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BOOKS AND ARTICLES
Achard, Ken
The Fender Guitar
A Guitar Magazine Project, The Bold Strummer, Ltd. 20 Turkey Hill Circle
Westport, CT 06880, 1990
Achard, Ken
The History and Development of the American Guitar
A Guitar Magazine Project, Musical News Services Ltd., London
England, 1979
Bacon, Tony
The Ultimate Guitar Book
Alfred A. Knopf.
New York, NY, 1991
ISBN 0-394-58955-6
Bacon, Tony and Paul Day
The Fender Book
GPI Books, Miller Freeman. 600 Harrison St.
San Francisco, CA
Bacon, Tony and Paul Day
The Gibson Les Paul Book
GPI Books.
San Francisco, CA, 1993
Bellow, Alexander
The Illustrated History of the Guitar
Colombo Publishing Corp.
1970Bellow, Alexander
The Illustrated History of the Guitar
Belwin/Mills Publishing Corp.
Long Island, NY, 1976
Bellson, Julius
The Gibson Story
Gibson.
Kalamazoo, MI, 1973
Bishop, Ian C.
The Gibson Guitar from 1950
A Guitar Magazine Project, Musical New Services, Ltd., London
England, 1977
Bishop, Ian C.
The Gibson Guitar from 1950, Vol 2
The Bold Strummer Ltd. 20 Turkey Hill Circle
Westport, CT 06880, 1990Blackburn, Bill
"The Strange Case of Dr. Vintage"
Guitar World
July, 1987 pp. 62-64, 72
Blackburn, Ph.D., Bill
Old Guitar Mania, A Guide to Vintage Guitar Collecting
Centerstream Publishing/ Hal Leonard.
Fullerton, CA, 1992
Blasquiz, Klaus
The Fender Bass
Mediapresse.
1990Bone, Philip J.
The Guitar and Mandolin
London
England, 1954
Brosnac, Donald
The Amp Book A Guitarist's Introductory Guide to Tube Amplifiers
Paul G's Guitar Products. PO Box 15-B
San Francisco, CA 94115, 1985
Brozman, Bob
The History and Artistry of National Resonator Instruments
Centerstream.
Fullerton, CA, 1993Brozman, Bob
The National Guitar
Centerstream Publishing.
Fullerton, CA, 1992
Bulli, John
Guitar History, Volume 2 Gibson SG
The Bold Strummer, Ltd. 20 Turkey Hill Circle
Westport, CT 06880, 1989Calder, James
"Texas Round-up: The Dallas Guitar Shows"
Guitarist
August, 1989, pp. 67 - 71
Carter, Walter
Gibson Guitars 100 years of an American Icon
General Publishing Group.
Los Angeles, CA, 1994
ISBN 1-881649-39-3
Carter, Walter
The Martin Book A Complete History of Martin Guitars
GPI Books, Miller Freeman, Inc.
San Francisco, CA, 1995
ISBN 0-87930-354-9Casabona, Helen
"Opening Moves - How Collectors Get Their Start"
Frets
February, 1985 pp. 67-71Chinery, Scott with Tony Bacon
The Chinery Collection, 150 Years of American Guitars
A Balafon Book, Nov. 1996 Outline Press, London
ISBN 1-871547-40-7
Contantine, Jr., Albert, Revised by Harry J. Hobbs
Know Your Woods, A Complete Guite to Trees, Woods, and Veneers
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
ISBN 10-684-14115-9
Crocker, David and John Brinkmann, Larry Briggs
Guitars, Guitars, Guitars, A Pictorial Reference Manual
All American Music Publishers.
Neosho, MS 64850, 1988
ISBN 0-945706-00-6
Day, Paul
The Burns Book
PP Publishing, London
England, 1979Del Rey, Teisco
"10th Annual Greater Southwest Guitar Show"
Guitar Player
20085 Stevens Creek
Cupertino, CA 95014 June, 1968 pp. 50-56Del Rey, Teisco
"Guitars Held Hostage"
Guitar Player
20085 Stevens Creek
Cupertino, CA 95014 June, 1988 pp. 118-119
Denyer, Ralph
The Guitar Handbook
Alfred A. Knopf.Donnell, Ken
"Below the Bottom Line: It's Only Worth What Someone Will Pay"
Frets
February, 1985 pp. 22-23, 54
Dresdner, Michael
The Woodfinishing Book
Taunton Press, Inc., 1992
ISBN: 1-56158-037-6
Duchossoir, A. R.
