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Bakersfield guitars : the illustrated history
- Title
- Bakersfield guitars : the illustrated history / Willie G. Moseley.
- Author
- Moseley, Willie G.
- Publication
- Guilford, Connecticut : Backbeat Books, [2021]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Crenshaw, Marshall
- Description
- xiv, 218 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm
- Summary
- "The definitive story of the unique Bakersfield guitar-building phenomenon of the 1960s. Includes over 430 quality photos of classic instruments and players, as well as modern instruments that emulate the unique models born in Bakersfield"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- "Foreword by Marshall Crenshaw" --cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-218).
- Contents
- Introduction -- MOSRITE. Early days in the L.A. area ; Early Bakersfield guitars and the (Standel-assisted) birth of an icon ; The Advent of the Ventures ; Glory days ; Diversification, including soundholes (none, one or two) ; Beyond stringed instruments ; The Gospel according to Semie ; Storm clouds over P Street ; Rarities, one-offs, and experimental instruments ; Surname instruments and the '70s ; The Gospel goes onward ; Further migration ; Gospels in the Blue Ridge Mountains ; Jonas Ridge rarities ; Finale in the Arkansas River Valley -- HALLMARK. Starting solo with Sterling instruments ; The Standel interlude ; The Encor initiative ; The Swept-Wing takes flight ; The Epcor project ; Rebirth in Maryland ; The Gospel according to Bob -- GRUGGETT. Native Californian ; Mosrite (Part 1) and Hallmark ; The (short-lived) saga of the Stradette ; Custom luthiery, Mosrite (Part 2), back to custom luthiery -- ANCILLARY BRANDS. Acoustic ; Dobro ; GM Custom ; Melobar ; Osborne ; Standel -- the mysterious "third" manufacturer -- Coda.
- Call Number
- JMF 22-378
- ISBN
- 9781493060627
- 1493060627
- LCCN
- 2021018762
- OCLC
- 1228319538
- Author
- Moseley, Willie G., author.
- Title
- Bakersfield guitars : the illustrated history / Willie G. Moseley.
- Publisher
- Guilford, Connecticut : Backbeat Books, [2021]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-218).
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Added Author
- Crenshaw, Marshall, writer of foreword.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Moseley, Willie G. Bakersfield guitars Lanham : Backbeat, 2021 9781493060634 (DLC) 2021018763
- Research Call Number
- JMF 22-378