Spann's Guide to Gibson 1902-1941Presents a look at the inner workings of the famous musical instrument manufacturer of Kalamazoo, Michigan before World War II. This title helps Gibson fans learn about the employees who built the instruments, where the raw materials came from, the identity of parts vendors, and how the production was carried out. |
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A-Jr Advanced Jumbo Archtop Guitar Assembler 1945 Banjo tenor Black Special 1935 Capital J-2 Carson Robison catalog center of resonator copied in chalk cream-colored ivoroid binding Cromwell G-4 curly maple Die-stamped Factory Order Number fingerboard fingerboard inlays Finisher flange Flattop Guitar FON Model Production FON’s four thumbscrews Gibson instruments Guitar Archtop Hawaiian Guitar Inspector 1945 interior rim wall Kalamazoo Kel Kroydon Kraftsman L-Century laminated poplar core Lap steel guitar Lucas Special Machinist mando-bass Mastertone Montgomery Ward Music Company Music House Music Store Nick Lucas Nick Lucas Special Nitro-cellulose lacquer Plectrum Plectrum neck PB Production Dates Production Year FON Removable convex-back resonator interior rosewood fingerboard Roy Smeck Southerner Jumbo 1940-45 Steve Huber Collection stretcher band TB-Florentine TB-Granada teacher-agent Teardrop body Tenor Banjo Tenor Guitar Tenor neck TB tone ring Total Estimated Production truss rod truss rod Resonator units Pot units Tenor neck Winter Haven Woodworker York City