Timothy Hicks: Southeast Missouri Drummer, Producer,&Marketing Guru

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Drum Companies

African American Drum Company - Custom drum sets and snares.
AP/Boom Theory - Adinolfi drum sets.
Arbiter - Arbiter North America - Unique one-lug tuning drum sets.
Ayotte Custom Drums - Drum sets & sticks. one of my favorite.
Axis Percussion - Drum pedals and accessories.
BAE Productions - Lugs, shells, and hoops for building and repairing your own drums.
Baltimore Drum USA - Drum sets.
Bearing Edge - Custom Drums.
Bison Drums - Drum sets, snares, and symphonic drums.
Blokhed - Rack systems.
Bradical Drum Hardware - Drum racks, hi hat and bass drum pedals.
Brady Drum Company - Handcrafted snare drums and drum kits from Jarrah, Brown Mallet and other West Australian hardwoods.
D'Amico Drums - Maple snares and sets.
DrumFrame - Reclining drum rack system.
Drum Heaven - Galaxy custom snare drums. Also does vintage drum restoration.
Drum Workshop (DW) - Drum sets and hardware.
DrumSmith Custom Creations - Custom snares and drum sets.
Dunnette Classic Drums - Custom stainless steel, brass, copper and titanium snares.
Gabriel Drums - Handcrafted maple drum sets and snares.
Gaither Custom Drums - Custom drum sets and snares.
Gemini 241 - Double bass pedal for one foot.
Giannini Swiss Drums (US Importer) - Drum sets and snares.
Gibraltar - Hardware.
GMS Drum Company - Custom snares and drum sets.
Gretsch - Drum sets.
Grover Pro Percussion - Maple and composite shell sets and snares.
Honegger Custom Drums - Custom drum sets and snares, and vintage restoration.
Impact - Drum sets (and cases).
Imperial Custom Drums - Custom snares.
J and J Drum Restoration - Custom snares & drum sets (and repair).
Kaman - The parent company of Gibraltar hardware and Toca percussion.
Keller Products - Unfinished drum shells.
Ludwing Drums - Drum sets, snares & hardware (and concert, marching drums, accessories & heads).
Mapleworks - Hand crafted mapld drum sets and snares.
Modern Drum Shop - Custom drum sets.
Monolith Drums - Drum sets and rack systems.
Musix Co. - Mapex drum sets, snares, and hardware.
NewSound - Drum sets and snares.
Noble & Cooley - Drum sets, snares, and toy drums.
Opus Drums - Custom drum sets and snares.
Orange County Drum & Percussion - Drum sets & snares.
Page Drums - Custom drums.
Pearl Corporation - Drum sets, snares & hardware (and concert, marching drums & accessories).
Peavey - Drum sets.
Pork Pie Percussion - Maple drum sets, snares, and junior sets.
Premier Percussion - Marching and orchestral drums, drum sets.
Remo - Drum sets, kids drums, heads, and more.
Rio Grande Drum Company - Custom drums.
RIS Custom Percussion - Custom snares, toms, and bass drums.
Rocket Shells - Composite (carbon fiber) drum sets & snares.
Rock-n-Soc - Drum thrones.
Sleishman Drum Company - Drum sets with free-floating drums.
Slingerland Drums - Snares and drum sets.
Smith Custom Drums - Snares and sets.
Sonor Percussion - Drum sets & snares (and concert & marching percussion).
Spaun - Maple shell drum sets and snares.
Speedball Beaters - Bass drum beaters.
Spirit Drums - Wooden snare drums.
Stingray Perc
Tama - Snares, hardware, and sets.
Toca Percussion - Claves, tamborines, shakers, bells, blocks, hand drums, and other accessories.
Walkabout - Marching MIDI drum controllers.
Yamaha - Timpanis, xylophones, snares, bass drums, bells, hardware, and other acoustic and electronic percussion (among other things).
XL Specialty Percussion - Marching drum carriers.

Cymbal Companies

Bosphorus - Cymbals.
Caribbean Rhythms - Cowbells (and other Caribbean instruments).
LP Music - Cowbells (and other Latin percussion instruments).
Paiste - Cymbals and gongs.
Rhythm Tech - Cowbells (and other percussion instruments).
Roland Meinl
Sabian - Cymbals.
