American Guitars book

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Wed May 02, 2012 6:48 pm

I found this yesterday at Half Price Books. It's great book that was written about 20 years ago. Worth picking up if you have a Half Price Book store near you.

Tons of photos and info I haven't seen in other books like this:

"#61 The one and only Paisley Stratocaster made in the late 70's"

There are chapters with detailed histories of all the major and minor american guitar companies

Pictures from the Fender section are below

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Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Wed May 02, 2012 6:53 pm

Is there anything in there about either Magnatone (specifically the Typhoon) or Oahu lap steels?

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Wed May 02, 2012 7:14 pm

Mo Rawka wrote:Is there anything in there about either Magnatone (specifically the Typhoon) or Oahu lap steels?

Unfortunately no.

NickD · Post by **NickD** » Thu May 03, 2012 11:59 am

I've got that book - I got it about 20 years ago actually.

Treat it carefully, the binding isn't all that great, mine has quite a few unstuck pages now.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Thu May 03, 2012 9:16 pm

What's the big Fender Archtop? It looks like it says "Montego" or something.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Thu May 03, 2012 9:56 pm

BacchusPaul wrote:What's the big Fender Archtop? It looks like it says "Montego" or something.

Montego II

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Thu May 03, 2012 10:18 pm

That's amazing. How come I've never heard of these? Do they ever come up for sale or are they super super rare?

I thought I knew about all the super rare Fenders.

montheshakers · Post by **montheshakers** » Thu May 03, 2012 10:43 pm

Holy shit that Magnatone Tyhphoon looks fucking awesome. Did/does anyone on this board have one?

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Fri May 04, 2012 2:24 am

montheshakers wrote:Holy shit that Magnatone Tyhphoon looks fucking awesome. Did/does anyone on this board have one?

Right here, sir.