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Book

Gibson guitars : Ted McCarty's golden era:1948-1966

Call Numbers

  • H 787.6 H487 (CEN)
  • 787.6 H487 (OSH)

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Publication Information

[s.l.] : GH Books, 2007.

Physical Description

352 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.

Contents

  • Section 1: The Ted McCarty biography
  • Section 2: McCarty golden era instruments
  • Section 3: The world's greatest guitar factory
  • Section 4: The people of Gibson: Helen Charkowski, Clara Van Norloos, Harriet Johnston, James Hanchett, Neal Walton, Joyce Shelven, Mary Lou Hoogenboom, Wilbur Fuller, Maxine Vette, Vi Bradford, Marv Lamb, Ron Allers, Huber Hill, J.P. Moats, Jim Deurloo, Merrill 'Mac' McConackie, Hubie Friar, Bob Knowlton, Jacqueline Fergusson Friar, Garrett Bos, Kathryn Harris, John Huis, Cornelius (Case) Triezenberg, Ernest Kuhn, Sylvia Howard, Leonard Shedore,Harlan Clair, Ed Rosenberger, Walter Fuller, John Klien, Basil Raynes, Julius Bellson, George Comee, Larry Allers, Wilbur Marker, Gerald Bergeon, Gerald M. Woodworth, Seth Lover, James Collins, Rollo Werner, Irene Marble, Bernice Penhollow, Hartford Snider, Jacob Doorenbos, R.L. Kingsley, Clarence Coleman, Carteton Pease, George Mercia, Bertha Bushell, Mary Belle Smith, Elizabeth Ferens, Robert Powers, Paul Vallier, Rem Wall, Ward Arbanas
  • Section 5: The Mccarty legacy and second golden era: Interviews with: Tom Wheeler, Jerry Ash, Gene Kornblum, Paul Reed Smith.

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