Toca Percussion - Cowbells (and other percussion instruments).
UFIP - Cymbals.
Wuhan - Chinese cymbals and gongs.
Zildjian - Cymbals (and drumsticks).

Electronic Drums

Alesis - Drum sound modules and drum machines.
AP/Boom Theory - Spacemuffin acoustic-electronic drum kits.
Barcus Berry - Acoustic drum triggers.
Cerper Drum Triggers - Acoustic drum triggers.
Mike Christian Guitar Technology - Whacker MIDI triggers.
Concept One - Acoustic drum trigger pads and multipad controllers.
Dauz - Electronic kits with rubber pads.
Ddrum - Electronic kits with cast acoustic-headed pads, and modules (also see the Armadillo Enterprises site).
Drum Tech - Electronic kits with rubber pads.
Emerald Mound Studios - Sells electronic drum kit plans.
E-mu Systems - MIDI percussion sound modules.
Fishman Transducers - Acoustic drum triggers.
Genesis Trigger Systems - Portable electronic kits with rubber pads.
HQ Percussion - Trigger Finger accessory.
Hart Dynamics - Electronic kits with acoustic-headed pads, multipad controllers, and acoustic triggers.
K&K Sound Systems - Acoustic triggers, and acoustic-headed pads.
KAT - Multipad MIDI controllers.
Kurzweil Drums - Maker of module and kit in conjunction with Dauz.
Linear Solutions - Layon acoustic drum trigger pads.
Marcel DSS - Electronic kits with rubber pads, and acoustic drum triggers.
M-Pro Electronics - Electronic drum triggers.
Novation - MIDI drum machines (dance sounds).
Pintech - Electronic kits with cast acoustic-headed pads, and acoustic triggers.
Roland - Electronic kits with mesh-headed or rubber pads, and modules.
SEP - Electronic kits with Remo practice pads, and acoustic drum triggers.
SIB Systems - Acoustic head electronic drum pads, triggers, and mics.
Sherpa - Electronic kits with rubber pads.
S&S Industries - Electronic kits with acoustic-headed or rubber pads, triger-to-MIDI converters, and acoustic triggers.
Trigger Perfect - Acoustic drum triggers.
Visu-lite - Acrylic electronic cymbals and accessories.
Walkabout - Electronic multipad controller for marching drummers.
Wernick - Rubber pads.
Yamaha - Electronic kits with rubber pads, multipad controllers, sound modules, and drum machines (also see the DTX page).
Zendrum - Body worn electronic drum controller (if the Zendrum site is down, try here).

Guitar Companies

A & F Custom Guitars - Builds Strat and Tele style guitars.
Abyss Guitars - Custom 7 and 6 string guitars.
Alamo Guitars - Handcrafted electric guitars.
Alembic - Mostly basses.
Alessandro - High-end tube amps, cabinets, and parts.
Allen Amplification - Tube amps assembled or as kits to build yourself.
Allen Guitars - Handcrafted acoustics, resophonics, and mandolins.
Alvarez
American Showster - Guitars made in the style of classic cars and motorcycles.
Ampeg
AmpWorx - Tube guitar preamps.
Analog Bros. - All tube rack preamps, power amps, and combos.
Andersen Stringed Instruments - Handmade archtop guitars.
Tom Anderson Guitarworks
Andrews Guitars
Apollo Amplifiers
Aria USA
Arpeggio Korina Guitars - Handmade electric guitars.
ART - Effects and amps.
The Audio Cage - handcrafted tube guitar amps.
Auerswald Instruments
Augustino LoPrinzi Guitars - Handmade classical guitars.
Baker Guitars - Hand built electric guitars.
Basslab Guitars - Instruments built with new materials and unique shapes.
B. C. Rich Guitars - Ronz B.C Rich Temple of Worship (A user page with many images)
Ken Bebensee Guitars - Hand crafted guitars.
Benedetto Guitars - Handcrafted archtop guitars.
Benedict Guitars - Electric and acoustic electric guitars.
Benoit Maillette Custom Guitars - Hand-made acoustic and semi-acoustic guitars
Blade Guitars - Electric guitar.
BluesLand Amplifiers
Blues Pearl Amplifiers
Boogie Body Guitars
Booker Valve Dynamics/Audio Brothers
Born to Rock - Aluminum guitars.
