The history of the American guitar
Subtitle: from 1833 to the present day
By: by Tony Bacon.
Publisher: Friedman/Fairfax Publishers; Distributed by Sterling Pub. Co.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: [New York, N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Guitar -- United States -- History; Guitar -- United States -- Pictorial works
Genres: Pictorial works.
Other titles: American guitar
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 148) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1833 C.E MARTIN ARRIVES IN THE USA 6; title: 1839 MARTIN MOVES TO PENNSYLVANtA 8; title: c1883 LYON & HEALY MAKES FIRST WASHBURN GUITARS 11; title: c1894 ORVILLE GIBSON STARTS MAKING INSTRUMENTS14; title: c1900 THE LARSON BROTHERS SET UP IN CHICAGO 16; title: 1902 MARTIN STYLE 45: GIBSON GUITAR-MANDOLIN CO 24; title: c1910 HARPS, METAL BOARDS AND MUTING BARS 28; title: 1922 GIBSON LAUNCH LLOYD LOAR'S MASTER MODELS 30; title: c1927 EPIPHONE'S "RECORDING GUITARS" RELEASED 33; title: c1927 THE HAWAIIAN INFLUENCE CONTINUES 36; title: 1927 NATIONAL INTRODUCES FIRST RESONATOR GUITARS 38; title: 1928 GIBSON'S FIRST "SIGNATURE" GUITAR 40; title: 1929 DOPYERA BROTHERS BEGIN DOBRO PRODUCTION 42; title: 1929 MARTIN MAKES ITS FIRST "14-FRET" GUITAR 44; title: 1930 REGAL ACQUIRES FORMER WASHBURN FACTORY 46; title: 1930 VEGA GOES ARCHED; STELLA GOES TWELVE 48; title: c1930 STROMBERG BEGIN MAKING ARCHTOP GUITARS 50; title: 1931 MARTIN LAUNCHES DREADNOUGHT GUITARS 52; title: 1932 D'ANGELICO SETS UP NEW YORK SHOP 55; title: c1933 GRETSCH INTRODUCES OWN-BRAND GUITARS 60; title: 1934 GIBSON'S FIRST JUMBO FLAT-TOPS ANNOUNCED 62; title: 1934 GIBSON'S SUPER 400 IS LAUNCHED 64; title: 1935 RICKENBACKER BAKELITE ELECTRIC; EPIPHONE EMPEROR 68; title: 1939 WILKANOWSKI MAKES VIOLIN-SHAPE GUITARS 70; title: 1947 LEO FENDER STARTS FENDER ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT CO72; title: 1949 GIBSON INTRODUCES FIRST THREE-PICKUP GUITAR 74; title: 1951 GIBSON UNVEILS ITS NEW CES ELECTRICS 77; title: 1952 BIGSBY MAKES FIRST ELECTRIC DOUBLE-NECK 82; title: 1952 GIBSON LAUNCHES ITS FIRST SOLIDBODY ELECTRIC 84; title: 1953 MACCAFERRI INTRODUCES PLASTIC GUITARS 88; title: 1956 GRETSCH RELEASES THE WHITE PENGUIN 90; title: 1957 KAY CREATES THE BARNEY KESSEL MODEL 92; title: 1957 GIBSON ACQUIRES EPIPHONE COMPANY 94; title: 1957 D'ANGELICO DESIGNS AND BUILDS THE TEARDROP 96; title: 1958 FENDER LAUNCHES NEW JAZZMASTER MODEL 99; title: 1958 GIBSON ADDS EXPLORER, FLYING V AND ES-335 102; title: 1959 GIBSON MAKES ITS FIRST STEREO GUITAR 104; title: 1962 VALCO INTRODUCES FIBERGLASS GUITARS 106; title: 1965 D'AQUISTO BEGINS MAKING GUITARS 108; title: 1968 MICRO-FRETS RELEASES FIRST WIRELESS GUITAR 114; title: 1979 MARTIN ESTABLISHES CUSTOM SHOP 116; title: 1995 MANZER BUILDS 42-STRING PIKASSO II 118; title: 1996 BLUE GUITAR COLLECTION SHOWCASES ARCHTOPS 121; title: 1996 PEAVEY ISSUES EDDIE VAN HALEN SIGNATURE MODEL 124; title: 1997 DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACOUSTIC-ELECTRIC HYBRID 128; title: 1998 PRS LAUNCHES ITS FIRST HOLLOWBODY MODELS 130; title: 1999 DANELECTRO RELEASES RETRO U-3 MODEL 134.