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Martin guitars: A history

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Even though I own more Taylors than Martins (6 Taylors and 3 Martins), I absolutley love this book. Richard Johnston and Dick Boak take Mike Longworth's classic book and expand it with great, honest insight and outstanding pictures. They are not afraid to show the warts along with the wonderful history that has made Martin such a phenominal company. It's fun to see the statistics on the the differnt models and the limited number of craftsmen they had making these instruments for much of their history. The other fun thing, is you get a good sense of the musical styles and fads that happened across America during the past 175 years, and how that impacted Martin's direction. If you ever get the chance to visit the factory, you won't be sorry. I've stopped by four different times during the past ten years; and the new museum, store and picking room are a huge improvement over my first visit in '99.
Kevin - Green Bay, WI

I haven't finished reading this yet but I've read enough to say if you love guitars and are interested in the background of the Martin Guitar company - the world's oldest guitar company - then you'll love this book. It's crammed with detail after detail. See Kevin's review here on Amazon, he covers things very nicely. Time for me to get back to that book...

Good service, as published in ad! First time customer with this vendor, will use again if situation arises.

SDG : - )

I posted this comment previously, and Amazon apparently deleted it after a few days. So here's the gist of it again. I bought this book at $30, and a few days later Amazon reduced the price to $19.80. I contacted Customer Service and requested a credit for the difference, which Amazon refused to provide. I was told that my only option was to return the book and then reorder it at the lower price. Does this make any sense? Does it improve customer relations? Of course not.

The book is OK. Amazon's customer relations policy is NOT OK.