Dana Bourgeois Guitars - Handcrafted acoustic guitars.
Boyden Amplifiers - Hand-crafted tube amps.
Box Guitars - Touch-style guitars.
Brandt Audio Devices - All tube amps and preamps.
Breedlove Guitars - Hand-crafted acoustics.
Brian Moore Custom Guitars
Eric C. Brown Custom Guitars - Custom guitars, including bender system models.
Tony Bruno Custom Amps
Budda Amplification
Burns London - Reissues of 60's Burns instruments plus some new models.
Callaham Vintage Guitars - Handmade vintage reproduction electric guitars.
M. Campellone Guitars
Carlson Guitar Company - Handmade electric guitars.
Carr Amplifiers
Carter Steel Guitars
Carvin - UK Distributor
CaseworX - A kit to build your own guitar.
Catalyst Instruments - Makes an electric guitar fahioned from a ceramic-graphite compund.
Chabot Guitars - Hand made classical guitars.
Chandler Musical Instruments
Chapin Guitars - Handcrafted acoustic and electric guitars.
Chrysalis Guitar Company - A collection of interchangeable parts to create a customized, portable guitar.
Cimarron Guitars - Custom acoustics and electrics.
Harvey Citron - Handcrafted Guitars and Basses
Clark Amplification - Tweed era reproductions, EL34 & EL84 heads, and tube related parts.
Collings Guitars - Acoustic and archtop guitars.
Comins Guitars - Handcrafted archtop guitars.
Conklin Guitar Company
Cort Guitars
Cougar Steel Guitars
Crate
Cruise Audio Systems - Tube guitar amps.
C-tech/Pocket Rockit - Headphone amps with effects that plug right into your instrument.
William R. Cumpiano, Guitarmakers - Steel string and classic guitars.
Curbow String Instruments
Custom Ax Guitars - Also sells parts, makes repairs.
Danelectro
Custom-Made Guitars by Sonam Dasara - Also does repairs and modifications.
Dean Guitars
Dean Markley - Guitar amps, strings, acoustic guitar pickups, and accessories (some areas under construction).
Dearstone Mandolin Works - Archtop and flat top guitar.
DeLaHaye Guitars - Handcrafted acoustic and archtop guitars.
Demeter Amplification
Diego Pons Custom Guitars and Basses - Luthier in Spain.
DiPinto Guitars - Dealer that sells their own line of electric guitars.
Martin Dixon Handmade Guitars - Custom guitar builder in the UK.
DNG - Electric guitars.
Dobro
Dommenget Custom Guitars - Handmade guitars from Germany.
Doolin Guitars - Handmade double-cutaway acoustic guitars.
Dredge-Tone Audio - Custom tube guitar amps.
Driskill Guitars
Dr. Z Amps
Eduarado Alan Moreno Moore - Chilean classical guitars.
Edward Amplification - Low wattage tube amps.
Egnater - By Rocktron.
Eleca - Dinosaur brand guitar amps, and small PA systems.
Ellio Martina Guitars - Handmade guitars and basses.
Emery Sound - Hand made tube guitar amps for recording.
ENGL - Tube amps from Germany.
Epiphone
Ernie Ball, Inc./Music Man
ESP Guitars - Images, descriptions, and a list of dealers.
Evans Custom Amplifiers - Amps for pedal steel guitars.
Everett Guitars - Handmade acoustic and classical guitars.
Evergreen Mountain Instruments - Custom acoustic guitars and mandolins.
FenderWorld - Product info, an on-line version of their Frontline magazine (contains some new product info), some discussion forums, ways to date your guitar and find a dealer near you.
The Fender Amp Field Guide - A user site with information and specs on dozens of Fender amps produced over the years.
Fernandes Guitars
Fine Resophonic Guitars - Guitar maker in France.
Flanders Custom Guitars
Formentera Guitars - Builds custom guitars and also offers luthier classes on an island in the Mediterranean.
Formentin Guitars - A luthier and dealer in Austrailia.
Frederic Custom Guitar Amplifiers
Fuchs Audio Technology - Tube guitar amps and mods.
Gregory Furan Lutherie - Classical and steel string guitars.
Fury - Electric and baritone guitars.
