Presents the history of the guitar company from its beginnings in 1833, covering various designs, past and present musicians who use their guitars, and how the guitars helped influence popular music

Martin Guitars - An Illustrated Celebration of America's Premier Guitarmaker

Arts & Photography

Jim Washburn

Richard Johnston

Music

Rodale

Presents the history of the guitar company from its beginnings in 1833, covering various designs, past and present musicians who use their guitars, and how the guitars helped influence popular music.

Martin Guitars: An Illustrated Celebration of America's Premier Guitarmaker

Readers' Digest

This lavishly illustrated photo album is an insider's guide to Martin Guitar--the company whose instruments shaped the American sound of music. Told through interviews with major rock, folk, and country stars who revere Martin guitars, the book is a "must have" for guitar lovers and collectors. 450 color photos.

Rodale Pr

"Read The Wheel and I and you'll know why I'm proud to call John Crean a good friend. In these pages You'll meet a man who is a brilliant entrepreneur, a rambunctious adventurer, an amusing television personality and, now, an excellent author."-Milton Berle *** "John Crean has excelled at so many things in the life he writes about here-from mischief to race car driving to creating Fleetwood Enterprises-that I think everyone should read this book."-Buzz Aldrin *** "The Wheel and I by John Crean is a priceless document, the story of one man's redemption that enabled him to climb from the bottom to the top, through his inherent character. A classic American success story!"-Buddy Ebsen *** "If you created John Crean as a fictional character in a book, people would say, "Too unbelievable. Get real." Well, John is real. I can attest to that. He has been my friend for over thirty years now, and still seems like a character in a book. Now that I think of it, he is. This book."-Stan Freberg.

The Wheel and I - John Crean: Driving Fleetwood Enterprises to the Top

John Crean

Self-Published: Newport Beach

(Book). The Martin Archives is a unique inside look into C.F. Martin &amp; Co.'s reign as America's oldest and most revered guitarmaker viewed through a selection of images, correspondence, documents, and reproduced artifacts chosen from some 700,000 items the company has amassed over nearly two centuries. Many of these have lain unseen in the Martins' attic or vault for generations. From the concert halls of the pre-Civil War United States to the Grand Ole Opry stage to Woodstock, Coachella, and beyond, Martin's instruments have been on hand to give voice to the human spirit. The Martin Archives offers insights into those instruments and the persons who made them, as well as the times the Martins lived through. While some guitarmakers predate the advent of the business computer, Martin predates the typewriter, electric lights, and even the steam locomotive, and its archives reveal what an interesting ride that's been. In addition to all that is on its pages, The Martin Archives also contains pockets with reproductions of illuminating bits of its history, including old company records, letters from stars such as Gene Autry and Jimmie Rodgers, the purchase order for the first D-45 guitar, a handwritten history of the company on its 100th birthday by Frank Henry Martin, and other palpable delights.

Jim Washburn - The Martin Archives | Acoustic Guitar History Book with Reproduced Artifacts | Inside C.F. Martin & Co.’s Legacy | Hal Leonard Hardcover for Guitar Enthusiasts and Music Historians

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Hal Leonard

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Martin Guitars - An Illustrated Celebration of America's Premier Guitarmaker

Martin Guitars: An Illustrated Celebration of America's Premier Guitarmaker

Martin Guitars: An Illustrated Celebration of America's Premier Guitarmaker

The Wheel and I - John Crean: Driving Fleetwood Enterprises to the Top

Jim Washburn - The Martin Archives | Acoustic Guitar History Book with Reproduced Artifacts | Inside C.F. Martin & Co.’s Legacy | Hal Leonard Hardcover for Guitar Enthusiasts and Music Historians