Fiddlesticks International is owned and operated by musicians who have cumulatively forty years in music products retail, wholesale, manufacturing, performance, and recording. We only sell high quality products that we believe in. Our Fiddlesticks and GymnaSticks instruments are handmade in our own factory in Los Angeles, California. We hand select all of our wood, varnish, and stains. All of our stringed instruments and supplies are housed at our wholesalers where climate control is utmost in importance. Our strings are fresh and well stored. Our mission is to be the best, and we strive every day to meet that goal.