Gibson Electrics, The Classic Years
Hal Leonard Publishing Co.
Milwaukee, WI, 1994
ISBN 0-7935-3124-1
Duchossoir, A. R.
Gibson Electrics, Vol 1 From the Charlie Christian Model to the "Les Paul Standard".
Hal Leonard Publishing Co.
Milwaukee, WI Vol. 1, 1981
ISBN 0-88188-269-0
Duchossoir, A. R.
Guitar Identification A Reference Guide to Serial Numbers for Dating the Guitars Made by Gibson, Fender, Gretsch, C.F. Martin & Co.
Hal Leonard Publishing Co.
Milwaukee, WI 53213, 1990
ISBN 0-7935-0274-8 paper
Duchossoir, A. R.
The Fender Stratocaster
Hal Leonard Publishing Co.
Milwaukee, WI, 1988Duchossoir, A. R.
The Fender Stratocaster 1954-1984
Hal Leonard Publishing Co.
Milwaukee, WI, 1983
Duchossoir, A. R.
The Fender Telecaster
Hal Leonard Publishing Co.
Milwaukee, WI
Evans, Tom and Mary Anne Evans
Guitars Music, History, Construction and Players from the Renaissance to Rock
Paddington Press Ltd.
New York, NY, 1977
ISBN 0-448-22240-XEvans, Tom and Mary Anne
Guitars From Renaissance to Rock
Paddington Press Ltd.Farmer, G.
"The Origin of the Arabian Lute and Rebec"
Journal of Royal Asiatic Society
July, 1930Fisher, Don and Mike Longworth
Mastertones
(publisher unavailable).
Force, Robert and Albert d Ossché
In Search of the Wild Dulcimer
Complete instructions on how to play this traditional Appalachian instrument and how to adapt it tocontemporary music.
Amsco Music Pub. Co.Forte, Dan
"The Bull Market"
Guitar Buyer's Guide
1989-1990 pp. 137-141Galpin, F.
A Textbook of European Musical Instruments
Williams and Norgate Ltd., London
England, 1944Gartner, Rick
"Good as Gold..."
Frets
February, 1985 p. 17
George, David
The Flamenco Guitar From its Birth in the Hands of the Guitarrero to its Ultimate Celebration in the Hands of the Flamenco Guitarist
Society of Spanish Studies.
Spain, MadridGlick, Robert J.
Arched Top Guitar Construction
Publisher: Cactus Publishing, Phoenix AZ
1994
ISBN: 1-882731-02-6Greenwood, Allan
Vintage Guitar Magazine Instrument Price Guide, Guitars, Basses, Amplifiers, Effects, Pedals
Vintage Guitar Magazine
Box 7301
Bismarck, ND 58507 Winter/Spring, 1995Gruhn, George
"The Vintage Market Feeding Frenzy"
Frets
May, 1988 pp. 9, 55 - 56Gruhn, George
"Prices Then and Now"
Frets
November, 1988 pp. 57, 70Gruhn, George
"Guitar Trading: Texas Style"
Frets
February, 1989 pp. 41,59Gruhn, George
"The Last Word"
Frets
February, 1989 p. 11Gruhn, George
"Sunburst Gallery: Gibson's Classic Les Paul"
Guitar Player
20085 Stevens Creek
Cupertino, CA 95014 July, 1985 pp. 16 - 23Gruhn, George
"The Vintage Market Today"
Guitar Player
20085 Stevens Creek
Cupertino, CA 95014 July, 1986 pp. 102, 130Gruhn, George
"The Vintage Instrument Market, I"
Guitar Player
20085 Stevens Creek
Cupertino, CA 95014 June, 1989 pp. 22, 161Gruhn, George
"The Vintage Instrument Market, II"
Guitar Player
20085 Stevens Creek
Cupertino, CA 95014 July, 1989 pp. 8, 177Gruhn, George
"Chinery's Guitars, America's Foremost Vintage Collection"
Vintage Gallery
San Francisco, CA January Vol. 1, No. 4, 1995 pp. 10-18
Gruhn, George and Walter Carter
Acoustic Guitars and Other Fretted Instruments
GPI Books, Miller Freeman, Inc.
San Francisco, CA, 1993
ISBN 0-87930-240-2
Gruhn, George and Walter Carter
Electric Guitars and Basses, A Photographic History
GPI Books, Miller Freeman, Inc.
