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50 YEARS OF FENDER - HALF A CENTURY OF THE GREATEST ELECTRIC GUITARS by Tony Bacon This visual history traces Fender guitar making from 1950 to 2000. Color photo spreads detail a guitar from each of Fender's 50 years, while a parallel timeline points out musical highlights. ..more... #49-330592 $22.95

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50 YEARS OF GRETSCH ELECTRICS - HALF A CENTURY OF WHITE FALCONS, GENTS, JETS & OTHER GREAT GUITARS by Tony Bacon A fully illustrated history that boasts great pictures of rare instruments, an absorbing story from the early days to the latest exploits, and a detailed guide to every model ever made. Every ..more... #49-331258 $24.95

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50 YEARS OF THE GIBSON LES PAUL - HALF A CENTURY OF THE GREATEST ELECTRIC GUITARS by Tony Bacon Documents the complete decade-by-decade story of one of the world's most important and influential electric guitars. Illustrates how Gibson expanded the Les Paul line through 50 years of ..more... - on order, expected arrival date 12/02/09 #49-330951 $22.95

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A GUITARMAKER'S CANVAS - THE INLAY ART OF GRIT LASKIN by Grit Laskin Grit Laskin has been building guitars for more than 30 years and his striking inlay work places his instruments in a class all their own. He is credited with taking the ages-old tradition of ..more... #49-331098 $49.95

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AMERICAN BASSES - AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY & PLAYERS GUIDE by Jim Roberts Comprehensive look at American-made electric and acoustic bass guitars. Offers a wealth of carefully researched information about all of the important builders, from one-man shops to the ..more... #49-331070 $29.95

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BEATLES GEAR - REVISED EDITION by Andy Babiuk Now in softcover and updated with new material and photos, this acclaimed book is the first to examine all the gear The Beatles used to become history's greatest rock 'n' roll band. Year by ..more... #49-330993 $29.95

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BEAUTY OF THE 'BURST - GIBSON SUNBURST LES PAULS FROM '58 TO '60 by Yasuhiko Iwanade Finally, the long-awaited English edition of the historic Japanese book. It pays tribute to Gibson's magnificent Sunburst Les Pauls made between 1958 and 1960, the most highly prized solid body ..more... #49-330265 $34.95

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CLASSIC ELECTRICS - A VISUAL HISTORY OF GREAT GUITARS by Walter Carter A comprehensive pictorial history of the genuine classics to have emerged during the first 70 years of the electric guitar. From hollowbodies beloved by jazz and blues players through the ..more... #49-332392 $14.95

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COWBOY GUITARS by Steve Evans and Ron Middlebrook, foreword by Roy Rogers Jr. Some cowboy guitars were well-made and intended for the adult market, but most were manufactured as toys for young children. Finding high-quality cowboy guitars at all - much less in good ..more... #49-1281 $35.00

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COWBOY GUITARS by Steve Evans and Ron Middlebrook, foreword by Roy Rogers Jr. Some cowboy guitars were well-made and intended for the adult market, but most were manufactured as toys for young children. Finding high-quality cowboy guitars at all - much less in good ..more... #49-1303 $55.00

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D'ANGELICO, MASTER GUITAR BUILDER - WHAT'S IN A NAME? by Frank W/M Green No name resonates across the spruce and maple boundaries of the classic American guitar like that of John D'Angelico. Here in personal histories, anecdotes, and first-hand accounts, those who ..more... #49-1202 $29.95

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ECHO AND TWANG - CLASSIC GUITAR MUSIC OF THE '50s edited by Tony Bacon Chronicles year by year the guitars, players, musical and cultural developments of the 1950's that influenced jazz, country, and blues, and ultimately gave birth to rock and roll. Details ..more... - on order, expected arrival date unknown #49-330772 $19.95

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FENDER: THE SOUND HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD - CENTENNIAL EDITION by Richard Smith Book/DVD pack. TENTATIVELY expected November 2009. Takes us back to Fender's beginnings with the most comprehensive collection of Fender historical photos, product shots, patent drawings, and ..more... - on order, expected arrival date 01/30/10 #49-332779 $35.00

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FUZZ & FEEDBACK - CLASSIC GUITAR MUSIC OF THE '60S edited by Tony Bacon At the heart of the 60s was the electric guitar. Bent, distorted, reverbed and overloaded, its sound drove some of the most revolutionary music ever made. This colorful book, decked out with ..more... - on order, expected arrival date unknown #49-330573 $19.95

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GIBSON ELECTRIC STEEL GUITARS 1935-1967 by A. R. Duchossoir Recounts the story of all the electric steel guitars - or electric "Hawaiian" guitars, as they were called during most of their tenure - that were built by Gibson between 1935 and 1967. ..more... #49-332738 $40.00

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GIBSON ELECTRICS: THE CLASSIC YEARS by A.R. Duchossoir "An illustrated history of the electric guitars produced by Gibson up to the mid-1960s." 1998 edition, covering all the models that made history and helped make Gibson's reputation, plus ..more... - on order, expected arrival date 12/02/09 #49-330392 $24.95

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GIBSON GUITARS - TED MCCARTY'S GOLDEN ERA: 1948-1966 by Gil Hembree, foreword by Seymour Duncan As CEO of Gibson Guitars from 1948 to 1966, Ted McCarty presided over the production of nearly 1 million instruments and amplifiers, including some of the most valuable fretted instruments in ..more... #49-331465 $29.95

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GIBSON MASTERTONE - FLATHEAD 5-STRING BANJOS OF THE 1930's AND 1940's by Jim Mills Gibson produced thousands of banjos prior to WWII but only a handful were made in the most desirable configuration: the Original Flathead Five-String Mastertone. Since Earl Scruggs helped make ..more... #49-1241 $45.00

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GUITARS FROM GEORGE AND LEO - HOW LEO FENDER AND I BUILT G&L GUITARS by George Fullerton The "G" in "G&L" guitars, George Fullerton tells the story of his celebrated collaboration with Leo that for over 50 years produced some of the world's most popular and treasured guitars and ..more... #49-331149 $19.95

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HISTORY AND ARTISTRY OF NATIONAL RESONATOR INSTRUMENTS by Bob Brozman Exhaustively researched by the modern master of the resonator guitar, with help from Dr. John Dopyera, Jr., Richard R. Smith, and Gary Atkinson. Everything you'd ever want to know about ..more... #49-1154 $35.00

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