Making the Responsive Guitar Boxed Set Book Hardcover

Making the Responsive Guitar Boxed Set Book Hardcover

  • Book
  • Luthiers Press
  • Hardcover
  • Ervin Somogyi
  • $265.00 (US)

This limited edition silver-embossed, facsimile-autographed, slipcase holds both books. These books are essential for anyone who is interested in a comprehensive account of the modern guitar, and how a highly responsive guitar is made. They offer info from one of the most-revered luthiers of our times. No publication has ever presented trade secrets and practical information to truly change the way a person makes or appreciates the steel-stringed guitar. Ervin Somogyi is a Hungarian-born master luthier whose guitars are renowned for their responsiveness and tone – trademarks for a great guitar. After almost five decades of making this instrument, teaching and writing about the development and construction of the guitar, Somogyi reveals the methods, techniques and philosophy behind his legendary instruments.



The Responsive Guitar is about physics, dynamics, acoustics and construction of the guitar. It's about the mechanics of tone; what materials to build with, when to add or remove wood for maximum benefit, and why those techniques work. Somogyi explains in exquisite detail how the guitar makes sound, and what musicians and luthiers need to know in order to appreciate a really well-made guitar. This book sets the foundation for the matching volume Making the Responsive Guitar.



Making the Responsive Guitar is the second volume on a two-volume set of books that set out the principles and methods of building fine hand-made guitars. Where Volume 1 sets up the knowledge, this book is about how to build a guitar, from the very first step to the last.

Product Details

  • #HL 00333136
  • 9780982320730
  • 884088533854
  • 9.25"
  • 13.75"
  • 626 Pages

Endorsements

  • “This book will be the textbook for guitar makers for the next generation” – Jason Kostal, Roberto-Venn School of Lutherie
  • “The violin has Stradivari. The Classical guitar has Torres. The steel string guitar has Somogyi” – Jordan McConnell, The Duhks

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