San Francisco, CA, 1994
ISBN 0-87930-328-X
Gruhn, George and Walter Carter
Gruhn's Guide to Vintage Guitars An Identificatioin Guide for American Fretted Instruments: Acoustic and Electric Guitars, plus selected Basses and Mandolins
GPI Books, Miller Freeman, Inc.
1991
ISBN 0-87930-195-3Gruhn, George and Walter Carter
"The Texas Guitar Show from the Inside"
Guitar Player
20085 Stevens Creek
Cupertino, CA 95014 February, 1989 p. 14Gruhn, George and Walter Carter
"A Pair of Dallas Guitar Shows"
Guitar Player
20085 Stevens Creek
Cupertino, CA 95014 June, 1989 pp. 15-6
Hartman, Robert Carl
Guitars and Mandolins in America Featuring the Larson's Creations
Maurer and Co., Printing and Publication.
Hoffman Estates, IL, 1984
ISBN 0-9614956-0-XHartman, Robert Carl
Guitars and Mandolins in America Featuring the Larson's Creations
Maurer and Co., Printing and Publication.
Hoffman Estates, IL, 1988
Hetrick, Richard
Guitar History Vol. 3
The Bold Strummer.Hood, Phil
"Buy, Sell, Trade: Inside Today's Vintage Market"
Frets
February, 1985 pp. 15-16Hood, Phil
"Fine-Tuning the Crystal Ball"
Frets
February, 1985 p. 18Howe, Steve and Tony Bacon
The Steve Howe Guitar Collection
GPI Books.
1993Humphrey, Mark
"Are You Covered? The Question of Insurance"
Frets
February, 1985 pp. 45-46, 54Hutto, Jim
"The Auctioneers-Sealed Bids and Six-Figure Strads"
Frets
February, 1985 p. 25Hutto, Jim
"Music Dealers and Vintage Instruments"
Frets
February, 1985 pp. 28-30, 60
Irwin, John Rice
Musical Instruments of the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1983
ISBN: 0916838-80-3Iwanade, Yasuhiko
The History of the Fender Stratocaster
Centerstream Publishing.
Fullerton, CA, 1991Koch, Martin
Gitarrenbau Konstruktion und Bau von akustischen Stahlsaitengitarren
1.Auflage 1994, ISBN 3-901314-02-4
Sehr detailierte Schritt für Schritt Anleitung für den Bau von akustischen Stahlsaitengitarren. Es wird der Bau einer 6saitigen, 12saitigen, einer Dobro Gitarre und einer akustischen Bassgitarre beschrieben. 204 Fotos und zahlreiche Zeichnungen.
Price: 590,-ATS (11 ATS = 1 USD)
to order: e-mail: koch@kwb.tu-graz.ac.atKoch, Martin
E-Gitarrenbau - Eine Selbstbauanleitung
- Konstruktion und Bau von Gitarren und Bassgitarren mit massivem Korpus
2. Auflage 1994
ISBN 3-901314-01-6
Price: 390,-ATS (11 ATS = 1 USD)
to order: e-mail: koch@kwb.tu-graz.ac.atKummer, Tim
Guitar Trader's Vintage
Guitar Bulletin
The Bold Strummer.
Volumes 1 and 2Kummer, Tim
Guitar Trader's Vintage
Guitar Bulletin
The Bold Strummer.
Volume 2
Longworth, Mike
Martin Guitars, A History
4 Maples Press Inc.
Minisink Hills, PA, 1988
Mike, Doyle
The Sound of Rock -- A History of Marshall Valve Guitar Amplifiers
The Bold StrummerMiller, Wade and George Gruhn
"Musical Instruments: Old versus New"
Frets
December 1988, 1988 pp. 12, 17, 32
Minhinnet, Ray and Bob Young
The Story of the Fender Stratocaster Curves, Contours and Body Horns: A Celebration of the World's Greatest Guitar
GPI Books, Miller Freeman, Inc.
San Francisco, CA, 1995
ISBN 0-87930-349-2
Moseley, Willie G.
Classic Guitars U.S.A. A Primer for the Vintage Guitar Collector
Centerstream Publishing.
