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Help with a research question!
I'm trying to track down a book about lutherie -- possibly out of print--by a California luthier named Arthuer Oberholser or Overholster. Not sure of the spelling of the last name. Would be grateful for any leads! thank you
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Arthur E. Overholtzer: Classic Guitar Making
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sear...rholtzer&sts=t http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Guitar.../dp/093053400X |
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Fascinating. When I click your amazon.com link, it takes me to amazon.ca - I'm in Canada. The price of the book from .ca is $53.35; the price from .com is $17.99.
Anyway, I'd been thinking about that book not too long ago. I once owned a copy of it 30 years ago, but have long since misplaced it or someone borrowed it. Regardless, back in the day, I studied it well. He was a retired machinist and made *all* of his jigs and fixtures out of aluminum. He had some interesting, different ideas on things, just as David Russell Young did, both from the same time period: http://www.amazon.com/The-Steel-Stri.../dp/0933224117. Both were amongst the first books on guitar making in the English language - though Irving Sloane's book predated them. Influential in their time, all of them are pretty dated by current standards and methodologies. A lot of things have changed in guitar making in the last 30 years; some have stayed the same. |
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that is interesting. i get taken to the us site. i'm guessing amazon.com is redirecting you based on some user/cookie settings (or lack thereof). |
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That's also what my assumption was. A bit Machiavellian given that I clicked the link for .com. I've shopped at both.
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I still have my copy of the Overholtser book.. An interesting read, and some pretty good tips, but a lot of stuff that's out of the mainstream in guitar making these days.
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Waddy |
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Many thanks guys. This be the one! I'm interviewing Don MacRostie, maker of Red Diamond mandolins and he cited this book as one of his early influences.
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