An
anthology of published, unpublished articles & transcriptions
written by
William R. Cumpiano
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- The
Modern Classic Guitar: No Longer Classical?
- A short overview of the current scene
that appeared recently in Acoustic Guitar Magazine
- The Romance of the
Individually Handmade Guitar
- An analysis of the hand-building scene in the
United States
- Wood's Appearance
- Why is curly maple curly? Why is rosewood purple
and mahogany red? What are birdseyes? Bear claws?
- Book review: "GUITARS:
The Tsumura Collection"
- American musical treasures in Japan
- Book review: "Things
About the Guitar" by Jose Ramírez III
- Commentaries on the life of a world-class
guitarmaker
- How Good is This Guitar?
- Evaluate a guitar as a luthier would
- Haselbacher's Varnish
Finish
- A chance encounter and a tip from a master
guitarmaker
- Questions and Answers
- A collection of published and unpublished guitar
questions and answers
- Zero Frets and Saddle
Placement
- An inquiry from an Austrian enthusiast, and a
clarification that should have been in my book
- Translating Cultures
- A spark of traditional Puerto Rican music still
glows in a Holyoke, Massachusetts, tenement
- Preservation through
Utilization: The Paradoxes of Rainforest
Protection
- A guitarmaker confronts his complicity in the
despoliation of the rain forests
- Don't love your guitar
to death!
- The real scoop on fingerboard oil and guitar
polishes
- Proper Care Guidelines for
the Guitar
- I'll guarantee the new guitar I made for you,
provided you follow these sensible guidelines---a basis for a lasting partnership!
- A Handy Reply to People Who
Ask if That Mahogany Neck Came from a Rain Forest
- or accuse you of destroying the planet because you make
guitars
- A
Pedagog's Lament
- After twenty years of teaching,
thoughts on beginner's impatience
- NEW! The History of Stringmaking
- From lion and sheep-gut to
Laser-selected trebles; and how your old, worn out strings are rather like the strings
made hundreds of years ago
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