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.
Each guitar has been specially studio photographed for this extraordinary book. The book also features an introduction on the history of guitars, and a quick reference listing of every instrument features.
A collector's guide to over 260 instruments, from early accoustic to the latest electrics.
An illustrated guide and directory to the many types and forms of guitars.
S IL V E R T O N E It's likely that more American musicians began their interest in guitar-playing on a Silvertone – as sold by Chicago's Sears, Roebuck & Co – than on any other beginner guitar. Supplanting the Supertone brand when ...
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.
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 ...
A historical overview of the development of the acoustic guitar, with an illustrated directory of instruments, shown in 220 photographs.
A comprehensive guide to the guitar, with a practical playing manual and chord finder, a historical overview of the instrument and a visual directory of over 150 acoustic guitars, all shown in over 900 photographs and illustrations.
This is a step-by-step guide to playing the electric guitar, shown in over 600 photographs, illustrations and exercises.
Presents a pictorial history of acoustic and electric guitars from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century, covering Fender, Martin, Gibson, Ibanez, Jim Burns, and other makers from around the world.