Fuzzy Pedal Steel Guitar Products
Fylde Acoustic Guitars
Gardner Guitars - Custom guitars as well as repairs and restorations.
Gazer Guitars - Custom guitars.
G&L Guitars
Guitars by Leo - A G&L Guitars and Basses tribute page.
Genz Benz - Speaker cabinets.
George Dennis Products - Effects pedals and tube amps.
G. Gould Music - Electric guitars.
Giffin Guitars - Electric guitars and basses.
Gibson USA - The Tie-Dye Guy - A gallery and background on some unique Gibson Les Paul guitar designs by George St. Pierre.
Giles Guitars - Electric guitars.
Girl Brand Guitar
Glenn Weber/Art Guitars - The Lobster, hand-carved solid body electric guitar.
GMW Guitar Works
Godin/Seagull Guitars
Gorilla Amps
Granata Guitars
Gretsch
The Gretsch Pages - A user maintained site.
Grimes Guitars - Archtop guitars.
Groove Tubes
Grosh Guitars - Hand crafted guitars.
Guild Guitars
Guitares Maurice Dupont - Selmer/Maccaferri-style guitars and archtops.
Guitaround Enterprises - makes a travel guitar with internal amp and headphone jack.
Guyatone
Guytron Amplifiers
Hamer Guitars
Hamer Fan Club
Harpers Guitars - Handcrafted electric guitars with original styling, lifetime warranties, and made in the USA.
R. Hayes Instruments - Guitars in the shapes of cartoon characters.
Heiden Stringed Instruments - Hand-made acoustic guitars and mandolins.
Heins Guitars - Handmade custom guitars and basses from the Netherlands.
Hembrook Custom Basses and Guitars
Heritage Guitar Inc.
Hewett Guitars - Custom acoustic, archtop, and harp guitars.
Hiwatt - The HIWATT Story - A user run site.
Hoffman Amplifiers - Hand built tube amps.
Hofner - WARNING: This guy is under investigation for fraud.
Hohner USA
Holland Amps - Tube amplifiers. Also sells amp parts.
Hughes and Kettner - The Unofficial Hughes & Kettner Homepage - User maintained.
Ibanez - Vintage Ibanez Guitars (User maintained - specs, wiring diagrams) - The Ibanez Jem Home Page - (User maintained - info on the JEM and Universe guitars.) - JEM & Universe Collector's Site - Ibanez Collectors Forum
Jackson Guitars - Custom Shop
Jackson Guitar Works - Electric guitars with some unconventional body styles.
Jaros Custom Guitars - Electric and electric/acoustic guitars.
Jarrod Lee Amplification
JB Player
Jeff Kemp - Classical guitar maker in Australia.
Jenkins Sound Shop - Custom speaker cabinets and pedalboards.
Jennings Guitars
JET Custom Electric Lutherie
Jim Redgate Guitars - Classical concert guitars.
JJ Hucke Guitars - Handmade guitars in the UK.
JMS Amplifiers - Amp maker in Sweden.
Johnson Amplification - Modeling amps.
Kaman - The parent company of brand names like Ovation, Hamer, Takamine, Seiko, Gibaltar, Legend, and Toca. Also has information on their strings.
Karelian Guitars Henneken & Klippel - Archtop guitars from Finland.
Kendrick Amplifiers - Electric guitars, amps, and accessories.
Kimex Trading - Kix and Kimberley brand acoustic and electric guitars and amps. OEM for export.
Kinal Guitars - Archtop and solid body guitars.
Kinscherff Guitars - Hand-made acoustic guitars.
Kitty Hawk - Handcrafted tube amps. Also makes some MIDI switching devices to use with common amps and effects.
Klein Electric Guitars
KJL Amplifiers - Tube amps and speaker cabinets.
Knooren Handcrafted Instruments - Guitar builder in the Netherlands.
Koch Guitar Electronics - Tube amps made in the Netherlands.
Koll Guitars - Handmade electrics and archtops.
Kramer Krazy - Some history about Kramer guitars, classifieds, and other tidbits.
Kustom
Lacombe Guitars - Electronic guitars.
Lakewood Guitars - Acoustic guitars and amps.
Laney Amplification
Larrivee Guitars - Acoustic guitars.
Bill Lawrence Design - Wilde electric guitars.
