# Acoustic Guitars **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acoustic-guitars/475953 "2008-12-06T04:32:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acoustic-guitars/475953/21 "2008-12-08T17:36:43Z")
> [@tim-n-va](#): > > One minor point. Wayne Henderson made Clapton’s guitar in the book. He is from the southwest part of Virginia, not from West Virginia. Cool - thanks for fighting ignorance. Do you like the book? ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acoustic-guitars/475953/22 "2008-12-08T17:46:56Z")
If you get a chance, watch the excellent “Imagine - The Story of the Guitar” from the BBC a few months ago. There’s a cool segment on Wayne Henderson and his shop. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acoustic-guitars/475953/23 "2008-12-08T19:22:27Z")
I don’t have the book (cited it to avoid any confusion with any other guitar that Clapton might have). I do know that Wayne Henderson plays pretty well also. The occasional mandolin that he makes are as highly regarded as his guitars. I’ve talked to him briefly at a festival years ago and he was friendly and not impatient with what I’m sure were trivial questions. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acoustic-guitars/475953/24 "2008-12-08T19:35:50Z")
> [@tim-n-va](#): > > I don’t have the book (cited it to avoid any confusion with any other guitar that Clapton might have). I do know that Wayne Henderson plays pretty well also. The occasional mandolin that he makes are as highly regarded as his guitars. I’ve talked to him briefly at a festival years ago and he was friendly and not impatient with what I’m sure were trivial questions. [This is Wayne playing…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlHrRHAo-bU) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acoustic-guitars/475953/25 "2008-12-08T19:50:28Z")
Edit: Post was meant as a new thread … look for it soon. ---
**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acoustic-guitars/475953/26 "2008-12-15T19:36:25Z")
I know this is an old thread, but just thought I’d mention that the guitar I had tried was most likely [this one](http://www.alvarezgtr.com/prod_page.php?SeriesID=3&ItemID=120). Clear as a bell, amazing sound! Just thought I’d share… 😃 S^G ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acoustic-guitars/475953/27 "2008-12-22T09:57:19Z")
_ **Elderly Instruments** _ recently sent me one of their catalogs. More than likely they have something you’d be interested in, **Quasimodal**. Me, I treat it like I used to treat the Sears catalog during puberty. Only I just drool, I don’t masturbate! 😉 Q ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acoustic-guitars/475953/28 "2008-12-22T13:44:37Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > _ **Elderly Instruments** _ recently sent me one of their catalogs. > > More than likely they have something you’d be interested in, **Quasimodal**. > > Me, I treat it like I used to treat the Sears catalog during puberty. > > Only I just drool, I don’t masturbate! 😉 > > Q Oh yeah - Elderly is great! But you can surf acoustic guitar porn from sellers all over the web. Get a copy of _ **Vintage Guitar Magazine** _, which is basically a monthly vintage guitar Yellow Pages, and seek out the acoustic sellers there…there are a ton of modern boutique luthiers who advertise in it, too… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acoustic-guitars/475953.md?page=1)