Fullerton, CA 92635, 1992
ISBN 0-931759-52-8Obrecht, Jas
"Straight Talk from Fatdog"
Guitar Player
20085 Stevens Creek
Cupertino, CA 95014 March, 1989 pp. 18-19Oldham, Gey
"Import and Export Duties on Musical Instruments in 1660"
Galpin Society Journal
May Vol. XI, 1958
Odate, Toshio
Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use
The Taunton Press, Inc., 1984
ISBN 0-918804-19-1
Petersen, David and Dick Denney
The Vox Story
The Bold Strummer
Pittman, R. Aspen
The Tube Amp Book
Groove Tubes/ GTE Electronics, Groove Tubes Audio. 12866 Foothill Blvd.
Sylmar, CA 91342 Vol. III
Rich, Bill and Rick Nielsen
Guitars of the Stars: Rick Nielsen
Gots Publishing, Ltd. 2140 S. Harvard
Tulsa, OK, 1993
Ritchie, Jean
The Dulcimer Book
Oak Publicaitons, Music Sales Limited, London
33 West 60th Street, New York, NY 10023
Robinson, Larry
The Art of Inlay
Contemporary Design & Technique for Musical Instruments, Fine Woodworking & Objets d' Art
Miller Freeman Books, San Francisco, CA 1994
ISBN 0-87930-332-8Rucker, Randy
The Guitar Serial Number Book for Martin, Guild, Gibson, Fender, Ovation
Waterfall Publishing.
Fort Collins, CO 80524, 1982
Salaman, R.A.
Dictionary of Woodworking Tools
The Taunton Press
1990
ISBN 0-942 391-51-9Sandmel, Ben
"Sound Investment"
Spirit
May, 1990 pp. 42-56Schilling, Ed.
"Appraised Value: How Pros Price an Instrument"
Frets
February, 1985 pp. 24-26
Schmidt, Paul William
Acquired of the Angels The Lives and Works of Master Guitar Makers John D'Angelico and James L. D'Aquisto
The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Metuchen, NJ, 1991
ISBN 0-8108-2346-2Scott, Jay
"Vintage Buyers Go Berserk in Texas"
Guitar World.
July, 1987 pp. 12 - 14
Scott, Jay
'50's Cool: Kay Guitars
Seventh String Press.
Hauppauge, NY, 1992
ISBN 1-880422-01-8
Scott, Jay
'Burst 1958-'60 Sunburst Les Paul
Seventh String Press.
Hauppauge, NY, 1994
ISBN 0-8256-9388-8
Scott, Jay
The Guitars of the Fred Gretsch Company
Centerstream Publishing.
Fullerton, CA 92635, 1991
Shaughnessy, Mary Alice
Les Paul: An American Original
William Morrow & Co.
New York, NY, 1993Smith, Richard
"Early Birds: The Sprung Collection"
Guitar Player
20085 Stevens Creek
Cupertino, CA 95014 July, 1989 pp. 26-29Smith, Richard
"An Early Fender in Dallas"
Guitar Player
20085 Stevens Creek
Cupertino, CA 95014 June, 1989 pp. 136 -137
Smith, Richard R.
The History of Rickenbacker Guitars
Centerstream Publishing.
Fullerton, CA, 1987
ISBN 0-931759-15-3
Spielman, Partick
Router Jigs & Techniques
Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., NY
ISBN 0-8069-6694-7 (pkb.)
Torres, Dan
Inside Tube Amps
The Book on Tub Amps Technology
Sparpco Inc., San Mateo CA 94402
1995
Tsumura, Akira
Banjos, The Tsumura Collection
Kodansha International Ltd.
New York, NY, 1984
ISBN 0-87011-605-3
Tsumura, Akira
Guitars, The Tsumura Collection
Kodansha International Ltd.
New York, NY, 1987
ISBN 0-87011-839-0
Tsumura, Akira
One Thousand and One Banjos: The Tsumura Collection
Kodansha International Ltd.
New York, NY, 1993
Turnbull, Harvey
The Guitar From the Renaissance to the Present Day
Charles Scribner's Sons.
New York, NY, 1974
ISBN 0-684-13215-X (cloth)Turner, Rick
"Sound Investments: The Silber Collection"
Frets
June, 1987 pp. 34 - 37Van Hoose, Thomas
"The Last of Kalamazoo's Finest: The 50th Anniversary Super 400CES and L-5CES Guitars"
20th Century Guitar
July/August, 1990 pp. 8 - 9Van Hoose, Thomas
"The Gibson Super 400 Electric Models"
Guitar Trader's Vintage Guitar Bulletin
December, 1983 p. 2Van Hoose, Thomas
"The Gibson Super 400 Acoustic Models"
Guitar Trader's Vintage Guitar Bulletin
November, 1983 pp. 2 - 3Van Hoose, Thomas
"The Gibson L-5 Guitar"
Guitar Trader's Vintage Guitar Bulletin
August, 1983 pp. 2 - 4Van Hoose, Thomas
"The Gibson L-5 Electric Models"
Guitar Trader's Vintage Guitar Bulletin
September, 1983 pp. 2 - 4Van Hoose, Thomas
"Greater Southwest Guitar Show--13 Years in Dallas and Still Going Strong"
Vintage Guitar
June, 1990 pp. 1, 9, 12
Van Hoose, Thomas A.
