Atlas of plucked instruments.com - http://www.atlasofpluckedinstruments.com/

Asza.com - http://www.asza.com/

Brad's page of steel - http://www.well.com/user/wellvis/steel.html

Chineseinstruments.org - http://www.chineseinstruments.org/

Gregg Miner - http://www.minermusic.com/

Hose Lucio - (Specific site to Portuguese instruments) - http://www.jose-lucio.com/Pagina2/Cordofones/Cordofones.htm

Instruments of the Near East (UCLA) Ali Jihad Racy - http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/ensembles/worldmusic/neareast/Instrum.htm

Orta Asya'dan Günümüze Geleneksel Türk Çalgıları (instrument collection and images from the Middle East). - http://www.kkk.tsk.mil.tr/internet/web_bando/muzik/muzikin/Telli%20calgilar/telli0.htm

Oddmusic.com - features experimental, ecclectic, and ethnic instruments http://www.oddmusic.com/

John Brenton (Charango information) http://www.cuerdasandinas.net/factspage.html

Joan Doan (Harp Guitar): http://www.johndoan.com/

Nardin Garllery' (Garmon maker's/collector's blog) - http://www.nardingallery.blogspot.com/

Pacoweb.net (specic site for latin and South American instruments, just a huge great site' though for tunings and images - http://pacoweb.net/Cuerdas/cuerdas.html

Paraguayanharps.com - as the name says, this is a great site to focus specifically on all harps Paraguayan. http://www.paraguayanharps.com/

Rene Hugo Sanchez: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=75612140

Yuri Landman (Experimental luthier of guitars, in Holland inventor of the "mood swinger") http://www.hypercustom.com/

Venues & concerts & events

Vancouver Folk Festival or "VFF" - Vancouver Folk Festival - The premiere folk festival, for Vancouver on folk, blues and world music. I have been attending this for almost 28 years, believe it or not prior to walking upright (a true story).