Electric Guitars - The Illustrated Encyclopedia by Tony Bacon (2000) Paperback

Tony Bacon

Reference

Backbeat

The original version of this guide has sold over 30,000 copies. This new edition has been expanded by 25% and promises to become an invaluable resource. For collectors, dealers and players, this completely updated "field guide" provides specifications, serial numbers, and more for determining the originality of vintage American acoustic and electric fretted instruments. Detailing thousands of models by every major manufacturer, the book now includes expanded coverage of Martin, Guild, Mosrite, Dobro, Gibson banjos, Fender amps, Gibson amps, plus updates on the latest models from Fender, Gibson, Rickenbacker, and others since 1990. 582 pages, 6 inch. x 9 inch.

Gruhn's Guide To Vintage Guitars

Arts & Photography

Carter, Walter

Gruhn, George

Music

(Reference). This is the ideal handbook for musicians who want to make high-quality recordings at home. The author's basic philosophy is that musicianship, not equipment, is the essential ingredient in a great recording. With skill, creativity, and a can-do attitude, anyone can produce CD-quality recorded music at home with a minimum of technology and training. The book makes general, practical musical sense of the complex technology of home recording. It will prove useful to those just getting started in home recording, to those trying to fill in holes in their recording background, and to musicians who would just like to understand more clearly what goes on in the studio. The book is based on a popular series of columns in Guitar Player magazine.

The Musicians Home Recording Handbook

GREENWALD, Ted

Traces the evolution of America's fretted instruments, including the mandolin, the banjo, and the guitar

Acoustic Guitars And Other Fretted Instruments

For Fender fans and collectors, guitar enthusiasts, and lovers of popular music--a complete guide to Fender electric guitars, from the 1950s to the present. This in-depth story is illustrated with large, high-quality photos of rare, outstanding and unusual Fender models, together with some choice selections of Fender memorabilia. Advertising in Guitar Player and Bass Player magazines.

The Fender Book: A Complete History Of Fender Electric Guitars

Bacon, Tony

Day,Paul

(Guitar). Interviews with 50 of the world's greatest guitarists spanning the past 25 years and collected into one information-packed volume. Based on articles originally published in Guitar Player magazine, Secrets from the Masters features the most influential guitarists of our time from legends such as Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins and B.B. King to Joe Satriani, Eddie Van Halen and Eric Clapton, and all genres in-between. This book celebrates the guitarists who have forever altered the way we play and think about the guitar. Within these interviews you will find poetry and prophesy, the outrageous and the sublime, plus rare photos, challenging music, groovy gear, groundbreaking techniques and other glimpses into greatness. 8-1/2 x 11 .

Secrets from the Masters

Various, Authors

A pioneer in the progressive rock movement of the 1970s, and winner of KEYBOARD magazine's Best New Talent Award in 1979, escorts readers through the often intimidating world of music, introducing them to rhythm, key signatures, chords, and intervals, and telling how to write it all down. Clear and practical throughout, generously sprinkled with examples, this book leads readers to the point where they can take off on their own.

The Musician's Guide To Reading & Writing Music

Stewart, Dave

From the publisher of Electric Bass Guitar comes Bass Heroes – interviews with 30 of the world's greatest bass players. It's a collection of interviews spanning the past 25 years, adapted from Guitar Player magazine. The interviews here feature some of the best players who ever lived, regardless of stylistic leanings. Divided into rock, jazz, studio and pop, and blues and funk, all the greats are included...from Monk and Montgomery to Paul McCartney to James Jamerson and John Patitucci. This book also features private lessons with luminaries such as Billy Sheehan. These select musicians come alive in their own words as they discuss topics ranging from early musical influences to unique playing and recording techniques and their favorite basses and amps. 8-1/2″ X 11″. 208 pages. 30 photos.

Bass Heroes

Biographies & Memoirs

Mulhern, Tom

Arts & Literature

Focusing on the synthesizer's modern history from 1962 on, this book explores the development of modular, analog, and other synths against a photographic backdrop. Pioneering designers such as Bob Moog and Alan R. Pearlman reveal their successes and failures, while famous composers and synthesists provide musical insights.

Vintage Synthesizers

Vail, Mark

(Book). Miller Freeman Books Rock soloing blues power, rapid-fire rockabilly, slick turnarounds, and cool licks by Arlen Roth. This collection of style-enhancing techniques are licks comes complete with detailed instruction supported by hundreds of musical examples. Drawing on ten years of Roth's 'Hot Guitar' column published in Guitar Player, this book guides readers through a variety of techniques essential to rock guitarists. 8-1/2 x 11.

Hot Guitar: Arlen Roth

Roth, Arlen

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