Gruhn Guitars Article Library

Since 1970, George Gruhn has written hundreds of articles for guitar publications such as Guitar Player, Frets, and Vintage Guitar. You'll find many of those here -- including his legendary "Rare Bird" columns -- and we're always adding more.

Note: These articles are presented as historical documents. They have not been updated to reflect changes that may have occurred in the vintage guitar market since their original publication.

Acoustic Guitars Types of Steel-Strings, Part I Types of Steel-Strings, Part II Steel-String Guitar Evolution, 1930-1940 Gibson Mystery Resophonic Jumbo Steel-Strings of the Folk Boom Martin Carved Top Guitars of the Early '30s Martin's Foden Special Martin's Transitional OM-28 Maurer, Prairie State and the Larson Brothers	Electric Guitars Gibson Doublenecks The Byrdland: A Landmark Gibson Full-Depth ES-335 1960 Gibson EB-0 Bass Gibson's Firebird Line: A '60s Era Radical Gretsch White Falcon Legendary Solidbody Guitars 1959 Martin D-28E Electric National's Map-Shaped Electrics Rickenbacker Electro Spanish Guitar
Archtop Acoustic Guitars D'Angelico Guitars D'Aquisto 7- and 12-String Guitars Gibson's L-5	Classical Guitars Ramirez & Classical Guitar Evolution
Banjos Bacon & Day Silver Bell Banjo The Gibson GB-5 Guitar Banjo	Mandolins The Epiphone Strand Mandolin Mando-family Instruments The Heyday of the Mandolin Pre-War A Style Mandolins Overview of Mandolins Orville's Last Mandolin
Collecting Vintage Instruments Collecting Vintage Musical Instruments Collectible Guitars, Part 1 Collectible Guitars, Part 2 Collectible Guitars, Part 3 How to Spot a Forgery The Search for the Holy Grail The Unique World of George Gruhn What is a Collector's Guitar? Part I What is a Collector's Guitar? Part II A Bull Market in Nashville	Also check out our monthly newsletters from George Gruhn.

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