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Date this web site was last edited:  07/26/2020

 

 

 

 

 

Very Useful Links

Other Guitar Clubs & Organizations

Kentucky Thumb Pickers Club - the first regional pickers club, Louisville, KY - Alex Dunn, Pres

Kim Butler - Kim is an avid finger style guitar fan/player and host of several House Concerts every year out of his house:  1206 Stenrod Ave, Wheeling, WV - 304 559-7676

Guitar League of Central New York - mostly acoustic crowd - Dick Ward, organizer

fingerstyleguitar.ca - guitar concerts in Canada - Randy Finney

Chet Atkins Fan Club of Toronto - they meet to share their love of Chet's music - Randy Finney

Delaware Valley Fingerstyle Guitar Assoc - Joe Wilson, Pres
Tampa Bay Fingerstyle Guitar Guild - weekly get togethers - Terry Premru

Michigan Fingerstyle Guitar Society - New group located near Detroit - Mark Hawks, Organizer

Columbus Guitar Society - our local classical guitar organization - Eugene Braig, Organizer

Texas Fingerstyle Guitar Association - East Texas, Ron Haft, Organizer

On-Line TFGA Music Room - (click to enter)

Columbus Folk Music Society - headed up by Larry Staats

Famous Jazz Orchestra - local 22piece "big band" jazz orchestra here in Columbus, Ohio.  

 

 

Regional Guitar Contests/Festivals

Kentucky National Thumbpicker's Contest - September - Powderly, Kentucky

Winfield Finger Style Guitar Contest - September, Winfield, Kansas
Internet Organizations & Forums

Mr. Guitar - official Chet Atkins web site
Merle Travis - A pretty good tribute site to the late Merle Travis
Minor 7th - A website that reviews the best in non-mainstream acoustic guitar music

Tabs, Tablature Software, and Music

Fretted Instruments - (tab) Jack Baker's web site with tons of tabs, and "hot links" to other tab sites.
Black Mack - (tab) Tons of tab...
Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar - lot's more tablature - hosted by Bruce Mock
Free Tabs - lot's of stuff....
Celtic Guitar Page by Glenn Weiser - Celtic tabs, CDs, books, etc..
YouTube - videos of just about everybody and everything.. 

Publications and Newsletters

Acoustic Guitar Workshop - Craig Dobbins, PO Box 8075, Gadsden, Al 35902 - Lot's of Chet tabs and very well written tech notes..
Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine - is all about celebrating finger style guitar.  Great articles, instructional tab, and an accompanying CD.
FingerStyle Quarterly - John Knowles was one of Chet's best friends and co-arrangers.  Very fine lessons.
Guitar Junky - is an extensive review of guitars, other instruments, and equipment.  

Stars Sites & Promoters

Ray Cummins - "Ray Cummins is my good friend and one of the best finger pickers around." - Chet Atkins
Richard Smith - world's most awesome finger style guitar player (and, frequent visitor to OFGC)
Muriel Anderson - Internationally acclaimed classically trained nylon stringed guitarist and composer.
Doyle Dykes - Another international celebrity of finger style guitar.

Product & Services Sites We Like

PG Music - producer of Band In A Box
The Ultimate Guitar Case - Case Sensitive, Hartford, CT
Chantal Cordey - beautiful hand made leather guitar straps
Italia Leather Guitar Straps - more beautiful guitar straps made of Italian leather
Fifth Ave Fret Shop, 1597 W 5th Ave, Grandview, Columbus
Kraig Phillips - Custom guitar builder and repair.. Grandview, Columbus OH

"Joints" in Ohio That Support Guitar Music

Canal Street Tavern - great guitar venue.. Dayton
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - great pizza and a very nice stage w/ entertainment 6 nights a week.

Guitar Stores and Instructors in Ohio That Support  "Thumb Pickin"

German Village Music Haus, 350 S Grant, Columbus
Music Royale - , 4012 Presidential Pkwy, Powell (north Columbus)
Bluegrass Musicians Supply, 1370 S High, Columbus, OH
Guitar Center, 2100 Morse Rd, Columbus, OH
Worthington Music, 6560 No High, Worthington, OH
Sam Ash, 1690 Morse Rd, Columbus, OH
Jerry Loos Guitar Training Center, 3314 Morse Rd, Columbus, OH
Chuck Dailey Guitar Studio, 74 Mill St, Gahanna, OH
Center For The Arts - Westerville, 200 Huber Village Pl, Westerville, OH
Walker Music & Electronics, 856 S Yearling, Whitehall, OH
Phillips Guitars - Kraig Phillips custom guitar maker - (614) 975 - 4023

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