The Development of the Modern Guitar
- ISBN-10
- 0933224591
- ISBN-13
- 9780933224599
- Category
- Guitar
- Pages
- 103
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Bold Strummer Limited
- Author
- John Huber
Description
Most of the best guitars of this period were described by their makers as being if not a Torres model , in the Torres tradition , and this is true in the sense that they did generally follow a line of development from the Torres guitars ...
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