A professional guitar maker and player with facilities in the Philippines where he manufactures flat blanks from Green and Red abalone, and white and gold M.O.P. 5339 Prospect St. San Jose, CA, 95129 Phone: (408) 307-4620 Email: info@worldofshell.com Website: www.worldofshell.com
Another very well known and highly respected supplier of exotic knife handle materials including thick and large M.O.P. and abalone shell slabs and laminates, bone, legal ivories, corals, and fancy leathers. 8285 Georgia Road Otto, NC, 28763 Phone: (828)524-6842 Email: info@culpepperco.com Website: www.knifehandles.com
Yes, this is the same character who also claims to be the Duke of Pearl, but in this manifestation peddles sundry items such as reconditioned vintage Swiss and German jeweler’s saws and finely crafted antique shell items. Also offers ambers, and does inlay materials consulting. 18072 Greenhorn Rd. Grass Valley, CA, 95945 Phone/fax: (530) 273-4116 …
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Supplies proprietary “Thin-Lam” plastic-laminated/reinforced shell sheet and tile for cabinets, countertops, flooring, and architectural applications. Laser-cut inlays for guitars, ukuleles, small boxes, etc. 5805 Lower Kula Rd. Kula, HI, 96790 Phone/fax: (808) 876-0217 Email: aquablue@maui.net Website: www.aquabluemaui.com
Laminated shell sheets and extra-long strips, as well as guitar and mandolin woods and hardware. Also has an excellent and widely used fingerboard fret-slotting service, for almost any scale imaginable! P.O. Box 1883 Colfax, CA, 95713 Phone/fax: (530) 346-6590 Email: ag@allenguitar.com Website: www.allenguitar.com
The maker of Ryan Guitars and inventor and patent holder of ZipFlex®, totally flexible abalone shell strips for guitar and furniture edge binding. Used by Taylor Guitars, Kamaka Ukulele, Deering Banjo, Paul Reed Smith Guitars, the Fender Custom Shop, and many more. Phone: (714) 379-0975 Email: ryanguitar@earthlink.net Website: www.advancedshelltech.com
