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Review: Guitar Repair “A Manual of Repair for Guitars and Fretted Instruments” by Irving Sloane

Review: Guitar Repair “A Manual of Repair for Guitars and Fretted Instruments” by Irving Sloane

Reviewed by Leo L. Bidne

Originally published in Guild of American Luthiers Newsletter Volume 2 #2, 1974



Guitar Repair
“A Manual of Repair for Guitars and Fretted Instruments”
Irving Sloane
1973; 95pp.
$8.95 postpaid from; E.P. Dutton
201 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10003

This book should have been written years ago. It would have saved us all the trouble of figuring out these techniques ourselves, and given us more time to develop our Art.

Compiled with the C.F. Martin Organization, Mr. Sloane’s book deals in all facets of repairing acoustic guitars, including what to do with:

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