Guitarists Net
- Guitar Tools of the UK - lessons, forums, products and galleries.
- Get-Tuned.Com - Tuning Methods for all instruments
- OzzMusic - A Nepalese site promoting music education for peace and harmony, with free guitar lessons.
- Guitar Chords 24-7 - a database of chord diagrams.
- Professor String - the Professor is an engineer and metallurgist who plays guitar and makes (yes, makes) custom guitar strings (only steel strings, though.)
Online Lessons
- Learn & Play Guitar | Free Guitar Lessons Online — GuitarPlayerWorld.com
- GuitarNationLive: Learn to Play Guitar — Free online guitar lessons covering basic technique and music theory.
- Guitar Secrets
- Cyberfret.com
- Classic Guitar Instruction
- Access Rock - Interactive Guitar Instruction
- Jim Sutton Institute of Guitar - International Correspondence Guitar School
- Tom Hess - A very cool guitar teacher with some excellent and well-presented ideas.
- Guitar Concepts
- Acoustic Guitar Workshop
- Guitar Secrets
- Guitar MX - Online Guitar Lessons
- Morphis.Com Guitar Lessons
- Breakdown Way with Jorma Kaukonen
- My Guitar Workshop - guitar lessons, instructions and music theory.
- OzzMusic - A Nepalese site promoting music education for peace and harmony, with free guitar lessons.
Travel Guitars
- Stewart Guitars - custom built, full size, full scale electric guitars designed for easier traveling.
- SoloEtte Travel Guitars
- Travel Guitars by David Hernández. Calle Castro #328, Paracho, Michoacan, Mexico. Phone: 01152-423-525-0370. In the photo at right, David holds one of the nylon-string models. A steel string model is also available.
- Breedlove Guitars - an interesting line of steel string travel guitars.
General Information, San Miguel de Allende
- Hugh Carpenter's World Famous San Miguel Cooking Camp
- Casa De La Cuesta Our 3 top bed and breakfast picks...
- Casa Don Pascual
- Casa Angelitos
- Guided Tours of San Miguel de Allende, Dolores Hidalgo and Guanajuato with Maria Teresa
- San Miguel de Allende Bulletin Board - recent postings for housing wanted or available, classes, items for sale, etc.
- Portal San Miguel - general information about San Miguel de Allende
- Tim Hazell - one of San Miguel's most interesting and progressive multi-disciplinary artist / musicians.
- San Miguel Weddings - Alicia Vilar, wedding and event planner.
- Viajes San Miguel - airport transportation, tours, day trips.
- Internet San Miguel
- Helene Kahn - Professional tour guide offering personalized day trips
- Hugh Carpenter - week-long cooking workshops in San Miguel de Allende..
- Anima Ceramic Design - Lucinda Johnson, MFA, in San Miguel De Allende
- Galeria Pergola - art gallery at the Instituto Allende in San Miguel.
- Rental Property Information and Family Homestays in San Miguel de Allende
- Chocodisiac - San Miguel De Allende's most exclusive and artistic maker of chocolate truffles.
- Pro Musica San Miguel - Chamber Music concerts in San Miguel de Allende
- Travel and Leisure Magazine's Article on San Miguel de Allende
- Tours of Exploration A painting workshop coming to San Miguel de Allende in March 2007, led by Jan Poynter, international artist and teacher.
General Information, Colima
- Cafe Uno Dos Tres - Our good friends Beatriz and Bindu, who play piano and sax respectively, run this little music cafe near El Centro in the city of Colima.
Spanish Language Schools
In San Miguel de Allende you can study Spanish and Guitar at the same time.
- Private Spanish Classes with Maria Teresa in San Miguel de Allende
- Warren Hardy School San Miguel
- Habla Hispana San Miguel
- Academia Hispano Americana San Miguel
- Centro Bilingüe San Miguel
Resources for Mexico Travel and International Living
- Mexico Resort Timeshares - Holiday Group offers discounted timeshares for sale at leading resorts throughout Mexico including Mazatlan, Acapulco, Cancun and Cabo San Lucas.
- Hoagy's Latin America Travel Site - Comprehensive, independent, one of the best Latin America travel sites on the web.
- Mexico Insider - a resource for information about Mexico travel and investment.
- Mexico resources - Mexico related news, books and web resources.
- Mexico Adventures
- Let's Go2 Mexico! - Mexico Travel Guide.
- Bicycling through Mexico - Is Mexico dangerous? No. A German astrophysicist spends two months on a bicycle and sees Mexico up close.
International Travel Links
- Community of students of international schools
- India Travel - our friend Christina, who lives part time in San Miguel de Allende, wrote the online book on traveling, living and shopping in India.
- Hoagy's Latin America Travel Site - Comprehensive, independent, one of the best Latin America travel sites on the web.
- Mountain Explorers - Trekking and Climbing Expeditions in Peru, South America
- International Living - Travel and investment worldwide, including seminars and workshops.
- The Hotel California, in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica
- InfoHub.com Spa Resort Guide - spa resorts around the world.
- Next Step - Making Fun of Life - Online community, job board & classifieds for the travelling Job Seeker, Backpacker & Working Holiday maker.
- World Travel Server
- HotelScoop - Hotel Reviews Worldwide
- VNviptour Travel - IndoChina Tours
- Human edited travel directory : Siterary.com A travel directory listing travel sites about vacation rentals, tours, adventure, car rental and cruises.
- International Travel Directory - Comprehensive directory for travel related web sites.
- OzzMusic - A Nepalese site promoting music education for peace and harmony, with free guitar lessons.
Miscellaneous Links
- Jewish Wedding Music - Nefesh Music provides professional Jewish Orchestra and Jewish wedding music band for any special event.
- Dennis Hale - San Miguel de Allende resident and author of "The Prayer Amendment".
- Peter Ross - Shakuhachi Flute artist of San Miguel de Allende.
Guitarists
- Dale Miller - fingerstyle guitarist from the San Francisco Bay Area, way back.
- Marc Silber - voice of the blues. A living history of the golden age of Greenwich Village folk music.
- The Ronstadt-Ramirez Band
- Liona Boyd - Canada's great classical crossover artist.
- Estéban Bello - gran guitarrista de California.
- Juan Gaspar - classical guitarist in Puebla, Mexico.
- Muriel Anderson - a fingerstyle crossover great.
- Jack and Frances - our own home page.
Guitar Festivals
- Zihuafest - Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival (on the coast of Guererro, Mexico). A week-long festival of guitar music held every spring in the Pacific Mexican resort area of Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Mexico.
- San Miguel de Allende International Guitar Festival
San Miguel's Guitar Festival is held irregularly. There have been 3 to date.- Paracho International Guitar Festival
Held every year the 2nd week in August, but information on the web is hard to find. You may try at the CIDEG website.Music Teacher Databases
- TeachList.com - Large international database of music teachers. For all instruments, locations, ages, styles and skill levels.
- Find a Music Teacher in Mexico
- Music Teachers Network
- ilearnmusic.com - Your source for online music education.
- OzzMusic - A Nepalese site promoting music education for peace and harmony, with a database of guitar teachers.
Guitar Sheet Music Sites
- Mauro Giuliani Free - Extensive Giuliani collection in PDF format, free downloads.
- Mel Bay - guitar music publisher
Guitar Website Directories
- Guitar Links - A directory of guitar-related websites
- Guitarhoo - The who's hoo online guitarist community
- Guitar Notes
- Local Music Directory - A directory of musician and music business website links organized by category.
- Links and Resources for guitar players
- Cadenza - the Musicians Database
- Monster Link Directory
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