가로 25 cm x 새로 32 cm로 큼직한 사이즈의 풀컬러 화보집 스타일입니다.
2001년에 초판이 발행된 이후 이제 개정증보판이 나온 History of the American Guitar는 1830년대 독일에서 미국으로 건너온 Christian Martin이 뉴욕에 Martin 컴퍼니를 세우는 이야기부터 시작합니다.
그 역사적인 순간에서부터 화려한 사진들과 함께 미국의 기타 역사를 매력적이고도 종합적으로 소개하고 있습니다.
75개가 넘는 브랜드가 소개되어 있으며 300개가 넘는 모델들의 사진이 고해상도로 실려있습니다.
Bigsby, Danelectro, D'Angelico, D'Aquisto, Ditson, Dobro, Dyer, Epiphone, Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, James Trussart, Kay, Maccaferri, Martin, Micro-Frets, Mosrite, Oahu, Ovation, Regal, Rickenbacker, Stella, Stromberg, Suhr, Taylor, Vega, Washburn, Wilkanowski 등을 포함한 수많은 브랜드들이 등장합니다.
기타, 만돌린, 반조 등의 연관된 스토리들을 통해 컨트리에서 블루스로, 또 재즈에서 락으로 다양한 발전과 번영을 이룩한 미국 음악의 역사도 엿볼 수 있습니다.


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INTRODUCTION
1833 C.F. MARTIN ARRIVES IN THE USA
1839 MARTIN MOVES TO PENNSYLVANIA
1883 LYON & HEALY MAKES THE FIRST WASHBURN GUITARS
1894 ORVILLE GIBSON STARTS MAKING INSTRUMENTS
1900 THE LARSON BROTHERS SET UP IN CHICAGO
1902 C.F. MARTIN INTRODUCES STYLE 45; GIBSON GUITAR-MANDOLIN CO. FORMED
1910 HARPS, METAL BOARDS, AND MUTING BARS
1922 GIBSON LAUNCHES LLOYD LOAR'S MASTER MODELS
1927 EPIPHONE S "RECORDING GUITARS" ARE RELEASED
1927 THE HAWAIIAN INFLUENCE CONTINUES
1927 NATIONAL INTRODUCES FIRST RESONATOR GUITARS
1928 GIBSON'S FIRST "SIGNATURE" GUITAR
1929 THE DOPYERA BROTHERS BEGIN DOBRO PRODUCTION
1929 MARTIN MAKES ITS FIRST "14-FRET" GUITAR
1930 REGAL ACQUIRES FORMER WASHBURN FACTORY
1930 VEGA GOESHARCHED, STELLA GOES 12
1930 STROMBERG BEGINS MAKING ARCHTOP GUITARS
1931 MARTIN LAUNCHES THE DREADNOUGHT GUITAR
1932 D'ANGELICO SETS UP NEW YORK SHOP
1933 GRETSCH INTRODUCES OWN-BRAND GUITARS
1934 GIBSON'S FIRST JUMBO FLAT-TOPS ANNOUNCED
1934 GIBSON'S FINEST ARCHTOP, THE SUPER 400, IS LAUNCHED
1935 RICKENBACKER ADDS ELECTRICS; EPIPHONE LAUNCHES THE EMPEROR
1939 WILKANOWSKI MAKES VIOLIN-SHAPE GUITARS
1947 LEO FENDER RENAMES HIS BUSINESS THE FENDER ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT CO.
1949 GIBSON INTRODUCES THE FIRST THREE-PICKUP GUITAR
1951 GIBSON UNVEILS ITS NEW CES ELECTRICS
1952 BIGSBY MAKES FIRST ELECTRIC DOUBLE-NECK
1952 GIBSON LAUNCHES ITS FIRST SOLIDBODY ELECTRIC
1953 MACCAFERRI INTRODUCES PLASTIC GUITARS
1956 GRETSCH RELEASES THE WHITE PENGUIN
1957 KAY CREATES THE NEW BARNEY KESSEL MODEL
1957 GIBSON ACQUIRES THE EPIPHONE COMPANY
1957 DANGELICO DESIGNS AND BUILDS THE "TEARDROP"
1958 FENDER LAUNCHES ITS NEW JAZZMASTER MODEL
1960 GIBSON ADDS THE EXPLORER. THE FLYING V, AND THE ES-335
1959 GIBSON MAKES ITS FIRST STEREO GUITAR. THE ES-345
1962 VALCO INTRODUCES FIBERGLASS GUITARS
1965 D'AQUISTO BEGINS MAKING GUITARS IN HIS OWN RIGHT
1968 MICRO-FRETS RELEASES THE FIRST WIRELESS GUITAR
1979 MARTIN ESTABLISHES A CUSTOM SHOP
1995 MANZER BUILDS THE 42-STRING PIKASSO II
1996 BLUE GUITAR COLLECTION SHOWCASES ARCHTOPS
1996 PEAVEY ISSUES EDDIE VAN HALEN SIGNATURE MODEL
1997 DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACOUSTIC-ELECTRIC HYBRID
1998 PRS LAUNCHES ITS FIRST HOLLOWBODY MODELS
1999 DANELECTRO RELEASES RETRO U-3 MODEL
1999 TAYLOR GUITARS CELEBRATES TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
2000 FENDER HONORS FOUNDER WITH ANNIVERSARY BROADCASTER MODEL
2002 TAYLOR LAUNCHES ITS FIRST NYLON-STRING MODELS
2004 FENDER'S CUSTOM SHOP MAKES DAY-OF-THE-DEAD TELECASTER
2005 PRS CELEBRATES 20th ANNIVERSARY WITH SINGLECUT RETURN
2007 EVH DUPLICATES VAN HALEN'S MOST FAMOUS GUITAR
2009 COLLINGS ADDS 360 MODEL TO ELECTRIC LINE
2010 ESP PULLS OUT THE STOPS WITH AMAKUSA ONE-OFF
2011 GIBSON & FENDER CONTINUE TO PLUNDER THE PAST TO DEFINE THE FUTURE
GLOSSARY
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BIBLIOGRAPHY AND THANKS