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'Sure there's plenty of lovely pictures of Les Pauls, SGs and gorgeous archtops to drool over, but when you finally manage to concentrate on the text you'll realise that one-time official Gibson historian Carter has given us an accessible, info-packed account of how the Big G has thrived for over 100 years without skimping on any details.'Guitar & Bass, November/December 2007 --Guitar & Bass , November/December 2007
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"Gibson Electrics" is a comprehensive, richly illustrated guide to Gibson electrics past and present. Starting with the ES-150 - generally acknowledged as the first commercially successful electric guitar - through to 335s, Les Pauls, SGs, Firebirds, and more, it is packed with facts, stories, and images that tell the story of Gibson's great guitars and their most famous and influential players.
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This book has a lot of information packed into relatively few pages (160). The pictures are also clear and plentiful. However, there is too much concentration on the various incarnations of the single cutaway Les Paul model for my liking. In fact, there are very few pages of pictures that do not feature at least one of a variation of that model. In contrast to that, for example, there is not a single picture in the book of a twin soapbar, double cut Les Paul special, although there are a couple of the P90 equipped Junior. While I appreciate that this book is called "The Gibson Electric Guitar Book" it would have been nice to also have a couple of pages and paragraphs about the basses Gibson made. There are not so many books about Gibson guitars in general so this book is worth having, particularly for the text. If you're a Les Paul guitar lover you'll probably enjoy the pictures as well, although there's nothing here that you won't find in books specifically about Les Paul's. For me it's an addition to the collection but not one I'll be pulling out very often.
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This is an excellent book! I bought it mainly fot he pictures as I thought that I already had a reasonably good knowledge of the history of the electric guitar but I have learned so much more!
Of particular interest to me was learning about some of the marketing strategy used during the synthesiser boom of the '80s. Rather than devalue the brand by lowering the price, they marked many first grade instruments as 'factory seconds' so they could sell them at discount! This is particularly pertinent to me as I own a 1981 ES347 with 'second' stamped on the back of the headstock. I have never been able to work out what was supposed to be wrong with this guitar and now wonder whether this was one of these intruments? I will never know for certain but it is interesting to speculate.
All in all this book is a thoroughly good read despite needing an update to cover the last 10 - 15 years.
Highly recommended.
Of particular interest to me was learning about some of the marketing strategy used during the synthesiser boom of the '80s. Rather than devalue the brand by lowering the price, they marked many first grade instruments as 'factory seconds' so they could sell them at discount! This is particularly pertinent to me as I own a 1981 ES347 with 'second' stamped on the back of the headstock. I have never been able to work out what was supposed to be wrong with this guitar and now wonder whether this was one of these intruments? I will never know for certain but it is interesting to speculate.
All in all this book is a thoroughly good read despite needing an update to cover the last 10 - 15 years.
Highly recommended.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Interesting book but something's missing...
28 Feb 2008
Format:Paperback
The text is insightful and the pictures are beautiful.
However, most real fanatics will want more than the usual stuff that is regularly covered in guitar magazines. Many models are missing and some of them are covered too briefly.
This book is a broad overview of the history of Gibson's electric guitars. In my opinion, there isn't enough in here to satisfy the real fans. It is nonetheless a beautiful book.
However, most real fanatics will want more than the usual stuff that is regularly covered in guitar magazines. Many models are missing and some of them are covered too briefly.
This book is a broad overview of the history of Gibson's electric guitars. In my opinion, there isn't enough in here to satisfy the real fans. It is nonetheless a beautiful book.
The Gibson Guitar Book
19 Mar 2012
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This is a good book, but it is not all-inclusive as it hoped it would be. For example, my ESS-339 is not even shown in the book! Other than that, it is a good read.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Wonderful Book about a distinctly American musical instrument company
11 Feb 2008
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This book is a must read for any electric guitar fanatic, required reading for any Gibson fans. Not only does it take you through the ups and downs, trials and tribulations, innovations and failures of this storied stringed instrument company, it puts all that within the historical perspective of what was going on at Gibson's major competitors at the time, Fender chief among them. Clearly Carter, once historian for Gibson, knows wherefore he speaks. And the photos of Gibson electric guitars as they morph through their history is worth the price of the book. Loved it.
Tony Tedeschi
founding editor
naturaltraveler.com
myspace.com/stuckinthesixties
Tony Tedeschi
founding editor
naturaltraveler.com
myspace.com/stuckinthesixties
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