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Here's the first in a new series of books taken from 'American Lutherie', the quarterly journal of the Guild of American Luthiers. Articles in 'The Big Red Book of American Lutherie, Volume One', are collected from 'American Lutherie' #1-12, published in 1985, '86 and '87. Three years of American Lutherie collected in one big book for one low pr...
Here's the second in the series of books taken from 'American Lutherie', the quarterly journal of the Guild of American Luthiers. Articles in 'The Big Red Book of American Lutherie, Volume Two' are collected from American Lutherie #13-24 published in 1988, '89 and '90. Three years of American Lutherie collected in one big book for one low price!...
Here's the third in the series of books taken from American Lutherie, the quarterly journal of the Guild of American Luthiers. Articles in The Big Red Book of American Lutherie, Volume Three are collected from American Lutherie #25-36 published in 1991, '92 and '93. Three years of American Lutherie collected in one big book for one low price! Ab...
This new volume contains about ninety articles from American Lutherie issues #37-48, published 1994 through 1996. Packed full of information based on the firsthand experience of over fifty luthiers, highlights of this volume include: D'Aquisto archtop guitar construction; Erlewine on vintage Fender finishing; Galloup resets a guitar neck; hammer...
Volume Five (from American Lutherie #49-60, 1997-99.) Highlights include: building sound in classic guitars with Jeffrey Elliott; Jimmy D'Aquisto's archtop guitar design evolution; Joseph Curtin updates the viola; French polishing with Eugene Clark; making compensated saddles; resetting a neck with Jeff Traugott; violin scroll carving with Guy R...
The sweetest sound you'll ever hearàis the sound of beautiful music played on a guitar you've built with your own hands. You can hear it sooner than you imagine, thanks to John Bogdanovich. He'll help you develop all the necessary skills, even if you've never made anything more complicated than a school woodworking project.As you f...
An exhibition dedicated entirely to the guitar and the catalogue that documents the rich material presented. This is the first time that an exhibition has proposed such a wealth of masterpieces: seventy instruments, covering the period from the early seventeenth century to the second half of the twentieth century, that illustrate the development...
After the first volume on Parisian guitars, Sinier and de Ridder pay tribute to makers of other regions of France and their talents in this beautiful collectors book. During their 40-year career,the authors have examined many guitars made in Lille, Lyons, Troyes, Toulouse and Bordeaux and mostly a considerable number of guitars made in ...
Slightly Damaged Cover. The guitar is probably one of the world's most widely-played musical instruments, as well as the most frequently produced.Over the centuries it has adapted to composers' needs and musicians' tastes, to new styles of performing music, to progress in the field of strings, glues and varnishes, keeping pace with fashion. ...
Volume Six (from American Lutherie 2000-02) The Guild of American Luthiers is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational membership organization whose purpose is to facilitate learning about the art, craft, and science of lutherie. Membership in the Guild is open to everyone.Started by a group of budding craftsmen in 1972, the Gui...
The PRS Guitar Book details every facet of the wonderful electric guitars made by PRS, the Maryland-based company founded in 1985 by musician and guitar builder Paul Reed Smith. The paperback edition is updated to include all the latest information on the acclaimed Singlecut models, as well as the intriguing story of the Santana SE û the company...
The story of Selmer Maccaferri guitars traces, for the first time, the history of these remarkable and influential guitars since their creation by Mario Maccaferri in 1931 until the conclusion of their fabrication in 1952, and explores the myth they represent today. All the Selmer Maccaferri and Selmer models are presented, accompanied by myriad...



