Vintage Electric Guitars: In Praise of Fretted Americana [Paperback]

Willie G. Moseley (Author), Bill Ingalls Jr. (Photographer), Jeff Carlisi (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 30, 2001

An extravaganza for electric guitar lovers! This book features hundreds of American-made guitars and basses from the 40s to the 80s, including many rare brands and models. Read about the ups and downs of major companies like Fender and Gibson, and trace their variations in guitar design over the years. Learn more about Harmony and Kay, the big two of budget guitars. In fact, this book features many guitars that are often much harder to find on the vintage market--the everyman guitars, the student and budget models that got us started. Here youll find fascinating discussions of Valco, Peavey, Guild, Danelectro, and many others, along with chapters devoted to One-Shots and Sordid Seventies Samples and Early Eighties Oddities. Guitar enthusiasts will find not only the guitars they have dreamed of owning, but the ones they first owned. An authoritative and entertaining text, a helpful lexicon, gorgeous photographs, and foreword by .38 Special guitarist Jeff Carlisi make this book a necessity for any musicians library.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Willie G. Mosely has been a feature writer and columnist for Vintage Guitar** magazine since 1989. This collaboration with Bill Ingalls, Jr. is his sixth book.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer (August 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764313614
• ISBN-13: 978-0764313615
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,759,934 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars thanks for the memories, October 13, 2010

By 

lovewood - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vintage Electric Guitars: In Praise of Fretted Americana (Paperback)

Gearheads are grateful for Mr. Moseley's paeans to these stunning musical instruments, true works of art. Feature writer and columnist for Vintage Guitar since 1989, he knows his axes.