Gibson Guitars: 100 Years of an American Icon - Hardcover

Carter, Walter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1881649393 ISBN 13: 9781881649397

Publisher: General Publishing Group, 1994

Synopsis

Provides a history of the guitar company from its founding in the late 1800s to its present status as one of the leading makers of guitars

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Review:

This splendid book chronicles 100 years of the companies that building Gibson guitars, banjos, and mandolins. Beautifully illustrated with countless pictures of guitars and the musicians who made them famous, this coffee-table edition is written by some of today's most prominent music writers, including the editor, Walter Carter, an expert on guitars; Roger H. Siminoff, author of technical guides for guitar, mandolin, and banjo construction; and country music author Michael McCall. Check out our in-depth description of this book.

From Booklist:

As Carter's subtitle says, the Gibson guitar is an American icon. From Maybelle Carter to Chuck Berry to Frank Zappa to Travis Tritt to Slash, American guitar heroes of all generations and musical styles have played Gibsons. Notable foreigners like Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Keith Richards have also enjoyed long associations with Gibsons, and the Les Paul model, named after the proto-guitar god and popularizer of the electric version of the instrument, is for many aficionados the be-all and end-all of guitars. In this profusely illustrated, large-format book, Carter and several other well-known music writers recount the history of the Gibson company, from Orville H. Gibson's days in Kalamazoo, Michigan, through the boom years and subsequent dark years of uninterested corporate ownership, and on to the new day of the present ownership, which saved the company by renewing attention to quality workmanship and love of the product. Remarkably illustrated, wonderfully detailed, this is a fitting homage to the Gibson guitar, an important document in popular music history. Mike Tribby

About this edition

• Publisher: General Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1881649393
• ISBN 13: 9781881649397
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 314