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Chris Gibson and Andrew Warren
The University of Chicago PressCHICAGO AND LONDON
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637
The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London
2021 by The University of Chicago
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations in critical articles and reviews. For more information, contact the University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637.
Published 2021
Printed in the United States of America
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ISBN-13: 978-0-226-76382-8 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-76396-5 (paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-76401-6 (e-book)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226764016.001.0001
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Gibson, Chris, 1973 author. | Warren, Andrew, 1984 author.
Title: The guitar : tracing the grain back to the tree / Chris Gibson and Andrew Warren.
Description: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020038242 | ISBN 9780226763828 (cloth) | ISBN 9780226763965 (paperback) | ISBN 9780226764016 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: GuitarConstruction. | GuitarConstructionEnvironmental aspects. | Wood. | Lumber trade. | Logging. | Guitar makers.
Classification: LCC ML1015.G9 G53 2021 | DDC 787.87/19dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020038242
This paper meets the requirements of ANSI / NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper).
Diagrams of an electric and an acoustic guitar; and location map
In May 2014, it was our good fortune to be in Hawaii, launching a book about surfboard making. One topic was the renaissance in Hawaiian wooden boards. Speaking at the launch was Tom Phaku Stone, a proud activist and Hawaiian master-craftsperson who ceremonially blesses trees before felling, to make papa hee nalu(surfboards) and holua(wooden sleds) traditionally. For centuries, Hawaiians have used native woods to fashion outrigger canoes and surfboards: the breadfruit tree, ulu( Artocarpus altilis), the candlenut tree, kukui( Aleurites moluccana), and koa ( Acacia koa). Koa is sacred, explains Tom, its name means brave. Koa is the tree, but is also a word for warrior. The conversation turned to musical instruments. Being music buffs and guitar nerds, we mentioned that koa featured prominently in early ukuleles, and is prized in guitar making. After the launch, suggests Tom, would you like to see the trees?
From the Big Islands lush Kona coast, we headed inland over rough fields of a(black lava), onto a windswept high plateau. What was once
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