An Illustrated History And Directory Of Acoustic Guitars

Author : James Westbrook
Publisher : Southwater
ISBN 13 : 9781780193748
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Illustrated History and Directory of Acoustic Guitars written by James Westbrook and published by Southwater. This book was released on 2015-09-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical overview of the development of the acoustic guitar, with an illustrated directory of instruments, shown in 220 photographs.

Author : James Westbrook
Publisher : Lorenz Books
ISBN 13 : 9780754821687
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Illustrated Book of the Acoustic Guitar written by James Westbrook and published by Lorenz Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. ,

Author : Ray Bonds
Publisher : Voyageur Press
ISBN 13 : 9780760315613
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Illustrated Directory of Guitars written by Ray Bonds and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2003-04-24 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Nick Freeth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780760763179
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated Directory of Guitars written by Nick Freeth and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated guide and directory to the many types and forms of guitars.

Author : Ben Elder
Publisher : Chartwell Books
ISBN 13 : 0760363617
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Acoustic Guitars written by Ben Elder and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acoustic Guitars: The Illustrated Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive guide of its type ever produced, covering decades of great instruments and the people who played them. You will find here the highest quality photos of acoustic guitars produced by every significant maker, from Alvarez to Zemaitis, plus detailed information, and a host of action pictures of important players from pop, rock, jazz, country classical, blues, and folk. An acoustic guitar need not be a simple brown box with a neck attached. Acoustic Guitars: The Illustrated Encyclopedia celebrates the unusual, the different and the purely bizarre in addition to the assured roots-based craft of the finest unadorned instruments, underlining the sheer diversity and variety of the acoustic stringed instruments that have been built and sold and played through three centuries. Here are resonator guitars made since the 1920s by Dobro, National, and others, often with highly decorated metal bodies; revered flat-tops from Martin, Taylor, Gibson, and more; peculiarly shaped and oddly featured creations from many of the custom builders; early 20th-century harp guitars with extra strings and extended bodies; creative archtops from D’Angelico, Epiphone, Benedetto, and more; and plastic-equipped constructions from Ovation. The comprehensive and informative text is in a clear A-to-Z format organized by brand name, written and researched by a unique team of the world’s leading authorities on the subject. Acoustic Guitars: The Illustrated Encyclopedia shows in words and pictures just why and how the acoustic guitar continues to be the most popular musical instrument in the world.

Author : Fuller Ted
Publisher : Southwater
ISBN 13 : 9781780194202
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Illustrated History and Directory of Electric Guitars written by Fuller Ted and published by Southwater. This book was released on 2016-03-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Chris Goertzen
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496843754
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rugs, Guitars, and Fiddling written by Chris Goertzen and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2022-10-21 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do exotic area rugs, handcrafted steel-string guitars, and fiddling have in common today? Many contemporary tradition bearers embrace complexity in form and content. They construct objects and performances that draw on the past and evoke nostalgia effectively but also reward close attention. In Rugs, Guitars, and Fiddling: Intensification and the Rich Modern Lives of Traditional Arts, author Chris Goertzen argues that this entails three types of change that can be grouped under an umbrella term: intensification. First, traditional creativity can be intensified through virtuosity, through doing hard things extra fluently. Second, performances can be intensified through addition, by packing increased amounts of traditional materials into the conventionally sized packages. Third, in intensification through selection, artistic impact can grow even if amount of information recedes by emphasizing compelling ideas—e.g., crafting a red and black viper poised to strike rather than a pretty duck decoy featuring more colors and contours. Rugs handwoven in southern Mexico, luthier-made guitars, and southern US fiddle styles experience parallel changes, all absorbing just enough of the complex flavors, dynamics, and rhythms of modern life to translate inherited folklore into traditions that can be widely celebrated today. New mosaics of details and skeins of nuances don’t transform craft into esoteric fine art, but rather enlist the twists and turns and endless variety of the contemporary world therapeutically, helping transform our daily chaos into parades of negotiable jigsaw puzzles. Intensification helps make crafts and traditional performances more accessible and understandable and thus more effective, bringing past and present closer together, helping folk arts continue to perform their magic today.

Author : Terry Burrows
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
ISBN 13 : 9780823082698
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guitars Illustrated written by Terry Burrows and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visual catalog of that follows the histories of important guitars and their manufacturers.

Author : Simone Solondz
Publisher : String Letter Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Custom Guitars written by Simone Solondz and published by String Letter Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Teja Gerken
Publisher : Chartwell Books
ISBN 13 : 0760363609
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Electric Guitars written by Teja Gerken and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.