Michael Thames, Luthier
Thames Classical Guitars PO box 288
Taos NM 87571Been playing baroque lute
for pass 5 years.I'm finishing up a
13 string swanneck guitar tuned in D minor.
Soon to be unveiled, on my website.
www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com

Jonathan Klass
Collectors Treasury
CTP House
244 Commissioner Street
Johannesburg
South Africa 2001.
Tel:270113346556 Fax:270113345344
Home:270117265506
Email Home jenny@megaweb.co.za
Email Laptop: jk@megaweb.co.za

James Raphael Smith
vector10@gotadsl.co.uk
58 Bankside close,Whitley,
England,CV3 4GD.

Janet Marlow
www.janetmarlowmusic.com
Litchfield, CT USA 10-string guitarist,
composer, performer,
Founder and Director
International Ten-String Guitar Society

Brian Steffen
nomapsleadhere@sbcglobal.net1612
29th street Rock Island, IL 61201.
Rock Island is on the Mississippi
River in the United States. I currenty
play a 6 string guitarbut hope to some
day own a 10 string. My life right now is
school at Black Hawk College, I am majoring
in philosophy and I love to play my guitar.

Matthew Grasso
www.cambium.com
mysticalsounds@yahoo.com
Davis, CA. USA
7-string guitarist,composer,arranger,
and improviser

David Norton
davinort@yahoo.com
Salt Lake City, UT
Amateur classical guitarist
and CG musicologist


David Starbuck
starbuc2@optonline.net
Warren, NJ USA
Amateur on 10 string guitar
lute and mandolin


Perf De Castro
www.perfdecastro.com
perf@perfdecastro.com
Duarte, CA, USA
10 string Classical Guitarist,
composer,electric blues/rock guitarist,
singersongwriter,recording
enginee,album producer.

Stewart R. McKinsey
www.subcontrabassist.com
stew@subcontrabassist.com
New Orleans, Louisiana US
10-string bassist,teacher,composer


Gianni Fazzone
gfazzone@gmx.net
Zurich, Switzerland
classical guitarist
6 strings as well 10 strings,
memberEGTA Switzerland

Stephen C.Zippilli
Zippilli@Charter.net
Bethlehem, Connecticut
Ten string classical guitarist-
student of Janet Marlow
(The best teacher I’ve ever had).
I also enjoy all forms of the arts..
I’m also a fine art black and white
photographer and I enjoy
cooking… I am very pleased
to be a part of this new and
growing society of fellow musicians
and friends!!!


Mari Mäntylä
Petranpolku 3
88900 Kuhmo
Finland
www.marimantyla.net
mari.mantyla@kuhmo.fi
10-string guitar player, performer, guitar teacher
at the Kuhmo Music Institute

Derek Mathis
derekm@nclnet.org
Washington, DC, USA
I have background
in voice, lute
and vihuela,and some experience
playing early music
on 8-string guitar.I am interested
in 10-string guitar both
for accompanying lute songs and solo work.


NESTOR BENITO
www.nestorbenito.com.ar
nestorbenito@yahoo.com.ar
Buenos Aires, Argentina
10-string guitarist, composer, arranger,
performer, teacher. Classic music, tango
and Argentine folklore.

Karla Fisher
www.kfisherx.com
kfisherx@hotmail.com
Gaston, Oregon USA
A beginning guitarist and now 10-string guitarist.
Currently I study early renaissance and baroque music with
John Doan at his University in Salem.
I am just three weeks into having the 10-string
guitar and could not be more in love or happy.
I look forward to growing with all of you.


Mischa Zawaskis
MischaZ01@charter.net
1312 Stephanie Way
Minden, NV, USA
Mischa Z, a guitarist and vocalist from Lake Tahoe,
began his professional career in the
mid-60s. In theearly 70s, he began training
under Maestro Narciso Yepes, performing
since then on the 10-String guitar, and teaching
for the Naropa Institute and for the
University of Colorado in Boulder. He
later ran the classical Guitar
Performance Major program for UA-Anchorage.
In 1995,Mischa began ongoing studies with India's
Grandmaster composer and sarodist, Ali Akbar Khan.
Mischa is now working
with re-designed "East/West" 10-String guitars,
exploring new directions in World Classical Music.