Leduc Guitars and Basses - Manufacturer in France.
Levitch Guitar Works - Handmade guitars
Liberty Resonator Guitars
Lieber Instruments - Custom guitars
Line 6
Lollar Custom Guitars
London Power/Power Press Home - Tube amps and modifications. The founder also writes books about tube amp electronics.
Louis Electric Guitar Amplification - Tweed style amps.
The Luthier's Shoppe - A list of instrument makers for building your custom guitar or bass.
Magnatone Unofficial Ampsite
Mako Amplification - Hand-wired tube amps.
Manne Guitars - Handcrafted instruments from Italy.
The Unauthorized Marshall Home Page - A user maintained site with product information.
Manzer Guitars - Hand-made acoustic and archtop guitars.
Mark Lacey Guitars - Archtop guitars.
Marshall
Martin Guitar Company - Acoustic guitars.
Master Guitars - Handmade acoustic and electric guitars.
Matamp
Matlin Guitars - Establishment in California that repairs and builds custom guitars.
Maton Guitars - Acoustic and acoustic/electric guitars from Australia.
Mauel Hand Crafted Guitars - Acoustic guitars.
McElroy Guitars - Handmade acoustic guitars.
McphersonGuitars.com Wow!
McSwain Guitars - Electric guitars with hand carved designs.
MDX Guitars - Design your own guitar.
Megas Archtop Guitars
John F. Mello - Handmade classical guitars.
Melobar Guitars - Lap steels and combination electric/lap steels.
Mesa/Boogie
Metropolitan Guitars
MidiAxe - Manufactures electric guitars with built-in MIDI converters.
Mike Lull's Guitar Works - Custom basses.
M J Guitar Engineering - Hand made guitars.
Modulus Graphite
Mosby Guitars - Custom guitars, repairs, Parsons/White stringbender installations, and accessories.
Mountain Amps Ltd. - Portable, battery powered amps.
Music Man/Ernie Ball - Guitars, basses, strings and accessories.
Musicvox
National Reso-Phonic Guitars
Naylor Engineering - Tube amps.
NB Custom Guitars
Nickerson Guitars - Archtop and flattop guitars.
Nobels Electronics - Practice amps.
Novax - Fanned-fret instruments.
Olson Guitars - Acoustic guitar maker.
Optek Music Systems - Makes the Fretlight guitars. You can browse their catalog on-line and request to have one sent to you.
Orange - Amps and enclosures.
Oscar Schmidt - Acoustic and electric guitars, as well as banjos and mandolins. Part of Washburn.
Ovation Guitars
Parker Guitars
Patrick Eggle Guitars - UK based builder.
Paul Reed Smith Guitars
Peavey - Information about their amps, guitars, and effects processors.
Pegasus Amplifiers - Cabinets.
Pendragon Stringed Instruments - Electric guitars and other stringed instruments.
Pendulum Audio - Preamp systems for acoustic instruments.
Perron Custom Guitars
Petros Guitars and Basses - Acoustic guitars and pre-stress archtops.
Phantom Guitar Works - Classic-styled electric guitars and basses.
Pignose Amps
PortaAmp - A portable, battery powered amp with a pedalboard.
Pritchard Amps
Alain Queguiner Guitars - Acoustic guitars from France.
RainSong Graphite Guitars
Ramtrak Guitars - Electric guitars with interchangeable pickups.
RanchO PythagorosO - Custom guitar and bass maker in Austin.
Randall Amplifiers - Part of Washburn.
Read Custom Instruments - Handcrafted electric basses and guitars.
Red Bear Amplification - A user run web site with some product info and listings for owners to find other users.
Reverand Musical Instruments
Rhinehart Guitars - Unique hand carved and painted guitars.
Ribbecke Guitars - Fine hand-crafted archtop and flattop guitars.
Rick Turner Guitars
Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker Registration Page - A user site with instrument photos with polls and data on owners.
alt.guitar.rickenbacker - A newsgroup for Rickenbacker owners.
Rivera - Tube guitar amps.
Roadrunner Custom Guitars - Custom guitars and effects from France.
Robin Guitars - Manufacturer that offers several guitar lines, as well as custom guitars and Rio Grande Pickups.
Rocktron - Product info and user manuals.
Gregg Rogers Guitars - Handmade acoustic and electric guitars.
