TY - GEN T1 - Cool wooden box : transformation of the American acoustic guitar T2 - Charles K. Wolfe music series A1 - Smith, W. Rand, 1947- LA - English PP - Knoxville PB - The University of Tennessee Press YR - 2023 ED - First edition. UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1363104562 AB - "This book is a history of guitar making in the US since the folk revival of the 1960s. Based largely on the author's interviews, it includes chapters on the rise of the modern independent luthier movement, recent developments at Martin, at Gibson, and at Taylor- especially regarding the use of technology and ways it is in tension with these companies' traditions and ways it honors their traditions-the changing, though still robust market, and the effect of foreign competition on American builders"-- OP - 250 CN - ML1015.G9 S652 2023 SN - 9781621907879 SN - 1621907872 SN - 9781621907862 SN - 1621907864 SN - 9781621907855 KW - Guitar : Construction : United States : History. KW - Guitar makers : United States. KW - Guitare : Facture : États-Unis : Histoire. KW - Luthiers de guitares : États-Unis. KW - MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Guitar KW - Guitar : Construction KW - Guitar makers KW - United States KW - Electronic books. KW - History ER -