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GIBSON MASTERTONE - FLATHEAD 5-STRING BANJOS OF THE 1930's AND 1940's by Jim Mills New! Features 19 of the 130 or so Original Flathead Five-String Mastertones known to exist. The Scruggs, Reno, Jenkins, Crowe, Osborne, Huber and Mills banjos are shown in all their glory, with details of their known histories and provenances, as well as never-before-seen photos, more. 49-1241 $45.00


THE MODERN ERA OF THE LES PAUL LEGACY 1968-2009 by Robb Lawrence Now in stock! This full-color book continues the amazing journey of an American icon's recording career and the coveted instruments that bear his name. Since Les Paul's death in August 2009, this will be the first book that covers his entire life. 49-331953 $40.00


2010 OFFICIAL VINTAGE GUITAR MAGAZINE PRICE GUIDE by Alan Greenwood and Gil Hembree Now in stock! For more than 20 years, this has been the industry-leading reference for values on vintage and collectible guitars, basses, lap steels, steels, mandolins, ukuleles, amps, and effects. 49-332868 $29.95


CONVERSATIONS WITH GREAT JAZZ AND STUDIO GUITARISTS by Jim Carleton New! In-depth interviews with 22 of the industry's most notable guitar players. 02-20959 $24.99


CREATIVE GUITAR - WRITING AND PLAYING ROCK SONGS WITH ORIGINALITY by Jeffrey Roessner New! A guidebook designed to inspire rock guitarists as they compose original music. 02-21484 .. list $14.99 ours $15.00


TRANSCRIBER'S ART by Richard Yates New! A collection of articles and music transcribed for solo classical guitar gathered from ten years of the popular series in the journal "Soundboard." 02-21987 $24.95


BLAZING FLATPICKING GUITAR SOLOS FOR ONE PLAYER OR MORE by Steve Kaufman New! In order to harmonize, the lead note and the harmony note need to be in harmonic agreement with one another, as well as with the background chord and the key of the song. 02-99642 $22.95


MOZART FOR ELECTRIC GUITAR by John Keifer New! New electric guitar transcriptions compiled from the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 02-99972 .. list $22.99 ours $23.00


THE COMPLETE CONTEMPORARY GUITARIST: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO BLUES, ROCK, AND JAZZ MUSIC FOR ALL GUITARISTS by Guy Capuzzo, et al. New! Book/CD set. Combines 4 books in one: theory, ear training, fretboard knowledge, & sight-reading! 20-33502 $34.95


MARTIN GUITARS: THE BOXED SET by Richard Johnston & Dick Boak, revised and updated from the original by Mike Longworth Now in stock! Both of the Martin Guitar Company's recently updated, exhaustive reference books in a collectible boxed set. 49-331987 $70.00


GUITAR PRACTICE PLANNER New! This handy chart helps you (and your teacher) set practice goals and track your daily practice time. 49-697401 $5.99


EDDY ARNOLD: PIONEER OF THE NASHVILLE SOUND by Michael Streissguth New! Traces Arnold's origins from a cotton farm to his legendary status. 542-240 $25.00


RALPH STANLEY - MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW: MY LIFE AND TIMES by Ralph Stanley, Eddie Dean New! Now 82 and still touring, Ralph Stanley writes about his hardscrabble boyhood years in rural Virginia, abandonment by his father, the influence of folk and church music, the Stanley Brothers' live radio shows and early records, the perils of touring in the 1940s and '50s on America's ... 542-241 $27.50


NOTE-A-DAY CALENDAR SERIES: 365 BASS LESSONS - 2010 EDITION by David Franklin New for 2010! This interesting little calendar offers a lesson for each day of the year that you can complete in five minutes or less. 667-2010B $11.95


NOTE-A-DAY CALENDAR SERIES: 365 GUITAR LESSONS - 2010 EDITION by David Franklin New for 2010! This interesting little calendar offers a lesson for each day of the year that you can complete in five minutes or less. 667-2010G $11.95


NOTE-A-DAY CALENDAR SERIES: 365 VIOLIN LESSONS - 2010 EDITION by David Franklin New for 2010! This interesting little calendar offers a lesson for each day of the year that you can complete in five minutes or less. 667-2010V $11.95


LEVON HELM'S MIDNIGHT RAMBLE photographs by Paul LaRaia, foreword by Levon Helm New! The official record of the incredible down-home jam sessions held by Levon Helm, the charismatic drummer, singer, and sometimes mandolin player for The Band. 49-332744 $30.00


THE LES PAUL GUITAR BOOK by Tony Bacon New edition! Tony Bacon's definitive guide to Gibson's most famous guitar moves into its most complete version with this thoroughly revised edition. 49-332752 $24.99


LIFE FLOWS ON IN ENDLESS SONG: FOLK SONGS AND AMERICAN HISTORY by Robert V. Wells New! An engaging survey of what folk songs tell us about the American past. 542-239 $25.00


VOX AMPLIFIERS: THE JMI YEARS by Jim Elyea New! A complete and accurate history of the Golden Age of the Vox amplifier. Covers all aspects from before their inception in 1957 through the end of the JMI-era in the late 1960s. 721-1 $85.00


Elderly Instruments stocks thousands of how-to-play book titles for a wide variety of fretted and stringed instruments. For a printed listing please feel free to sign up for a free mail order catalog. Our mail order department in Lansing, Michigan (USA) can be reached at 517-372-7890 Monday - Friday, 9am-7pm, Saturday 9am-5pm Eastern USA time zone. Or fax us at 517-372-5155 .
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