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Guitar Repair and Maintainance

Guitar Player Repair Guide: How to Set Up, Maintain and Repair Electrics and Acoustics
Dan Erlewine
This is such a fantastic book, its the only repair book I will recommend. This covers everything from cleaning to headstock repairs and much more. 100% invaluable. Do you know the correct way to put strings on? If you are dissatisfied with any aspect of your instrument, this book will probably have the answer. BUY IT!!!!
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History

Gibson Guitars: 100 Years of an American Icon
Walter Carter
The complete history of Gibson. 314 pages of information about every aspect of the company, its guitars and the musicians that made the best of these instruments.
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Guitar Identification

Gibson Electrics: The Classic Years
A.R. Duchossoir
256 pages (July 1, 1998)
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Gruhns Guide to Vintage Guitars: An Identification Guide for American Fretted Instruments
George Gruhn, Walter Carter
Provides information by which to key out the identity, date, and origin of nearly 3,000 vintage American fretted instruments. 450 pages
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The Blue Book of Electric Guitars
Zachary R. Fjestad, S. P. Fjestad
A great resource for guitar identification. 900 pages
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Guitar Statistics and Valuation

Official Vintage Guitar Price Guide: Psteels * Steels * Ukuleles * Mandolins (Official Vintage Guitar Magazine Price Guide)
Alan Greenwood
Need to know what your instrument is worth? 386 pages
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Gibson Shipment Totals, 1937-1979: Guitars, Basses, Artist Models, Custom Models, Mandolins, Steel Guitars, Banjos, Ukuleles, Effects, Amplifiers
Larry Meiners
Complete shipping figures for the period 1937-1979. If you want to know how rare your instrument is, here is the place to check. 63 pages
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