Guitar Books

Amazon and other on-line booksellers are fantastic resources and amazingly convenient. However, you need to know what you are looking for so we’ve put together a selection of must-have books for the guitar enthusiast around a number of subject areas:

There are many books on this iconic guitar brand, particularly Les Pauls. Click on the Gibson logo for more details.

The first volume solid guitar manufacturer. There are books on the company and individual guitars like the Telecaster and Stratocaster.. Click on the Fender logo for more details.

The manufacturer of quality acoustic guitars. Click on the Martin logo for more details.

A relative newcomer that has been able to successfully challenge the old guard in professional solid electric guitars. Click on the PRS logo for more details.

Gibson Guitars	Gil Hembree
Gibson’s Fabulous Flat-Top Guitars	Eldon Whitford
Gibson Guitars	Walter Carter
Beauty of the Burst	Yasuhiko Iwanade
Gibson Electrics-The Classic Years	AR Duchossoir
Gibson Electrics	AR Duchossoir
The Gibson Super 400	Thomas Van Hoose
The Gibson 335	Adrian Ingram
The Gibson 175	Adrian Ingram
Sunburst Alley	Vic DaPra
50 Years of the Gibson Les Paul	Tony Bacon
The Gibson Les Paul Book	Tony Bacon
The Les Paul Legacy	Rob Lawrence

50 Years of Fender	Tony Bacon
Guitars from George & Leo	George Fullerton
Fender Electric Guitar Book	Tony Bacon
Haynes Fender Stratocaster Manual	Paul Balmer
The Stratocaster Chronicles	Tom Wheeler
The Fender Stratocaster	AR Duchossoir
The Story of the Fender Stratocaster	Bob Young, Ray Minnehett
The Fender Stratocaster Handbook	Hank Marvin, Paul Balmer
Fender Stratocaster	Eric Clapton,, Duchossoir
Fender Guitar Classics, Vol. 1	Hal Leonard Publishing
Story of the Fender Stratocaster	Ray Minnehett
The Fender Stratocaster	Yasuhiko Iwanade
Six Decades of the Fender Telecaster	Tony Bacon
Fender Telecaster	AR Duchossoir
The Fender Bass	JW Black
How the Fender Bass Changed the World	Jim Roberts
Fender Bass	Klaus Blasquiz

Martin Guitars	Jim Washburn
CF Martin and his Guitars	Philip Gura
Martin Guitars	Mike Longworth

The PRS Guitar Book - Hardback	Dave Burrluck
The PRS Guitar Book - Softback	Dave Burrluck