Vintage Guitars: The Instruments, the Players, and the Music

Rodgers, Jeffrey Pepper, editor

ISBN 10: 1890490466 / ISBN 13: 9781890490461

Published by String Letter Publishing, 2001, 2001

About this Item

Folio, softcover, as new in black decorative French wraps. 161 pp. including index. the first pictorial reference work to offer guitar enthusiasts, players and collectors an opportunity to explore the eventful, endless give-and-take between musicians and instrument makers that has produced America's popular music and its quintessential instrument. Generously illustrated with more than 150 photos of players, instruments, catalog pages and other memorabilia, this book features everything from the elegant American guitars of the 19th century to the evolving dreadnought, jumbo, 12-string, etc - original instruments as well as contemporary incarnations and reissues.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Vintage Guitars: The Instruments, the Players, and the Music
• Publisher: String Letter Publishing, 2001
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1890490466
• ISBN 13: 9781890490461
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Vintage Guitars: The Instruments, the Players, and the Music is the first pictorial reference work to offer guitar enthusiasts, players and collectors an opportunity to explore the eventful, endless give-and-take between musicians and instrument makers that has produced America's popular music and its quintessential instrument. Generously illustrated with more than 150 photos of players, instruments, catalog pages and other memorabilia, this book features everything from the elegant American guitars of the 19th century to the evolving dreadnought, jumbo, 12-string, archtop resophonic and more - original instruments as well as contemporary incarnations and reissues. It spotlights the guitars of Leadbelly, Jimmie Rodgers, the Everly Brothers, Tony Rice, Emmylou Harris, Ben Harper and others. The collector's edition features the book in a classy, hard-back slip case.

About the Author

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