Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars [Deluxe Edition] [Paperback]

Zachary Fjestad (Author), S.P. Fjestad (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars | Publication Date: September 30, 2006

The guitar industry’s most comprehensive publication on acoustic guitar information and pricing has been dramatically improved! The new 10th Anniversary Edition Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars™ is now nearly 700 pages, and features hundreds of new images. Written by Zachary Fjestad and edited by S.P. Fjestad, the fully revised 10th Anniversary Edition Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars keeps the reader up-to-date on new and vintage pricing, technical information on acoustic and acoustic electric instruments, and serialization on most major trademarks. This Anniversary Edition lists the current and discontinued acoustic companies and luthiers, including the new crop of archtop builders, contains a thoroughly revised Trademark Index with contact information, and features hundreds of B&W photos depicting popular makes and models. Reliable guitar information has never been easier! The new 10th Anniversary Edition also showcases a fully revised, full color Photo Grading System™ (a Blue Book Publications, Inc. exclusive!). The Photo Grading System™ is the consumer’s best tool to correctly ascertain the various grades of both new and vintage acoustic instruments. These high resolution color photos enable even a novice to lock into each guitar’s unique condition factor easily and accurately, showing a variety of real world condition factors over a wide range of instrument models and configurations. Why guess when you can be sure? Most of the information contained in the new 10th Anniversary Edition Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars is simply not available in any other single publication for any price! No other reference and value guide for acoustic guitars even comes close.

Editorial Reviews

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One of the three "bibles" for acoustic guitar information and pricing is the Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars. -- Stan Jay, President, Mandolin Brothers, Ltd.

About the Author

Zachary Fjestad is the author of the Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars, the Blue Book of Electric Guitars, and the Blue Book of Guitar Amplifiers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 672 pages
• Publisher: Blue Book Pubns; 10 Anv edition (September 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 188676865X
• ISBN-13: 978-1886768659
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,772,696 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive book, May 17, 2002

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B. DARE "bdare" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars (Paperback)

The book is fairly comprehensive and has an adequate description of the guitars and features. Some guitars are not listed, and some of the models are hard to look up when a company makes a wide variety of models. The book seems to get superseded pretty quickly but is much cheaper than some of the other guides out there. Hopefuly the book is accurate, since it lists an imported Ovation guitar as having a solid top when most of those models are known to have plywood tops. If you buy the book on CD, the user interface is awkward.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this book, December 27, 2005

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W. Kelly - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars, 9th Edition (Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars) (Paperback)

I use this book along with the Blue Book of Electric Guitars from the same publisher as a reference and starting point to price vintage guitars to purchase for my collection. I have found this book to be an excellent source for model information as well as a price point reference. I am not sure I would wish to venture into this collecting field without a reference such as this. I highly recommend both books to anyone interested in buying or selling a vintage guitar.

18 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST FOR COLLECTORS OR TRADERS`, May 14, 1999

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This review is from: Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars (Paperback)

I DO ALOT OF BUYING/SELLING/TRADING, AND THIS BOOK HAS KEPT ME FROM MAKING MISTAKES AND HAS HELPED ME SCORE SOME PRETTY GOOD DEALS. I RECOMMEND IT HIGHLY.