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15+ guitar/amp books for sale - forum donations!

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goldtopgoldtop Frets: 6101
edited January 2019 in Misc £
Prompted by hootsmon's WTB for a guitar book, I found that I've got dozens to sell. No longer refer to them, so it's better they were entertaining someone else rather than sitting on my shelf. All are in good condition except where noted, and range from £5 - £80. Most can ship by Second Class small parcel at £3.

As mentioned below, these books are now being sold at half their advertised price, with all proceeds to the forum. So if you're feeling vaguely guilty about using a great resource, but want something to show for your donation, buy a book. Everyone wins!


#1 Make Your Own Electric Guitar (by Melvyn Hiscock)
1998, 218pp, 280x220mm, softback, Second Edition
Price: £25



#2 Fender - The Inside Story (by Forrest White)
1994, 258pp, 235x190mm, softback. Written by the guy who made Fender work properly.
Price: £10



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  • goldtopgoldtop Frets: 6101
    #3 Guitar - Music, History, Players (by Richard Chapman)
    2000, 240pp, 280x220mm, hardback. Full colour
    Price: £5


    #4 Guitar Gear (edited by John Brosh)
    1985, 254pp, 275x215mm, softback. Assorted articles from Guitar Player magazine - mostly practical info about guitars, hardware, etc.
    Price: £10




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    #5 The Guitar Player Book
    1983, 403pp, 275x215mm, softback. Huge number of articles from interviews with famous guitar players, reprinted from Guitar Player magazines of the 1970s and 1980s - Beck, Clapton, Christian, Atkins, Segovia, - pretty much every name guitarist. (Note that a previous owner has hand-written the dates of the original articles next to each heading in biro.)
    Price: £20


    #6 Guitar Identification (by AR Duchossoir)
    1999, 56pp, 305x230mm, softback. An explanation of serial numbering schemes for Fender, Gibson, Gretsch and Martin guitars
    Price: £10


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  • goldtopgoldtop Frets: 6101
    edited January 2019
    #7 The Amp Book (by Donald Brosnac)
    1987, 64pp, 280x220mm, softback, Basic run-though of valve amplifiers, overview of how they work, choosing speaker, etc
    Price: £10




    #8 Blue Book of Electric Guitars (by SP Fjestad)
    1999, 840pp, 280x215mm, softback. This is a monster book - 800 pages comprising a used price guide of just about every guitar ever sold in the USA (as of 1999) including huge numbers of minor variants you've never heard about, weird and wonderful '70s boutique brands. Note that the plastic covering on the cover is shrinking from the edges, as shown in the photo.
    Price: £20


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    #9 Star Guitars (by Neville Marten)
    1994, 105pp, 280x210mm, softback, Full colour, forward by Gary Moore.
    Price: £5


    #10 The Official Vintage Guitar Price Guide 2001 (by Alan Greenwood and Gil Hembree)
    2001, 300pp, 275x210mm, softback, A price guide for old gear, including electric, acoustic, bass, amps, FX and banjos!
    Price: £15





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  • goldtopgoldtop Frets: 6101
    edited January 2019
    #11 Fender Custom Shop Guitar Gallery (by Richard R Smith)
    1996, 148pp, 285x225mm, hardback. A full colour proper 'coffee table' book of the most amazing Strats/Teles/etc that the Custom Shop has done. Includes gatefold pages, stunning photography, quality printing.
    Price: £15






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    #12 Guitars of the Stars: Rick Nielsen (by Bill Rich)
    1993, 191pp, 310x195mm, hardback. Full colour 'guitar porn' photography of Nielsen's guitar collection. Not just those ESP explorer-style guitars, but vintage stuff, too, including Bursts (7!), Juniors, Strats, Firebirds, etc. This is super-rare, intended to be the first in a whole series of high-quality photo books of big collections, but I think the project ran out of money.
    Price: £80






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  • goldtopgoldtop Frets: 6101
    edited January 2019
    #13 The Fender Book (by Tony Bacon and Paul Day)
    1992, 96pp, 245x190mm, hardback. The history of Fender's electric guitars, mostly colour with a B/W reference section covering spec changes over the years
    Price: £10


    #14 Gibson Electrics (by AR Duchossoir)
    1981, 191pp, 305x230mm, softback. Thorough history of Gibson electric guitars.
    Price: £10





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    edited January 2019
    #15 American Guitars - An Illustrated History (by Tom Wheeler)
    1992, 370pp, 280x215mm, softback. An exhaustive collection of photos, development history, interviews with factory workers, etc.
    Price: £15




    #16 The Electric Guitar (edited by Paul Trynka)
    1993, 160pp, 285x240mm, hardback. Full colour, covers iconic guitars, from '50s Teles to '90s Parker Fly. In conjunction with the Design Museum,
    Price: £5



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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 14324
    Bloody hell. I have about half of those myself.  :3
    Be seeing you.
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  • goldtopgoldtop Frets: 6101
    A more sales-oriented person than me would pounce and say that obviously that means you want to buy the other half. ;)

    The one that I was going to include, but changed my mind on is Ralph Denyer's Guitar Handbook. It's the first one that I bought, as a kid and it still makes me feel warm and fuzzy when I dip into it.
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  • schrodinger1612schrodinger1612 Frets: 390
    edited October 2018
    I used the Melvyn hiscock book to help me build my first guitar back in the 6th form. Great book...shit guitar.
    Feedback Thread: https://goo.gl/bquaSD
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  • goldtopgoldtop Frets: 6101
    Bump. Presents for Christmas/etc ;)
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  • goldtopgoldtop Frets: 6101
    All books now half the price mentioned above!

    And all proceeds to the forum fund instead of me. (I just need to ask the admins which PP account to use.)
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  • markjmarkj Frets: 911
    edited December 2018
    I’ll take  Fender the inside story. By Forrest white,  If still available.
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  • BigMonkaBigMonka Frets: 1763
    goldtop said:
    All books now half the price mentioned above!

    And all proceeds to the forum fund instead of me. (I just need to ask the admins which PP account to use.)
    Can I buy the Melvyn Hiscock book then please?
    Always be yourself! Unless you can be Batman, in which case always be Batman.
    My boss told me "dress for the job you want, not the job you have"... now I'm sat in a disciplinary meeting dressed as Batman.
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  • goldtopgoldtop Frets: 6101
    Been away, just back and yes, those are available. Will PM/email on the 2nd Jan and we can take it from there (I've still got to ask TPTB@tFB about where you need to send the payment!)
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  • Hi, I will take Gibson Electrics, American Guitars and Fender Custom shop gallery. Pls PM the total incl postage and remind me of the forum paypal address. 
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  • goldtopgoldtop Frets: 6101
    markj said:
    I’ll take  Fender the inside story. By Forrest white,  If still available.
    OK - have been in touch with admin here, and it's all arranged: send £5+£3 = £8 to admin@thefretboard.co.uk and then cut n paste the confirmation into a PM here with your delivery address.

    I will post and send on the 2nd.
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  • goldtopgoldtop Frets: 6101
    BigMonka said:
    goldtop said:
    All books now half the price mentioned above!

    And all proceeds to the forum fund instead of me. (I just need to ask the admins which PP account to use.)
    Can I buy the Melvyn Hiscock book then please?
    Yup.Send £12.50+£3 = £15.50 to admin@thefretboard.co.uk and then cut n paste the confirmation into a PM here with your delivery address.

    I will post and send on the 2nd.
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  • goldtopgoldtop Frets: 6101
    Hi, I will take Gibson Electrics, American Guitars and Fender Custom shop gallery. Pls PM the total incl postage and remind me of the forum paypal address. 
    PM coming.
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