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1. Was purchaes for my son as a Christmas gift, it is something he spotted in the bookstore and I chose to save some money and purchase through Amazon.com

5 comments about The Gibson Les Paul Book: A Complete History of Les Paul Guitars.

1. Bacon gets points for overall organization but looses a great deal for leaving out key details and making too many mistakes. For instance, the early years were covered well, but the end of and the post Norlin period was full of glaring ommissions and mistakes. As an avid Les Paul collector and frequent contributor to vintage guitar magazine I was sorely disappointed. There was no mention of the 1988 Showcase series where Gibson installed EMG pickups in its guitars. No mention of the experiment with Steinberger and the bizarre mutant Les Pauls that surfaced in 86-87 timeframe. The Norlin 81 Silverburst was not covered nor was there any mention of the Kahler tremelo collaboration, the Ferrari Red and other color experiments. The reference tables are packed with errors and more omissions. This book wont help a collector identify or understand Les Pauls. If you are going to write a book about the Gibson Les Paul then make sure it is accurate if not complete. This book has great photos and a very good summary of key early year facts....but enough already about the 59-61 bursts already. There is no much more to the Les Paul history.



2. This book is quite good, but I really think that the idea has a lot more to offer. The book is great for a quick reading of Gibson's history and the evolution of the Les Paul model in particular, but I think it could have been more clearly-structured. Not everything is negative though, there are great pictures, and I like the emphasis on descriptive details about the guitars. I wish this book had 30 or 40 more pages worth of text and pictures, that would have been great!



3. The book is rather small and thin -- despite that it contains quite a lot of information but unfortunately much of it is in a dry tabular form. That said, what text there is inside is quite enjoyable. The story of the magical 1959 Les Paul is insightful. They varied tremedously as they were hand made by old ladies for the most part -- so the whole concept of a 1959 specification and 1959 is really somewhat flawed. I also like the pictures: 2 of Jimmy Page's Les Pauls and Gary Moore's "Peter Green Les Paul" (yes that Les Paul, the one with the reversed magnetic in the neck pick-up). Some of these guitars have passed into guitar folklore -- they have become well known characters over the last 43 years or so of their existance. Pity they didn't have an image of Eric Clapton's Les Paul -- the one used on the seminal Beano album -- as it was stolen back in the 60's. [There was a rumor recently -- in Guitar Techniques magazine -- that another London professional, Bernie Marsden, is currently playing that guitar but who knows.]. The book should be brought up to date and some holes filled in - hence only 4-stars (actually more like 3.5) but if you like Les Pauls, I mean really like Les Pauls - then you will probably want to take a look at this.



4. The book is rather small and thin -- despite that it contains quite a lot of information but unfortunately much of it is in a dry tabular form. That said, what text there is inside is quite enjoyable. The story of the magical 1959 Les Paul is insightful. They varied tremedously as they were hand made by old ladies for the most part -- so the whole concept of a 1959 specification and 1959 is really somewhat flawed. I also like the pictures: 2 of Jimmy Page's Les Pauls and Gary Moore's "Peter Green Les Paul" (yes that Les Paul, the one with the reversed magnetic in the neck pick-up). Some of these guitars have passed into guitar folklore -- they have become well known characters over the last 43 years or so of their existance. Pity they didn't have an image of Eric Clapton's Les Paul -- the one used on the seminal Beano album -- as it was stolen back in the 60's. [There was a rumor recently -- in Guitar Techniques magazine -- that another London professional, Bernie Marsden, is currently playing that guitar but who knows.]. The book should be brought up to date and some holes filled in - hence only 3-stars (actually more like 3.5) but if you like Les Pauls, I mean really like Les Pauls - then you will probably want to take a look at this.



5. Depending upon your degree of knowledge about vintage guitars and Les Pauls in particular you may find this book a helpful and informative resource or a complete waste of time.

   Tony Bacon has written a lot of books on vintage guitars and guitar collecting. I like his stuff, but he very often gets things just plain wrong. I am certain it has more to do with mistakes in the editing process than anything, but there are some nit-picky errors in this book.

   The best treatment of Les Pauls and vintage Gibson electrics that I have seen is A.R. Duchossior's excellent and exhaustively researched book "Gibson Electrics - The Classic Years" (published by Hal Leonard).

   This little book is a good introduction to the history of this important model and it has some nice photographs of various iterations of the Les Paul model from 1952 to the date of publication in the late 1990s, but if you're looking for a completely comprehensive guide/history to the Les Paul guitar that is 100% accurate this is not it. Still, if you're a guitar nut (like me) it's a nice little book to have.

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2 comments about Gibson Electrics.

1. I am bothered by the claim on the cover stating "... a COMPLETE and illustrated history of ALL the electric guitars ever manufactured by Gibson Inc."

   Although the first edition is copywrited in 1981, it fails to mention anything about the SG production models (excluding unrelated Les Paul versions)produced from the early '60's or lesser known models like the solid body 335-S (not to be confused with the ES-335)produced in the Norlin years (very early '80's).

   There is a great deal of information on the the early acoustic/electrics, the Les Pauls and the ES series instruments which makes it valuable, but it can hardly be called complete.




2. I have no idea why this edition of Duchossoir's work is still in print. His update to this book is "Gibson Electrics - The Classic Years." "Classic Years" is a much better book with much more information. It's better organized and it has much more in the way of B&W and color photos. It's an excellent resource.

   This 1981 volume is a good piece of work, but it's incomplete. Duchossoir originally conceived of a two volume work covering the history of every Gibson electric model from the first lap steel guitars that Gibson produced in the early 1930s through the "Norlin" era (Gibson was still owned by Norlin when this book came out). He ran out of steam after finishing this volume and Volume II never came out. The updated book is MUCH better and you should spend your dollars on that book rather than this one.

   If you are a die hard guitar enthusiast/collector you will find this book helpful and it does cover some areas and have some good photos of hard to find instruments that are not included in the updated "Classic Years" book so it's not a bad idea to grab both books if you're a died in the wool Gibson nut (like I am). If you're a casual reader/collector get the newer edition.

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4 comments about How to Make Money Teaching Guitar (Learn How to Teach Guitar, Acoustic/Electric Guitar/Bass) by Desi Serna.

1. How to Make Money Teaching Guitar is a very helpful and informative book, and very easy to read. It is very useful not only for guitar teaching, but other music teaching as well. I would highly recommend it!



2. EXCELLENT!! FUN!! Many invaluable tips all in one book. Informative, focused yet entertaining writing style that gets right to the point. I've been teaching on & off for 40 years but I find this work "brings it all together again" for me...Well Done Desi!!
   
   RocknDave



3. This book is EXCELLENT! How to Make Money Teaching Guitar is a very helpful, informative and it is very easy to read. It give us everthing we need to teach guitar. This book have also gave me a very good idea where I have to work on my playing and help me to plan my own learning. I would highly recommend this book for every guitarist (teachers or not).



4. As a beginning teacher I bought this book for help and advice. I found the information easy to follow and very practical. After following the suggestions in this book I now have a good number of students who are making excellent progress and enjoying the lessons a great deal. Out of all the students who have started only one has stopped, which says it all. Desi's guidance is always right on the money and shows a great deal of experience. Thanks for the kick start my teaching needed.
   Simon