Gibson Electric Steel Guitars: 1935-1967 Individual artists What began as a party

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Gibson Electric Steel Guitars: 1935-1967 Individual artists What began as a partyThis book recounts the story of all the electric steel guitars or electric 'Hawaiian' guitars, as they were called during most of their tenure that were built by Gibson between 1935 and 1967. Hawaiian guitars were the most popular form of electric guitars until the 1950s, and they contributed to some crucial developments in pickups and amplification in addition to lending their voice to the earliest solid body electrics. Esthetically, the early