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Looking for book recommendations that covers Gibson hollow and semi-hollow body guitars…

Chief Distortion Officer

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I’ve got a few books by Adrian Ingram (ES-335 & ES-175) and by Tony Bacon (ES-335) and some Gibson history books like the one by Walter Carter.

Yet I’d like to see who might have dove deeper in the guitars like the Byrdland and ES-350 years leading up to the 355 in ‘58.

Any suggestions?
 

Tollywood

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I’ve got a few books by Adrian Ingram (ES-335 & ES-175) and by Tony Bacon (ES-335) and some Gibson history books like the one by Walter Carter.

Yet I’d like to see who might have dove deeper in the guitars like the Byrdland and ES-350 years leading up to the 355 in ‘58.

Any suggestions?
You could write one.

Why not? Somebody has to do it. Then we would all be buying your book. Put me down for your first order.
 

Chief Distortion Officer

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You could write one.

Why not? Somebody has to do it. Then we would all be buying your book. Put me down for your first order.

I have three book ideas including one about string benders but I wouldn’t tackle post war Gibson. Surely someone has gone deep on the McCarty era electrics.

Tom Wheeler’s ‘82 book American Guitars touches briefly on all the models I’m interested in but he doesn’t go deep on the Byrdland or ES-350. Although he has tables with model production by year from ‘49 to ‘78.
 
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