Gruhn's Guide to Vintage Guitars

by George Gruhn, Walter Carter

Overview

(Book). Gruhn's Guide to Vintage Guitars is the most extensive and detailed list of specifications ever published for identifying, dating, and establishing the authenticity of an instrument. This new edition is enlarged and updated, making it once again the essential guide enabling collectors, dealers, players, and fans to determine the authenticity, rarity, and relative value of vintage acoustic and electric guitars, basses, mandolins, banjos, and amps. Gruhn's Guide's thoroughness, detail, and clear organization have made it without peer, the must-have tool for discerning an instrument's manufacturer, model, and date-and most importantly, whether it is in original condition. "You will not find a better guide, nor one that is so easy to use." Vintage Guitar magazine

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780879309442
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/2010
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	648
Product dimensions:	9.28(w) x 6.30(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

"George Gruhn (Nashville TN) knows more about guitars than anyone on earth” says Tom Wheeler, former editor of Guitar Player magazine. That knowledge has made Gruhn Guitars the world's most famous vintage instrument store and has brought George Gruhn worldwide recognition as an author of definitive books on vintage guitars and a primary source for insight into the guitar market – past, present and future. Walter Carter is a well-known authority on Gibson Guitars. He was the official historian and archivist at Gibson for many years and currently works at the legendary Gruhn Guitars in Nashville, Tennessee. Carter is also the author of numerous books about guitars, including The Martin Book, Gibson Guitars: 100 Years of an American Icon, and Epiphone: The Complete History.

Editorial Reviews

The market for vintage American guitars, basses, amplifiers, banjos, ukuleles, and other fretted instruments has exploded in the last decade. This updated and expanded second edition of Gruhn's Guide is more than double the size of its first edition (1992) and is superior in breadth, depth, and timeliness. The guide is organized by manufacturer and type of instrument. Every model is described in detail, with introduction date, body shape and size, woods, pickups (where applicable), bindings, inlays, and finish. All changes made from year to year are noted, ensuring the precise determination of model and originality. The book also provides serial number lists, identification charts, and over 100 photos of special features. While many books on individual instrument makers are available, this is the only guide that lists all makers and all their products while also offering comments about the collectibility of specific instruments. Highly recommended.--Eric C. Shoaf, Brown Univ. Lib., Providence Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

Provides information by which to key out the identity, date, and origin of nearly 3,000 vintage American fretted instruments. Instruments are organized by manufacturer, with an alphabetical index of models (again by manufacturer) provided at the end. B&w photographs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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