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Here are a few of our recommended Vintage Guitar Books and price guides with information on guitar prices, values, history and guitar care. |
There are literally hundreds of books on the subject of collecting guitars , including the official vintage guitar price guide, Grun's guide to guitar values and loads more on guitar prices, guitar values, collecting and maintaining vintage guitars. Here you will find informative books on vintage guitar prices, collecting vintage guitars, dating guitars, making sense of serial numbers and date codes, hollow body, arch top and solid body electric guitars, investing, repairing and playing vintage guitars all at a discount price. Fender, Gibson and Marshall guitars are frequent book topics. If you don't see what you're looking for try the Amazon search bar to search for an official vintage guitar price guide, reference book, shipment totals guide book or "how to repair" book. We hope you enjoy these vintage guitar and bass books and and don't forget to check our amp, pedal and guitar inventory or call to see what we have in stock. We also have recommended effect pedal books and amp books !
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1 - The 2009 Official Vintage guitar magazine price guide. An excellent guide to vintage guitar prices and models. |
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2 - The 2008 Official Vintage Guitar Price Guide. The latest and Greatest ! |
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3 - Dating Guitars - Gruhn's Guide to Vintage Guitars |
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4 - Amps - Info on amp repairs, restoration and modding. |
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5 - Gibson Production Totals, A reference guide for all information on Gibson production numbers. |
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| 6 - Fender Bass - how the Fender bass chanted the world |
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7 - Vintage Guitars - the instruments players and music. |
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8 - Great Flying V reference book by Larry Meiners |
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9 - Lead Guitar - speed mechanics for lead guitar |
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10 - Gibson Electrics - an illustrated history of all guitars produced by Gibson |
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| 11 - The Gibson L-5 - The history of the grandfather of the archtop guitar. |
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12 - The Les Paul Legacy - The life and times of the legendary Les Paul including Les Paul's Gibson era. |
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13 - The Fender Legacy through the eyes of Leo Fender's right hand man Forrest White. |
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14 - Bass Guitars - A complete illustrated history of bass guitars - a bass lover must have ! |
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| 15 - Stratocaster Chronicles - A complete authorized history of the Fender Stratocaster. Comes with CD. |
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16 - Beauty of the Burst - Great photos for Gibson Lovers. |
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17 - Classic Guitars - Great book for guitar history and guitar collecting. |
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18 - 50 years of Gibson - History of Gibson and Gibson Guitars decade by decade and the world's most influential guitars. |
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19 - Last year's edition of Acoustic Guitars - Blue book of acoustic guitars. Loads of info on collecting Acoustic guitars. |
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20 - 50 years of Gretsch - A book on Gretsch history, photos and collecting Gretsch. |
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21 - The Fender Book - Fender history and reference book. |
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22 - Gibson Electric Guitars - Aa good Gibson Electric guitar book. Who needs Gibson acoustics ! |
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23 - Current Acoustic Guitars - Blue book of acoustic guitars. Loads of info on collecting Acoustic guitars. |
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The Official Vintage Guitar Price Guide 2008, Gruhn's Guide to Vintage Guitars, Vintage Guitar Books and Reference Books - Reviews of Guitar Books sold at a discount.
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1.The Official Vintage Guitar Price Guide -2009 This is a great way to check on vintage guitar models and prices. This year most vintage guitar prices are down significantly. The Vintage Guitar Magazine price guide continues to be the most accurate, authoritative source for vintage and used guitar prices. , and detailed publications. It values on thousands of vintage and recent-model guitars, amps, basses, effects pedals, mandolins, lap steels, and ukuleles. The VG Price Guide provides prices on used and vintage guitars. The OFFICIAL VINTAGE GUITAR PRICE GUIDE is a must have reference vintage guitar book.
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2. This is the updated 2008 version of the official vintage guitar price guide hot off the press. A great reference if you want to see how prices are changing over time. We recommend buying a copy of the VG price guide to check on vintage guitar prices and price trends.
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3. Gruhn's Guide to Vintage Guitars - Authors George Gruhn and Walter Carter have written an excellent book which can help you date your vintage guitar using serial numbers, construction methods and options.
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4. Hip Reference to Vintage Guitar Amps - If you have questions about your guitar amplifier -how to fix it, how to restore it, or how to hot-rod it -"A Desktop Reference to Hip Vintage Guitar Amps" has the answer.
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5. Gibson Shipment Totals - This great reference guide is a must for the collector or dealer of vintage Gibson guitars, basses, mandolins, ukes, steels, banjos and amps. Gibson Shipment Totals, 1937-1979 is a new guitar reference book for the guitar collector, dealer, player and enthusiast. This 64-page book covers all Gibson instruments and all the popular models such as the Les Paul, SG, Flying V, Firebird, L-5, Super-400, J-45, J-200, LG-1, F-5 and others. Over 1.6 million Gibson instrument shipments are listed by model name and year. Don't forget to check out the OFFICIAL VINTAGE GUITAR MAGAZINE PRICE GUIDE as well.
