“I’ve been offered a half-million for it, but I won’t sell it. “There were only 19 of them made in 1958 and three in 1959,” Barnes says. Rather than open his safe, Barnes points high on a wall to a framed photo of Eric Clapton, taken about 40 years ago, performing in concert with a 1958 Gibson Explorer. “And that’s where it stays,” says Bruce Barnes, who opened and named almost seven years ago, just as the Internet boom went through its first bust.

You’ll never know the reality of that scene until you walk into, an anti-retailer in a squat Mounds View strip mall, where one of the world’s most expensive guitars is locked in a fireproof safe. I just have found his publications helpful, and wanted to document my documentation, as I said before.In the mock documentary “This is Spinal Tap,” the character Nigel Tufnel shows off a guitar that can never be played, touched, pointed to or, ultimately, looked at. I guess I should also add that I have no vested interest in Fjestad's business, no personal relationship to the man or his nephew.

I bought both of those limited edition hardcover volumes in a local bookstore for $7 apiece. I also keep my eye out for more recent copies in bookstores. I've thought about subscribing, but most everything I wind up researching is older than the 2007 publication date of my books, so I haven't bothered. are available in DVD format and online via subscription. I should also add that Fjestad's Blue Books. Fjestad is his nephew, the son of his brother Greg. He attended hundreds of rock concerts during his lifetime. He collected firearms, guitars and music posters, among other things. He founded Blue Book Publications in 1988. Perhaps known in firearms circles, as he took over the publication of the annual Blue Book of Gun Values in 1981. (Steven Peter) Fjestad, who passed away a couple of months ago at the age of 68, was born in Fergus Falls, MN. (In the back of each volume is a Trademark Index, giving address, phone and website information.) On the page opening about Hohner (pages 322-323), there is that introductory information, followed by listings of series and models within each series treated, giving descriptions, dates of production runs, Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (abbreviated as MSR), and resale values relative to condition (100%, Excellent, Average).

It gives a brief description of the history and status of the brand in question. The third pic shows a 2-page opening in the Acoustic volume, about Hohners. The second pic shows these two oversized volumes with a DVD box next to them, to give a point of reference as to the size of said volumes. The first pic shows the front covers of both volumes side by side.

Blue book of guitar values