Find the current blue book value and worth of your new and used guitars, both acoustic, electric and amplifier. Fender player telecaster maple fingerboard electric guitar. Is there a site for guitars in the same vein as the kelley blue book. Instruments are listed with an estimated price range. Blue book of acoustic guitars sixth edition gibson acoustic and acousticelectric guitars edited by s. From here, you can make additions or subtractions to the value based on damages, imperfections, and aftermarket additions to the instrument.
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Vintage in the guitar world can have a broad definition, but guitars from as far back as the early 1900s can fall into this category. Distributed by the gibson guitar corporation of nashville, tennessee. It offers a free online price guide where you simply type in the model of instrument you have, and reverb will analyze its vast database of. To search reverb for musical instruments, enter the product name, or browse by category. Michael nesmithon the pacific arts labelriocasablanca moonlight.
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The new 4th edition blue book of guitar amplifiers is now over 750 pages, identifies nearly 500 guitar amplifier manufacturers, trademarks, and boutique builders, and features over a thousand images. Its been so successful that its spawned a whole series of more specialist books, such as the paul reed smith pocket guide, and a special edition book on marshalls legendary bluesbreaker amp. To narrow search results, select a subcategory, brand or decade. With more than a combined 2,200 pages and thousands of guitars listed, these books are the industry leaders for guitar values and information. The paperback of the blue book of electric guitars by zachary r. Does anyone have any great resource tips for publications i can purchase on blue book values for mandolins and acoustic guitars. Please look at my over 1,000 lps for sale here on audiogon. It offers a free online price guide where you simply type in the model of instrument you have, and reverb will analyze its vast database of transactions and. This new cdrom contains the entire 720 page blue book of acoustic guitars, 11th edition and the 1, 168page blue. It takes us a fair bit of time to research the guitars people ask us about, so we cant check everyone. By joining forces with orion bluebook we have put together the largest database of used music equipment values. Gibson guitars guitars acquired the hamilton name in 2001, when they purchased the baldwin piano co. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
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