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6. How the Fender Bass changed the world. This book by the founding editor of Bass Player magazine celebrates the 50-year history of Fenders revolutionary Precision Bass including the full scope of its profound impact on music and society.
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7. Vintage Guitars, the Instruments, the Music, the Players. Good behind the scenes book that describes the culture behind the guitar. not a bad read.
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8. The Flying V Book - Flying Vintage Publishing is proud to announce the new Flying "V" book, by Larry Meiners. This 72-page book includes an 8-page color section. Photos of Flying V guitars as well as photographs of Jimi Hendrix, Billy F Gibbons, Lonnie Mack, Albert King, Michael Schenker, Eric Johnson, Rudolf Schenker and others playing Flying V guitars are included. Flying V models from 1958 to the present are discussed.
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9. Speed Mechanics - Take your playing to the stratosphere with the most advanced lead book by this proven heavy metal author. Speed Mechanics is the ultimate technique book for developing the kind of speed and precision in today's explosive playing styles. Learn the fastest ways to achieve speed and control
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10. Gibson Electrics - Here's the first vintage guitar book ever to present a complete and illustrated history of all guitars ever produced by one of the world's most prestigious musical instrument manufacturers. All information is based on Gibson's own documents and literature. A gibson guitar collector favorite.
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11. The Gibson L5 - Introduced in 1922, the Gibson L5 is the main precursor of the modern arch top guitar.
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12. The Les Paul Legacy - Journey through the career of musical giant, milestone guitarist and recording innovator Les Paul, and marvel at the world of cutting-edge guitar design!
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13. Fender - Features behind-the-scenes testimony by Leo Fender's right-hand man, Forest White. He joined the Fender Electric Instrument Company in 1954, and helped develop such iconic models as the Telecaster, Stratocaster, and Precision Bass.
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14. The Bass Book - The fourth in a series (The Fender Book, The Gibson Les Paul Book, The Rickenbacker Book), The Bass Book offers a complete illustrated history of bass guitars from Fender's first in the 1950s through the models of the next 40 years that formed the foundation for modern music. The bass guitar is undoubtedly one of the most significant instruments of this century, yet this book is the first to study its history. A good vintage bass book.
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15. The Stratocaster Chronicles - The world's most famous guitar had a golden anniversary in 2004, and this official, authorized book/CD package offers the best photos, quotes, facts and sounds to properly celebrate this achievement. From Buddy Holly to Jimi Hendrix to today's hottest players, the Fender Stratocaster defines rock'n'roll for generations of fans and players.
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16. The Beauty and the Burst - Finally, the long-awaited English edition of this historic Japanese book is here! The Beauty of the 'Burst pays tribute to Gibson's magnificent Sunburst Les Pauls made between 1958 and 1960, the most highly prized solid body electric guitars ever. |
17. Classic Guitars USA - This is a book for anyone who loves guitars A good vintage guitar reference book. |
18. 50 Years of the Gibson Les Paul - 50 years of the gibson les paul is an exciting book that documents the complete decade-by-decade story of one of the worlds most important and influential electric guitars. |
19. Book of Acoustic Guitars - Specifically covers acoustic and acoustic-electric instruments. |
20. 50 Years of Gretsch Electrics - Introduced in 1954 as one of Gretsch's "Guitars of the Future," the White Falcon was an overwhelmingly impressive instrument. This book compiles the best of Gretsch's inventions over the past 50 years and tells the stories of their creation. |
21. The Fender Book - Since the inception of the first "electrical" guitars in the 1920s, no other manufacturer has produced a greater variety of professional quality models than Fender. Great info on guitar history. |
22. Gibson Electrics the Classic Years - Since the inception of the first "electrical" guitars in the 1920s, no other manufacturer has produced a greater variety of professional quality models than Gibson. This edition features over 500 illustrations and previously unpublished material not see in other vintage guitar books. |
23. Gibson Guitars 100 Years of an American Icon - This splendid book chronicles 100 years of the companies that building Gibson guitars, banjos, and mandolins. Gibson Guitars 100 years of an American Idol is a fantastic book ! |
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The home of the OFFICIAL VINTAGE GUITAR PRICE GUIDE , vintage guitar magazine's guide for
used guitar prices
2008, 2007 and Gruhn's Guide to Vintage Guitars
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Find books on guitars including fender stratocaster, telecaster, jaguar, jazz bass, precision bass, mustang. Also values and prices of gibson sg, flying v, les paul goldtop, es-335, es-345 and professional gibson artist and sg or les paul junior. We also offer rickenbacker 330, 365, 360 and martin plus gretsch 6120, 6119, books and reference books on other historical guitars. |
