The 2010 Classic Guitars wall calendar is available now, with gorgeous images of vintage acoustic and electrics by Fender, Gibson, Gretsch and Martin, an electric harp guitar by Steve Klein, an eight-stringed, fanned fret ,multi-scale guitar-bass by California luthier Matthew Mustapick, and the Vienna Sunset archtop by Theo Sharpach of the Netherlands.
The perfect gift for any guitarist, with a beautifully photographed masterpiece to covet every month.
12 x 13 inches; opens up to 12 x 26.
Only $13.99!
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Hand Made, Hand Played: The Art & Craft of Contemporary Guitars
We are living in a golden age of guitarmaking, and this gorgeous new book offers a definitive look at the work of the most skilled artisans at work today. From reproductions of Renaissance and Baroque-era instruments to the wildest looking and most technically advanced electric guitars on the planet, this book covers it all. More than 300 color photos of guitars of every kind imaginable—classical guitars, flattops, archtops, harp guitars, Hawaiian lap guitars, Dobros and metal bodied resonators, acoustic and electric basses, hollow and solid bodied electrics, and more. A must have for every guitarist you know and for anyone interested in contemporary instrument building and craftsmanship.
"Wow! A really unique book that takes a breathtaking tour of more than 300 of today's most creative, imaginative, and gorgeous hand-made guitars -- all illustrated in vibrant full color photos with specs for each guitar and personal statements and anecdotes from the luthiers who made them. The past 25 years have seen an explosion of craftspeople who build guitars by hand, employing an attention to detail, higher quality materials and more technical skill than in any previous era. This book showcases an incredible variety of guitars made by these luthiers, from elegant parlor guitars and innovative classicals to wildy shaped electrics and guitars with seven, ten, twelve or more strings. It's a feast for the eye, mind and soul of anyone who loves guitars.
- Elderly Instruments
Softcover with folding flaps. 11 x 8.5 x 1.3 inches, 416 pages, more than 300 color images! Lark Books, 2008. ISBN-13: 978-1579907877
Great
Guitars
"Robert Shaw is a crafts and music curator,
and an accomplished guitarist, which explains this book, a must-read
-- and drool-over -- for anyone who loves guitars. In a lengthy,
fascinating introduction, Shaw offers a tour of the instrument's
development, technology and construction, and the ways musicians
have used it. Dozens of photographs of famous guitarists with
their favorite instruments, and -- here's where guitar-lovers
get hooked -- nearly 50 stunning, full-color photos of historical
instruments and contemporary work by the world's foremost luthiers."
-The Literary Review (November 1998)
Hardcover, 12 x 9 in., 128 pp., 50 full-page color photos. Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1997. ISBN: 0-88363-397-3
Classic
Guitars
This beautiful little
book, small enouh to tuck in your backpocket or guitar case, inlcudes photos of sixty-five superb American acoustic and
electric guitars made between 1834 to 1998. Sumptuously produced,
inexpensive, and full of absorbing information, Classic Guitars is an obvious choice for those with a guitarist on their gift
list. And by now, everybody in the world knows a guitarist.
80 pages, 6 x 8 1/2" with 40 color photographs of 65
guitars. Smyth-sewn casebound, with dust jacket. Pomegranate,
2004.
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Classic Guitars Poster
Published by Pomegranate Publications
Twenty color photographs of remarkable instruments. Some are among the greatest guitars ever made and others are among the silliest in history; all are fun to look at. Robert Shaw's text is deeply informed and beautifully written.
Pomegranate's Classic Edition posters are printed on #1-grade, 10-point cover weight paper, perfect for mounting or framing. Size: 36 x 24"
Classic Guitars Postcard Book
Born in Renaissance Europe, the guitar
has found itsgreatest popularity, and its widest range of forms
and playing styles, in the New World. In the past two centuries,
American musicians, playing everything from blues to western
swing to rock 'n' roll, and companies like Martin, Gibson, and
Fender have virtually redefined the instrument. American trends
and innovation have, in turn, traveled back across the Atlantic,
where Europeans continue to push the limits of what a guitar
can be and do.
This book of thirty postcards features
forty-nine classic guitars selected by historian and musician
Robert Shaw, the author of Great Guitars.
Accompanying the images are Shaw's engaging notes on the instruments'
history and the musicians who have played them. These extraordinary
guitars are sure to fascinate and delight---whether you're a
player, luthier, collector, or simply an admirer of superb craftsmanship.
Pomegranate's books of postcards contain
thirty top-quality reproductions bound together in a handy, artful
collection. Easy to remove and produced on heavy card stock,
these stunning postcards are a delight to the sender and receiver
(and probably the mailman, too). This convenient compilation
offers a wide selection of gorgeous cards to choose from, making
it easy to find the perfect postcard to send to any friend, family
member, or casual acquaintance. Note: postcards are oversized
and may require additional postage.
ISBN: 0-7649-1758-7; size: 4 3/4 x 6 7/8"
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