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Clapton's Guitar: Watching Wayne Henderson Build the Perfect Instrument Paperback - 2006

by Allen St John

This is a close-up and fascinating look at guitar master Wayne Henderson as he turns a few pieces of wood into a work of musical art using little more than a whittling knife.


Summary

New York Times bestselling author Allen St. John started off looking for the world's greatest guitar, but what he found instead was the world's greatest guitar builder. Living and working in Rugby, Virginia (population 7), retired rural mail carrier Wayne Henderson is a true American original, making America's finest instruments using little more than a pile of good wood and a sharp whittling knife. There's a 10-year waiting list for Henderson's heirloom acoustic guitars -- and even a musical legend like Eric Clapton must wait his turn. Partly out of self-interest, St. John prods Henderson into finally building Clapton's guitar, and soon we get to pull up a dusty stool and watch this Stradivari in glue-stained blue jeans work his magic. The story that ensues will captivate you with its portrait of a world where craftsmanship counts more than commerce, and time is measured by old jokes, old-time music, and homemade lemon pies shared by good friends.

First line

I THINK IT'S GREAT, said Eric Clapton as he looked first at his host, and then at the magical instrument on his lap.

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  • Title Clapton's Guitar: Watching Wayne Henderson Build the Perfect Instrument
  • Author Allen St John
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Free Press, New York, New York
  • Date 2006-06-01
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780743266369 / 0743266366
  • Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.34 x 5.92 x 0.69 in (21.18 x 15.04 x 1.75 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Guitar - Construction
  • Dewey Decimal Code 787.871

Media reviews

"Clapton's Guitar takes the reader on a craftsman's journey that [began] when . . . Eric Clapton first picked up a Henderson guitar."-- The Wall Street Journal

About the author

Allen St. John is the co-author of the New York Times best-selling book The Mad Dog 100: The Greatest Sports Arguments of All Time, with radio personality Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo, published in May 2003 by Doubleday. St. John is a columnist for the Wall Street Journal's Weekend section and a contributing editor at The Village Voice. He has written for a wide variety of national publications including The New York Times Magazine, Playboy, Salon, National Geographic Adventure, Men's Journal, Men's Health, and Maxim.
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