Gruhn's Guide to Vintage Guitars: An Identification Guide for American Fretted Instruments - Hardcover

Gruhn, George; Carter, Walter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 087930944X ISBN 13: 9780879309442

Publisher: Backbeat Books, 2010

Synopsis

EGruhn's Guide to Vintage GuitarsE 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. EGruhn's Guide'sE 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.TH You will not find a better guide nor one that is so easy to use. a EVintage GuitarE magazine

About this title

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Backbeat Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 087930944X
• ISBN 13: 9780879309442
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 648