1985 Frets Special Issue: Vintage Instruments - inside today's vintage market

Special Issue: Vintage Instruments - inside today's vintage market; Good as Gold? - how instruments stack up against gold, stocks and other investments; The beginning collector - common pitfalls; How the pros appraise vintage instruments; Frets surveys music dealers to see how many really have vintage instrument savvy; The Auctioneers - rare violins are where the big money is - Sotheby's and Christie's; Vintage Frauds & Forgeries; Insurance; Repairs - leaving well enough alone; more

1985 February Frets Acoustic String Instruments Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1979 Bill Clifton and Red Rector - Old-timey and Red Flash

Contents: Bill Clifton and Red Rector; History of the Violin part 2; Three on a String - songs, skits and comedy; Bluegrass in Washington D.C.; A new look at the mandolin; Mountain Music of Puerto Rico; A Festival in Salem; Carson J. Robison - country music pioneer; Eddie Conners - four-stringed banjo player; Gary Mehalick and Orrin Star; An American Heritage - interview with Dennis Trone, co-owner of the Julia Belle Swain, John Hartford's "second home"; Down Home Folks - Buck White, Sharon Hicks and Cheryl White; more

1979 May Pickin' Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1979 Pickin' Magazine - History of the Violin

Contents: Cover Story: The Artist and His Idea; History of the Violin; Hank Penny - Western Swing Pioneer; Winnie Winston - Pedal Steel Guitarist with a dual career; Bobby Slone - left handed fiddler; Wheelin' and Dealin' with Curly Ray Cline; What performers do offstage; Cass County Cut-Ups; Michael Esposito and the Lost World String Band; The Unseen side of a banjo; more

1979 April Pickin' Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1981 Frets Magazine: Stradivarius - the legend and the legacy

Cover: Artist conception of Antonio Stradivari seated in his workshop in the late 1600s; Contents: Antonio Stradivari - Stradivarius - study on his life and work; History of Cremona; The Voice of the Strad; Detecting a fraud Stradivarius; Frets Visits luthier George Kelischek; Playing live on the air; Taj Mahal - bluesman, folk artist, bandleader; more

1981 August Frets Acoustic String Instruments Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1981 Stephane Grappelli - vibrant spirit of jazz violin

Cover: Stephane Grappelli at the Paul Masson Vineyards; Contents: Stephane Grappelli - vibrant spirit of jazz violin; Stephane Grappelli Music; Frets visits luthier John Monteleone; Odetta - follow her rise as a legendary folk artist; Frank Wakefield - mandolin maverick; Instruments of Japan; Competitive Flatpicking; Autoharp Styles; Frets Repair Shop - how to reproduce a flat-top guitar bridge; more

1981 April Frets Acoustic String Instruments Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com