Article: The Complete Guide to the Gibson Mandolins

[Mandolin Cafe]

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[Oliver A.]

What a fantastic resource! I've got one pre-ordered.

Hats off to Paul Fox for putting together this comprehensive book.

While flipping through the sample pages I did find one typo. A photo of an ivory topped F-5 is credited to "Ford Ford". It looks like Frank Ford's work to me.

[DataNick]

Can't wait!

[William Smith]

Can't wait!

I hear ya, I just ordered this one and the Walter Carter mando book coming out in January "I think thats when its due" I may have one of my mandos photoed in Walter's book. Kool anyways.

[Jason Stein]

I placed my pre-order. Yay! Congratulations to Paul Fox and to Walter Carter!

[Mandolin Cafe]

Anyone receive a copy yet?

[pfox14]

My sincere apologies to everyone for the long delay. The publisher promised to have my book out Nov. 4 but as you are all probably aware it was delayed for well over a month. As of today 12/15 - Amazon is showing it as "out of stock" and I don't know why. However, there are some other sources selling new copies for as little as $24-25.00 (retail is $45.00) so you can grab a copy that way. Believe it or not, I don't even have a copy yet. Welcome to wonderful world of publishing. Thanks for all of your support and I really hope you enjoy the book. It is a real labor of love.

[dustyamps]

Congratulations and thanks to Mr. Fox on putting together such a comprehensive and informative book for all us Gibsonites. Well organized and all the illustrations and photos are cool.

[Mandolin Cafe]

Ah, so amazon says in stock now. That's good. Link for anyone interested.

[Oliver A.]

Ah, so amazon says in stock now. That's good. Link for anyone interested.

When I check that link it is still saying that the book is "unreleased". I hope I get my pre-ordered copy soon.

[Bill McCall]

I clicked the link and it says "in stock"

Go figure

[jmkatcher]

I see the issue - Amazon Canada still shows "not yet released" while Amazon US shows "in stock".

[brunello97]

I received my copy today--feels like a belated Christmas gift.

Congratulations to Paul on this fine piece of work. Really too much information to take in even with a quick look this morning. Lots of depth of material to dig into over repeated readings. I am sure it will be a helpful reference guide to supplement Joe Spann's book in our regular discussions here.

I hate to point out a fly in the ointment, though, and this in no way points to Paul at all. I do appreciate Centerstream Press for putting out this great series of books on vintage instruments. I own a number of them.

But in Paul's book there is an inexcusable amount of typo errors, discontinuity or cropped out text, clumsy formatting and in one case a pair of flipped pages (4+5 in Chapter 1.) Very poor proofreading for a book sold at this price level (or any level.)

Maybe I got an advanced copy and (hopefully) y'all will have improved versions. The content is there under any circumstances. That's why I got the book, anyhow.

Mick

[sprucetop1]

Got mine yesterday and have read the whole book. Congrats. to Paul for a fine study of the very complex story of Gibson mandolins. I particularly appreciated the research into Orville Gibson's early years. Seems to be a lot of new information there.

Yes, as brunello says there are typos and evidence of proofreading errors but they did not detract from my enjoyment of the book. Thanks Paul!!

[Jim Garber]

I got my copy today. I ordered it through (of all places) Target and got it discounted. I also see that Amazon third-party sellers had it much cheaper than directly through Amazon (even with factoring in the shipping cost for non-prime).

Very nice book with the exception of the typos and other errors. I flipped through the color section first and I was amazed and entertained by the oddballs and custom instruments that Gibson made. I look forward to reading it cover to cover. Comgratulations to Paul for a job well done.

Now, I am looking fwd also to Walter Carter's book. All of a sudden we have three tomes on vintage mandolins (including Graham's). Excellent!

[MikeEdgerton]

I bought a copy off an Amazon seller for $25.00 including shipping.

[goaty76]

I'm sure I will get a copy of this book eventually. Just curious though, besides the pics of some one off instruments is there any new information brought to light on Gibson mandolins that we haven't seen before?

Phil

[MikeEdgerton]

The description of Monroe and his F5 on page 152 needs to be changed to "Bill Monroe with his Gibson F-7".