NEW from Blue Book Publications: The 2nd Edition Paul Reed Smith Pocket Guide Bootleg copy! Find values and information on all new and vintage Paul Re...

GUITAR IDENTIFICATION is a reference workbook to be used for dating guitars made in the USA by FENDER, GIBSON, GRETSCH, and MARTIN. It is primarily ba...

This exquisitely illustrated guide brings you up close and personal with 260 of the most famous brands of classic guitars every created.

Even though Leo Fender never learned how to play a guitar, he was the first to make the electric solidbody guitar a commercial success. Despite his lo...

An extravaganza for electric guitar lovers! This book features hundreds of American-made guitars and basses from the '40s to the '80s, including many ...

This far-reaching and absorbing book is designed to help identify and value woodwind instruments made in Europe and the United States during the eight...

The guitar industry's most comprehensive publication on acoustic guitar information and pricing has been completely updated with the 15th Edition Blue...

Collecting antique brass musical instruments involves a fascinating and wide range of subjects, including music history, art history, political histor...

Hundreds of photographs and drawings illustrate how player mechanisms work and how to repair, restore, and maintain them. For beginners and experience...

The Guitar Amp Handbook: Understanding Tube Amplifiers and Getting Great Sounds, Updated Edition brings fresh information to the table to help guitari...

Is the sunburst Gibson Les Paul Standard really the greatest electric guitar ever made? This books aims to answer that question, even if so many playe...

Instructional book and examples CD for guitar With standard notation, guitar tablature, chord names, guitar tab glossary, instructional text and instr...

Gruhn's Guide to Vintage Guitars is the most extensive and detailed list of specifications ever published for identifying, dating, and establishing th...

With over 450 color photographs, this book presents a brilliant review of electric guitars from their early years in the mid-20th century to the prese...

This reference studies the iconic American guitar, the Gretsch model 6120, that Chet Atkins has endorsed and George Harrison, Pete Townshend, Brian Se...

Hamer Guitars is often regarded as the first boutique guitar builder. From its humble beginnings in founder Paul Hamer's Northern Prairie Music Shop t...

Illustrated with over 120 exquisite images, this is an authoritative, extremely detailed review of both Gretsch guitar production and the individual guitar models that the company introduced during the decade.

Reports on Washburn guitars, mandolins, banjos and ukuleles made before 1940 with detailed information on 450+ instrument styles, serial numbering schemes.

Ubiquitous in the music world, Fender guitars and amplifiers are also icons in popular culture, their shapes and sounds instantly recognizable. Authoritatively written and lavishly illustrated, Fender 75 Years is the officially licensed anniversary celebration of the company and its legendary instruments.

Captured in this volume in over 700 striking color photos are many historically significant musical instruments created by some of the most important ...

The era of the self-playing or automatic piano embraced the first three decades of the 20th century. Piano-playing cabinets were followed by the pneum...

The worldwide interest in automatic organs is larger now than ever before. From delicate and musically sublime little organs contained in musical cloc...