Roland
Route 101 Guitars - Design your own guitar online.
Rowan Custom Guitars - Handcrafted solid and semi-solid electric guitars.
Ruokangas Guitars - Handcrafted electric guitars from Finland.
Sadowsky Guitars Ltd. - Based in New York.
Taku Sakashta Guitars - Archtop, flattop, and electric guitar maker.
Samick - Samick Music USA - Acoustics, electrics, and amps.
Santa Cruz Guitar Company - Acoustic guitars.
Saqui Guitars - Custom acoustic and acoustic/electric guitars.
Schaefer Guitars - Handcrafted archtop guitars.
Schecter Guitar Research - Guitars, basses, 7-strings, and Diamond Series instruments.
Schroder Musical Instruments - Hand-crafted archtop guitars.
Scipio Guitars - Custom guitar design and repairs.
Scott Guitars - Electric guitars.
Sergei de Jonge Guitars - Hand-crafted classical and steel string guitars. Also offers a guitar making course.
Sever Guitars & Basses - Handmade and custom instruments from Slovenia.
SGD Lutherie
Shannon Guitars - Custom acoustic guitars.
Sherman Custom Guitars - Custom guitars with a patented new tremolo system.
Silvertone: The American Legend - A user created site for Silvertone guitars and amps.
Simon & Patrick - Acoustic guitars.
Slidemo Guitar Works - Custom vintage style guitars.
Smicz Amplification - Portable all tube guitar amps that can operate on AC or battery.
Smokey Amplifiers - Sells an amp built out of a real cigarette pack.
So Flo Amps - Makes several hand-wired tube amps.
Soldano Custom Amplification - All tube guitar amps.
Song Guitars - Handcrafted electric guitars.
Songworks - Little Lanilei miniature tube amps.
Sonic Loudspeaker Systems - Speaker cabinets.
Sonntag Guitars - Acoustic and archtop guitars.
Soundsmith, Inc. - Tube preamps, repairs amps, and amp mods.
Southwell Guitars - Concert guitars.
Spruce Hill Guitars - Aluminum bodied instruments.
Starr Labs - Makes guitar MIDI controller and digital pickup selectors.
Status Graphite
Steinberger - Wood and composite guitars.
Stephen Holst Guitars - Archtop guitars.
Stewart Guitar Company - Travel guitars.
Billy Stuart - Handmade electric and acoustic guitars.
Stump Preacher Guitars - Polymer guitars.
Suhr Guitars - Hand built electric guitars.
Sunn Amps
Tacoma Guitars - Acoustic guitars
Takamine Guitars - On-line product catalog with plenty of images.
Taylor Guitars
Tech 21
Teigen Guitars - Acoustic and electric guitars with unique body shapes.
Terry McInturff Guitars
Teuffel Guitars - Unique guitar designs from Germany.
Threet Guitars - Handcrafted acoustic guitars.
Timtone Custom Guitars - Hand made electric guitars.
TommyHawk Travel Guitar
Top Hat
ToneSmith Guitars - Custom electric guitars.
Torres Engineering - Custom tube amps.
Totem Guitars - Electric guitars with unique bodies and finishes.
Trace Elliot - Catalog of acoustic and electric guitar amps.
Trainwreck Circuits
Dake Traphagen - Acoustic, classical, and jazz guitar builder.
Travis Bean
Treker Guitars - Instruments with patented neck designs guaranteed not to warp.
Truck Amplifiers - Hand built tube amps. Also performs mods and sells effects/amp schematics.
Tube Works
UltraSound Amplifiers - Acoustic amps.
U.S. Masters Guitar Works
Vaccaro Guitar Co. - Aluminum neck instruments.
Vanous Technologies
Vantage - A division of Samick.
Vero Amplifier Company - Amps with custom, striking cabinets.
VHT Amplification
Victoria Amp Co.
Vigier Guitars
The VOX Showroom - Some product info with pictures, and a little history.
Washburn Guitars
Wayne Guitars
Wechter Guitars - Acoustic and acoustic/electric guitars.
Wittman-Spins
Wolff Erickson
Yamaha Guitars - Yamaha
Zachary Guitars - Handcrafted electric guitars.
Zion Guitars
Zychowski Guitars - Handmade guitars