Pagina principaleGruppiConversazioniAltroStatistiche
Cerca nel Sito
Questo sito utilizza i cookies per fornire i nostri servizi, per migliorare le prestazioni, per analisi, e (per gli utenti che accedono senza fare login) per la pubblicità. Usando LibraryThing confermi di aver letto e capito le nostre condizioni di servizio e la politica sulla privacy. Il tuo uso del sito e dei servizi è soggetto a tali politiche e condizioni.

Risultati da Google Ricerca Libri

Fai clic su di un'immagine per andare a Google Ricerca Libri.

Sto caricando le informazioni...

Kalamazoo Gals: A Story of Extraordinary Women & Gibson's 'Banner' Guitars of WWII

di John Thomas

Altri autori: Jonathan Kellerman (Prefazione)

UtentiRecensioniPopolaritàMedia votiConversazioni
1011,830,564 (4)Nessuno
According to company lore, Gibson, the guitar manufacturer, had ceased guitar production during World War II with only "seasoned craftsmen" too old for battle doing repairs and completing the few instruments already in progress at their Kalamazoo, Michigan factory. However, beginning in 1942, Gibson started producing wartime guitars each marked with a small, golden "banner" displaying the slogan: "only a Gibson is good enough". Over 9000 of these "Banner" guitars were produced between 1942 and 1945 and they are considered to be some of the finest acoustic guitars ever produced but who was making them? In this work of musical and social history, Thomas explores the origins of the Gibson "Banner" guitars and the remarkable women, many of whom had no prior training in instrument construction, who built them.… (altro)
Nessuno
Sto caricando le informazioni...

Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro.

Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro.

A really fun read! John Thomas came to the Museum of Idaho to speak about his book (coinciding with the National Guitar Museum's stop in Idaho Falls (through November 30th! Don't miss it; it's great! /plug) ) Also proves that there's always mysteries to solve in history- an enigmatic photograph with no caption, and during a time when official company history says nothing but war production happened in the factory? Shipping ledgers that no one will acknowledge until a company insider stumbles across them in a storage closet? Another valuable aspect is the oral histories of the women (and one man) that Thomas interviewed.

My only quibble is some of the oral histories are repeated between the chapter describing The Good War and the sections where each Kalamazoo Gal or Guy is interviewed- very minor, but it pulled me out of the narrative (other people who read at a slower pace may appreciate the callbacks).

I don't have the companion CD, but I do plan on getting it at some point- those instruments really sing! I also wish more of the images from his Vintage Steel gallery were included- the project of X-raying the "Banner" Gibsons extended into X-raying all sorts of vintage guitars, resulting in some really lovely images that would make excellent prints (also part of the National Guitar Museum exhibit. GO SEEEEEEE IT). ( )
  Daumari | Dec 30, 2017 |
nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione

» Aggiungi altri autori

Nome dell'autoreRuoloTipo di autoreOpera?Stato
John Thomasautore primariotutte le edizionicalcolato
Kellerman, JonathanPrefazioneautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Devi effettuare l'accesso per contribuire alle Informazioni generali.
Per maggiori spiegazioni, vedi la pagina di aiuto delle informazioni generali.
Titolo canonico
Titolo originale
Titoli alternativi
Data della prima edizione
Personaggi
Luoghi significativi
Eventi significativi
Film correlati
Epigrafe
Dedica
Incipit
Citazioni
Ultime parole
Nota di disambiguazione
Redattore editoriale
Elogi
Lingua originale
DDC/MDS Canonico
LCC canonico

Risorse esterne che parlano di questo libro

Wikipedia in inglese (1)

According to company lore, Gibson, the guitar manufacturer, had ceased guitar production during World War II with only "seasoned craftsmen" too old for battle doing repairs and completing the few instruments already in progress at their Kalamazoo, Michigan factory. However, beginning in 1942, Gibson started producing wartime guitars each marked with a small, golden "banner" displaying the slogan: "only a Gibson is good enough". Over 9000 of these "Banner" guitars were produced between 1942 and 1945 and they are considered to be some of the finest acoustic guitars ever produced but who was making them? In this work of musical and social history, Thomas explores the origins of the Gibson "Banner" guitars and the remarkable women, many of whom had no prior training in instrument construction, who built them.

Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche

Descrizione del libro
Riassunto haiku

Discussioni correnti

Nessuno

Copertine popolari

Link rapidi

Voto

Media: (4)
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4 1
4.5
5

Sei tu?

Diventa un autore di LibraryThing.

 

A proposito di | Contatto | LibraryThing.com | Privacy/Condizioni d'uso | Guida/FAQ | Blog | Negozio | APIs | TinyCat | Biblioteche di personaggi celebri | Recensori in anteprima | Informazioni generali | 202,661,221 libri! | Barra superiore: Sempre visibile