Custom Guitars: A Complete Guide to Contemporary Handcrafted Guitars

by String Letter Publishing

This beautiful book is a comprehensive guide to the new Golden Age of handcrafted acoustic guitars Illustrated with full-color photos of custom instruments throughout, this rich resource also contains profiles of top luthiers, advice on buying a custom instrument, and an extensive directory with complete contact information for hundreds of makers. Encompassing steel-string flattops, nylon-strings, resonators and Hawaiians, archtops and more, Custom Guitars presents the history and current state of the art of guitar making. Includes an intro by Alex de Grassi.

152 pages, Paperback

First published May 22, 2002