Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Artist to Artist to Artist
Chapter 1: Ed Stilley
Chapter 2: Ed Stilley at Hogscald Holler
Chapter 3: Tools of the Trade
Chapter 4: Ed Stilley’s Process
Chapter 5: The Magnificent “Butterfly” Guitar
Chapter 6: The Evolution of Ed’s Process
Chapter 7: Ed Stilley’s Early Creations
Chapter 8: Form
Chapter 9: Ed Stilley’s Middle-Period Instruments
Chapter 10: The Innards
Chapter 11: Ed Stilley’s Middle-Period Instruments, Continued
Chapter 12: Intonation
Chapter 13: Ed Stilley’s Late-Period Instruments
Chapter 14: But Do They Sound Good?
Chapter 15: Ed Stilley’s Late-Period Instruments, Continued
Chapter 16: Unfinished Work
Chapter 17: The Final Word
Chapter 18: Our Journey with the Stilleys