Electric guitars : the illustrated encyclopedia / Tony Bacon ; with contributions from Dave Burrluck, Paul Day, Michael Wright.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317) and index.

History of the guitar -- Electric guitary directory -- Acoustic -- Airline -- Alamo -- Alembic -- Alvarez -- Ampeg -- Aria -- Baldwin -- Bartolini -- B.C. Rich -- Bigsby -- Bond -- Brian Moore -- Burns -- Carvin -- Casio -- Chandler -- Charvel -- Coral -- Cort -- Custom Kraft -- Danelectro -- D'Angelico -- D'Aquisto -- Dean -- De Armond -- Domino -- Dwight -- Eggle -- Egmond -- Eko -- Electar -- Electra -- Electro -- Epiphone -- Fender -- Fenton-Weill -- Fernandes -- Framus -- Futurama -- G & I -- Gibson -- Gittler -- Godin -- Godwin -- Gordon-Smith -- Goya -- Gretsch -- Grimshaw -- Guild -- Guyatone -- Hagstrom -- Hallmark -- Hamer -- Harmony -- Harvey Thomas -- Hayman -- Heartfield -- Heritage -- Hofner -- Hondo -- Hopf -- Hoyer -- Ibanez -- Jackson -- James Tyler -- John Birch -- Kapa -- Kawai -- Kay -- Kent -- Klein -- Klira -- Kramer -- Krundaal -- Labaye -- Magnatone -- Martin -- Maton -- Melobar -- Messenger -- Micro-frets -- Might Mite -- Modulus guitars -- Mosrite -- Music Man -- National -- Ovation -- Parker -- Peavey -- Premier -- Prs -- Rickenbacker -- Rick Turner -- Robin -- Roger -- Roland -- Samick -- Schecter -- S. D. Curlee -- Shergold -- Silvertone -- Spector -- Squier -- Standel -- Starfield -- Steinberger -- Stratosphere -- Supro -- Teisco -- Teuffel -- Tokai -- Tom Anderson -- Travis Bean -- Vaccaro -- Valley Arts -- Vega -- Veillette-Citron -- Veleno -- Vigier -- Vox -- Wandre -- Washburn -- Watkins -- Welson -- Westone -- Wurlitzer -- Yamaha -- Zemaitis -- Glossary -- Index -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements

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