Complete Guitar Repair

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Summary: This is a fine instruction book on guitar repair
Review:

I am greatly impressed. Mr. Kamimoto has written and illustrated a very fine book, here, on how to accomplish various repairs on your guitar.

All of the various styles of guitar are addressed equally: the Classical, Flamenco, Flattop, Plectrum and the Solid Body Electric. You own an f-hole archtop Gibson acoustical electric? It's in here. Glues are discussed, with emphasis on the hide glue which, normally, one finds used on instruments.

You will find in this book, replete with detailed illustrations, such things as how to repair cracks, remove and re-attach bridges, refretting, remove and re-attach necks to bodies, tables of fret intervals for various scale lengths, and various refinishing techniques addressed in great detail. You name it: it's here.

I don't know how Mr. Kamimoto could have made his book more complete.

If you own a guitar, you should probably own this book.

Joseph Pierre

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Summary: Copyright 1978? It's 2001, and it shows in this book.
Review: This book covers several areas about guitar repair, but only vaguely. It does not go into details that are needed before even trying most repairs. I was hoping to find help on removing binding and fingerboards to replace a truss rod. It touches in these areas, but that is all it does. I still have no clue. I already know the board and binding needs to come off, but how? Not enough info to even try attempting this feat.

The book is 23 years old. Something that is not shown on the Amozon.com site before buying it. If you buy this book you're reading history, not up to date facts needed for guitar repair. This is more a reference book from the 60's and 70's and not a repair book at all.