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An Illustrated History and Directory of Electric Guitars

Author : Fuller Ted

Publisher : Southwater

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 21,86 MB

Release : 2016-03-30

Category : Electric guitar

ISBN : 9781780194202

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Book Description

The electric guitar's versatility, along with its melodic and rhythmic potential, has made it an icon of modern music. This comprehensive history and directory features all the famous makes, such as Gibson, Fender, Gretsch and Rickenbacker, and also includes curiosities, rare guitars and boutique brands. Each entry provides detailed information about the instrument's date, place of origin, the material it is made from, and any unusual features. There are also panels describing electric guitar heroes and their styles of play. With over 230 guitars shown in 360 photographs, this book is an essential guide for anyone interested in this phenomenal instrument.



An Illustrated History and Directory of Acoustic Guitars

Author : James Westbrook

Publisher : Southwater

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 29,55 MB

Release : 2015-09-02

Category : Guitar

ISBN : 9781780193748

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Book Description

A historical overview of the development of the acoustic guitar, with an illustrated directory of instruments, shown in 220 photographs.



Illustrated Directory of Guitars

Author : Ray Bonds

Publisher : Voyageur Press

Page : 480 pages

File Size : 15,56 MB

Release : 2003-04-24

Category : Antiques & Collectibles

ISBN : 9780760315613

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Book Description

This is a book both for players of all levels, amateur to professional, as well as music enthusiasts, whatever their interest: classical, jazz, flamenco, blues, country, rock and pop. To please fans of music past or present hundreds of guitars are described in painstakingly researched detail, each presented in full-color photographs revealing the overall shape as well as the intriguing detail.



The Complete Illustrated Book of the Electric Guitar

Author : Terry Burrows

Publisher : Lorenz Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 44,89 MB

Release : 2013-03-05

Category : Electric guitar

ISBN : 9780754825364

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Book Description

This is a step-by-step guide to playing the electric guitar, shown in over 600 photographs, illustrations and exercises. It shows you how to master a range of diverse musical styles, such as funk and disco, heavy rock, indie rock, electric blues, country guitar, jazz, lounge and reggae.



Electric Guitars

Author : Teja Gerken

Publisher : Chartwell Books

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 13,34 MB

Release : 2018-02-13

Category : Music

ISBN : 0760363609

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Book Description

Electric Guitars: The Illustrated Encyclopedia is a tour through pop-music’s most celebrated musical instrument. Covering several decades of iconic pieces, this guide describes electric guitars produced by every significant manufacturer from Alembic to Zemaitis. Alongside every model is detailed information and a host of action pictures of key players, from Chet Atkins to Joey Z. 1,200 photographs really bring each guitar to life. With 800 classic, rare and unusual instruments from all major manufacturers in studio-quality photographs, plus illustrations of key players, original ads, and memorabilia, it’s easy to get lost within these pages. Comprehensive and informative text with a unique A-to-Z guitar directory covers makers’ histories, great guitarists, and musical trends. This is the definitive guide to the electric guitar, written and researched by the world’s leading authorities on the instrument that has shaped over 50 years of popular music. In words and pictures, detailed descriptions of just why the electric guitar is the most exciting icon of modern pop music.



Star Guitars

Author : Dave Hunter

Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)

Page : 290 pages

File Size : 11,21 MB

Release : 2014-09

Category : History

ISBN : 0760347018

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Book Description

These are the guitars so famous that their names are often household words: B. B. King's Lucille, Eric Clapton's Blackie, Stevie Ray Vaughan's First Wife, Billy F Gibbons' Pearly Gates, Neil Young's Old Black, and many more. Here's the first-ever illustrated history of the actual guitars of the stars that made the music. Other best-selling guitar histories look at the rank-and-file models, but this book is unique in profiling the actual "star guitars"--the million-dollar babies, such as the 1968 Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix burned at Woodstock, which sold at Sotheby's auction house in 1993 for $1,300,000. Amateurs buy guitars to emulate the stars--Clapton's Strat, Slash's Les Paul--and this book explains the stars' modifications, thus showing how others can recreate those famous tones.



The Bass Book

Author : Tony Bacon

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 226 pages

File Size : 17,29 MB

Release : 1995-06-01

Category : Music

ISBN : 1476850984

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Book Description

The Bass Book offers a complete illustrated history of bass guitars from Fender's first in the 1950s through the models of the next 40 years that formed the foundation for modern music. The bass guitar is undoubtedly one of the most significant instruments of this century, yet this book is the first to study its history. Features original interviews with bass makers past and present, dozens of unusual, specially commissioned color photos, and a reference section that provides a wealth of information on every major manufacturer.



The Gibson Electric Guitar Book

Author : Walter Carter

Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation

Page : 164 pages

File Size : 22,53 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Music

ISBN : 9780879308957

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Book Description

(Book). The Gibson Electric Guitar Book is a comprehensive, richly illustrated guide to Gibson electrics past and present. Starting with the ES-150 generally acknowledged as the first commercially successful electric guitar through the 335s, Les Pauls, SGs, Firebirds, and more, it is packed with facts, stories, and images that tell the story of Gibson's great guitars and their most famous and influential players.



Custom Guitars

Author : Simone Solondz

Publisher : String Letter Publishing

Page : 164 pages

File Size : 44,9 MB

Release : 2000

Category : Guitar

ISBN :

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Book Description

This beautiful book is a comprehensive guide to the new Golden Age of handcrafted acoustic guitars! Illustrated with full-color photos of custom instruments throughout, this rich resource also contains profiles of top luthiers, advice on buying a custom instrument, and an extensive directory with complete contact information for hundreds of makers. Encompassing steel-string flattops, nylon-strings, resonators and Hawaiians, archtops and more, Custom Guitars presents the history and current state of the art of guitar making. Includes an intro by Alex de Grassi.



The Illustrated Catalog of Guitars

Author : Nick Freeth

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 520 pages

File Size : 36,15 MB

Release : 2022-10-18

Category : Music

ISBN : 1510756817

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Book Description

A must-have for any guitar lover! This book introduces the reader to 250 guitars of all types from the early acoustic archtop designs of the Gibson L-5 in the last 1920s, through the National resonators of the 1930s, the hollow body electric Gibsons of the 1950s, the solid body Fenders of the 1960s, to the exoskeletal carbon and glass fiber of the Parker Fly of the 1990s. Each entry has a clear color photograph of the guitar together with a detail shot featuring a point of particular interest of that instrument along with a description and a technical specification. It is arranged in alphabetical order by maker’s name and coded by the type of guitar. The guitar had a profound influence on many musical forms including blues, bluegrass, country, flamenco, jazz, folk, heavy metal, rock, soul, reggae, and modern pop.