Links!

Here are some links which have helped me in one way or another.

iBalalaika.com
This is a page created by Alex Sinavski, a skilled balalaika player. He offers video tutorials on famous melodies that are perfect to play on the balalaika. It is mainly thanks to him that I have learned a great deal about how to play the balalajka.

Brian Kentosh's electric balalaika
This is a homepage which has many good pictures, which have been taken throughout his project. They have helped me a great deal to plan my project. I also want to thank him for the information about his project that I have received. (His total project costs were about 250$.)

Bryats-Band
This is a Russian band that among other things uses electric balalajkas. They have also added music videos to Youtube, which is the way how I found them. Once again I want to thank them for the pictures that I have received, and for the permission to show them here at this homepage.

Imperskaya Music LLC
They offer a wide range of parts for the balalajka to a decent price, and they also got a special section with a concept electro balalajka. I also want to give special thanks to Boris who helped me in many ways.

MoongazerMusic
This is one of the few places, where it is possible to find bridges for three-stringed instruments. The bridge is perhaps not excellent for an electric balalajka. You could take a closer look at the build itself to get more details on why. Anyway I strongly recommend this store if you are looking for a bridge.

Jim Flynn's Book “Building the Balalaika”
Jim Flynn released his book "Building the Balalaika" for free over at GAL's webb site. (http://www.luth.org). This can be of great help for your project. It is about building an acoustic balalajka, but take a look. (It is released in PDF format.)