The Gibson Super 400 Art of the Fine Guitar
GPI Books, Miller Freeman, Inc.
San Francisco, CA, 1991
ISBN 0-87930-230-5
Watson, Aldren A.
Handtools, Their Ways and Workings
W. W. Norton & Company, NY
1982
ISBN 0-393-01654-4Wheeler, Tom
"Lone Star Bazaar: Big Guitars, Big Bucks"
Guitar Player
20085 Stevens Creek
Cupertino, CA 95014 January 1990, 15 -16Wheeler, Tom
American Guitars
Harper Perennial (Harper Collins).
New York, NY 10022, 1990
Wheeler, Tom
American Guitars, an Illustrated History
Harper & Row Publishers.
New York, NY 10022, 1982
ISBN 0-06-014996-5
Wheeler, Tom
The Guitar Book A Handbook for Electric and Acoustic Guitarists
Harper & Row, Publishers.
New York, NY, 1974
ISBN 0-06014559-5
Whitford, Eldon and David Vinopal and Dan Erlewine
Gibson's Fabulous Flat-Top Guitars An Illustrated History and Guide
GPI Books, Miller Freeman Books.
San Francisco, CA 94107, 1994
ISBN 0-87930-297-6
Wittman, Rebecca J.
Brightwork, The Art of Finishing Wood
International Marine Publishing
Camden, ME, 1990Willcut, Robert J and Ball
The Musical Instrument Collector
The Bold Strummer Ltd. 20 Turkey Hill Circle
Westport, CT 06880
Woodcock, Cyril
Dictionary of Contemporary Violin and Bowmakers
Amati Publishing Ltd., 44 The Lanis Brighton
Sussex, England, 1965
OTHERS
A Survey of Musical Instruments
David and Charles.
Tulsa, OK, 1975
Gibson, Mandolins Guitars and Ukuleles Catalog
Mugwumps, MIH Publications.
1973
Martin String Instruments
Mugwumps, MIH Publications.
Woburn, MA, 1972
Orion Blue Book
Vintage Guitar, published quarterly
Roger Rohrs, Orion Research Corp.
Scottsdale, AZ
The Official Vintage Guitar Magazine, Vintage Instruments Price Guide
Vintage Guitar Magazine.
Bismarck, ND 58507
published annuallyResophonic Echoes Scrapbook
Ed. Beverly King
Madill, OK 73446, 1979
Ferrington Guitars
Ed. Kate Giel
with CD (compact disk), Harper Collins Publisher and Callaway Editions.
1992
ISBN 0-06-099268-9 (CD)
Blue Book of Guitar Values, First Editon
Ed. S. P. Fjestad
Blue Book Publications, Inc.
Mineapolis, MN 55425, 1993
ISBN 0-9625943-2-6Woodcraft Supply Corp.
Planecraft, Hand Planing by Modern Methods
pub: C&J Hampton Ltd., Sheefield, England
1974
The 1921 Gibson Catalog
Ed. William Ivey
Reprinted by the Country Music Foundation Press.
1973
PERIODICALS / ONLINE MAGAZINES
Continuo
PO Box 327
Hammondsport, NY 14840
bi-monthly, journal of "old music".
Dulcimer Players News
PO Box 2164
Winchester, VA 22601
quarterly; information for players and luthiersEarly Music America
11421 1/2 Bellflower Rd
Cleveland, OH 44106
Historical Performance magazine.The Strad
PO Box 676
New York City, NY 10101
Monthly, violin family information for players, makers, and historians
Strings Magazine
PO Box 767
San Anselmo, CA 94979
bi-monthly magazine
Experimental Musical Instruments (EMI)
PO Box 784
Nicasio, CA 94946
every other month, Newsletter -- spotlight on unusual instruments.Guitar Player
Guitar World Online
Just Jazz Guitar
The Soundhole
Vintage Guitar
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