Music making aside, readers of this large book could be convinced that the guitar primarily exists as an artform. It is a lavishly illustrated book for the guitar connoisseur and will be treasured as such. Over 300 one-offs made by some of what the author terms the ‘explosion of craftspeople who build guitars by hand’ over the past 25 years in the USA are presented. This is not a how-to-make-a-guitar book. There are mostly one page ‘profiles’ of an instrument, its specs and its maker. The specs list the woods and materials used, the dimensions and suggested US retail price. The shapes, use of timber, inlays, scrollings and detail work on these acoustic and electric instruments is astounding.
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