Guitar Reference

1 total work

Inventing the American Guitar

by James Westbrook, Arian Sheets, and Richard Johnston

Published 1 October 2013

Describes in detail the early history of American guitar design. The person who dominates this history is C. F. Martin Sr., America's first major guitar maker and the founder of the Martin Guitar Company. Tracing Martin's evolution as a craftsman and entrepreneur, the book explores the influences and experiments that led to his creation of the American guitar that is recognized and played around the world today.