Bluebook of electric guitars 13th edition

Obtaining reliable guitar information has never been easier! By Bobby Owsinski and Rich Tozzoli. By John R. Wiley, foreword by Jim Marshall. Blue Book of Electric Guitars 13th Edition.

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Product Details. Additional Information. You May Also Like. Added to cart. Email me when this product is available. Email Address. Notify Me. You learn, for example, that B. Rich was quite successful using a five-digit scheme, encoded XYZZZ, with the first two digits indicating the year and the last three for consecutive models in production.

In , the serial numbers were two years ahead; by , they off by four years! Figure 3 shows a sample page from the very entertaining who knew? In its latest edition, the Blue Book has taken steps to integrate the printed page with the web. The book puts a guitar icon in the left margin whenever a listed guitar has a corresponding photo.

Listings in the book that have a guitar icon in the margin have a corresponding photo on the web. Another helpful tool is the book's index.

This is perhaps the best way to familiarize yourself with a manufacturer's models and lines, as it hierarchically lists editions as separate entries. If you don't know exactly what model you're looking for, but have it narrowed down to a model or line, the index can help you sort things out. Figure 5 shows the index page that has Gretsch, Guild, and Hamer.

This is one of the book's secret weapons--showing the various models and lines throughout a company's production history--and it's in the index! The index is a helpful tool for showing makes and models in a hierarchical fashion. Another nice touch in the book's interior is that every manufacturer's listings begins with a history or overview of the company, often mentioning relevant aspects for the collector. If you're unclear as to when CBS bought Fender, for example and why collectors always crow about "pre-CBS" model guitars , you can read about it here.

And it's not just the majors like Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, Washburn who get the historical treatment, but smaller companies and luthiers, such as Dan Armstrong, Bob Benedetto, and Ned Steinberger. The Blue Book of Guitars both volumes, electric and acoustic provides a comprehensive resource for investigating used guitars.

More than being comprehensive, though, the Blue Books , with their reader-friendly layout, logical A-to-Z organization, and helpful articles and guides surrounding this well-organized listings, provide a rich narrative of the history of guitar making itself, and makes it easy for a reader to "become lost" in the pages--even if you just set out to check a simple fact or compare an eBay asking price.

And when a reference book can do that--allow you to wander off to your heart's content amidst a catalog of good organization and consistent presentation--it's a testament to its success as an indispensable resource. There are no comments to display. Show all categories. Followers 0. Go to reviews.