Eric Lovett
urklvt@yahoo.com Heidelberg, Germany
7-string rock/metal/experimental
guitarist and singer. I've been playing
7 string guitars since 1990 and have
recently switched to a baritone scale
(28 5/8"), tuned DADGCEA.
My interest in the 10 string guitar stems
from my desire to have the entire range
of a standard four string bass and six or
seven string guitar on one neck.

Federico O’Reilly
federico_guitarrista@yahoo.com.mx
Bronx, NY, US. I’m originally from Mexico City,
just here for my degree.
I’m a classical guitarist and have
been playing a ten string guitar for over a year.
I’m doing my master’s degree at Manhattan School of Music.

Tom Nothnagle
info@tomsguitarshow.com
www.tomsguitarshow.com
Iowa City, Iowa USA
Performer, composer, teacher of broad range of
genres, Renaissance to reggae, polka to punk,
rumba to rockabilly, on 10-string, 12-string,
flamenco, electric bass, string bass, banjo and mandolin.


Simon Tomik
simontomik@hotmail.com Iran / Tehran
Having 20 years playing guitar classic experiences
Having 3 years playing 10 string guitar experiences
without any sufficient courses
because of situation of my country and
just playing Suite of Gaspar Sanz
and changing some parts of Bach Suites
in order to play with 4 bass strings.



Tyler Alan Hawkins
tylerhawkins@mac.com
http://homepage.mac.com/tylerhawkins/index.html
Hay River, Northwest Territories Canada
I am a middle school teacher and part-time guitar instructor
here in circumpolar,Hay River, Northwest Territories Canada.
I am a multi-string guitar enthusiast
(owning an 8 string (1981) and a 17 string (1985)
both built by the Canadian luthier

Sergei deJonge@ http://dejongeguitars.com
I have a BFA in classical
guitar performance from York
University, Toronto (1989).
I've participated with the
University of Toronto Guitar Orchestra
(1985) under the direction of Leo Brower.
My interest in the multi-string guitar was first sparked when
I heard the Bach Lute Suites recordings of Narciso Yepes.
Since then I have had the honor of meeting
Narciso Yepes at the home of Eli Kassner (Toronto) in 1986. I was most fortunate
to have a very personal discussion with the Maestro about his family, music, astronomy,
recording and of course the multi-string guitar concept. He saw and played my 17 string
during that meeting. A particular goal with the multi-string guitar is to focus my technique,
tuning and fingering decisions on maximizing the incredible timbre this kind of instrument
has to offer. I'm happy to be part of the First Ten String Guitar Society as a way of celebrating
the instrument's development along with those who enjoy playing and listening to this unique
kind of guitar.

Michele "Mick" Ramo
8 String Guitarist & Jazz Violinist Ramo@RamoMusic.com
www.RamoMusic.com www.8StringGuitar.com

Hideo Sugimoto
www.eiyus.com/guitar
eiyu_10guitar@yahoo.com Hamamatsu, Shizuoka pref. Japan
6 & 10-string guitarist, composer, arranger, and improviser.

Siddhi Johan
SundtSolistvägen 53756 54 UppsalaSwedenphone:
+46(0)18 51 51 55email: siddhi@siddhi.sehomesite:
http://www.siddhi.se

John H. Hedderman
johnhedderman@cox.net
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
I have studied classical guitar privately with
John Holmquist, former head of the guitar department
at the Cleveland Institute of Music and have studied Harmony,
Sight Singing, and Ear Training with Adeline Huss also at CIM.
My primary interest is in composition and arrangement of religous
works for the classical guitar and/or voice.

Wayne Rowand
zenguitar2003@yahoo.com
Morgantown,WV, US
I am a full time teacher and recitalist playing
exclusively on an eight string guitar. I focus mainly
on baroque and contemporary latin music. Also i have
recently found 8 string transcriptions by my teacher,
David Harris, that have been missing since his death 6
years ago.

Steven P. Bastien
bastiens@cox.net
320 Yawgoo Valley Rd,
Exeter, RI 02822, USA
Amateur guitarist (engineer professionally)
- Play primarily6- and 8-string guitar; now
adding 10-string to the mix! Enjoy transcribing/arranging
for "multi-string" guitar(s).

Scott Rainville
s.rainville@verizon.net
Springfield, Massachusetts
Amateur classical guitarist