[PDF] The Epiphone Guitar Book eBook

Author : Walter Carter
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 37,64 MB
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1493079239

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The story of Epiphone, one of the oldest and most famous guitar companies, is told by former staff historian Walter Carter. It's an epic story spanning three centuries, from Old World roots in the 19th century to the golden age of American makers in the 20th century and onward into the global market of the new millennium. It's the story of America's business, from an individual luthier to a family business and on to corporate ownership. And it's the story of American popular music, powered by Epiphone guitars, from big-bodied Emperor that drove the swing bands of the 1930s, to the electric hollowbodies of the 1960s used by The Beatles and studio ace Howard Roberts, to custom solidbody models for such modern rockers as Noel Gallagher (Oasis), Jeff Waters (Annihilator), and Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance). Beautifully illustrated with photos of all the important Epiphone instruments and the extraordinary musicians who played them, this is a fascinating history of an iconic name in the world of the guitar.

Author : Walter Carter
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,13 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780879308957

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(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.

Author : Zachary R. Fjestad
Publisher : Blue Book Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,18 MB
Release : 2014-11-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781936120574

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(Guitar Book). Make every dollar count with the new 15th Edition Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars . This edition boasts 900 pages of content, including a color Photo Grading System and guitar reference information and values on over 900 guitar manufacturers/distributors including Gibson, Martin, Ovation, Taylor, Alvarez, Epiphone, Takamine, Washburn, Gretsch, and Guild. Many independent luthiers and custom builders are also represented. You'll be sure to make every dollar count when buying or selling with over 8,000 acoustic guitars listed!

Author : Brad Tolinski
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 24,54 MB
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Music
ISBN : 0385541007

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The inspiration for the Play It Loud exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art "Every guitar player will want to read this book twice. And even the casual music fan will find a thrilling narrative that weaves together cultural history, musical history, race, politics, business case studies, advertising, and technological discovery." —Daniel Levitin, Wall Street Journal For generations the electric guitar has been an international symbol of freedom, danger, rebellion, and hedonism. In Play It Loud, veteran music journalists Brad Tolinski and Alan di Perna bring the history of this iconic instrument to roaring life. It's a story of inventors and iconoclasts, of scam artists, prodigies, and mythologizers as varied and original as the instruments they spawned. Play It Loud uses twelve landmark guitars—each of them artistic milestones in their own right—to illustrate the conflict and passion the instruments have inspired. It introduces Leo Fender, a man who couldn't play a note but whose innovations helped transform the guitar into the explosive sound machine it is today. Some of the most significant social movements of the twentieth century are indebted to the guitar: It was an essential element in the fight for racial equality in the entertainment industry; a mirror to the rise of the teenager as social force; a linchpin of punk's sound and ethos. And today the guitar has come full circle, with contemporary titans such as Jack White of The White Stripes, Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent), and Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys bringing some of the earliest electric guitar forms back to the limelight. Featuring interviews with Les Paul, Keith Richards, Carlos Santana, Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, and dozens more players and creators, Play It Loud is the story of how a band of innovators transformed an idea into a revolution.

Author : Tony Bacon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 30,4 MB
Release : 2023-10-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 1493083589

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Color and B&W photos throughout

Author : Tony Bacon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 47,17 MB
Release : 1995-06-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1476850984

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ÊThe Bass BookÊ 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.

Author : Tony Bacon
Publisher : Backbeat Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,76 MB
Release : 2016-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781495001529

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THE GIBSON 335 BOOK: ELECTRIC THINLINES AND THE PLAYERS WHO MADE THEM FAMOUS

Author : Tony Bacon
Publisher : Backbeat Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,57 MB
Release : 2015-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781480399242

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THE GRETSCH ELECTRIC GUITAR BOOK: 60 YEARS OF WHITE FALCONS 6120S JETS GENTS . . .

Author : Norman Harris
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,30 MB
Release : 2004-05
Category : Guitar
ISBN : 9780966921915

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Norman's Rare Guitars features some of the guitars from one man's collection -- a look at the last 30 years of buying, selling, and collecting guitars. It includes 276 pages of breathtaking full-color images of the finest collection of vintage guitars in the world. For any true guitar fan, seeing so many great guitars in one place is like dying and going to heaven -- that makes this book a kind of travelogue to be enjoyed by any guitar enthusiast. Includes classics such as Fender, Gibson, D'Angelico, Guild, Epiphone, Martin, Rickenbacker, Gretsch, Dobro, National, Danelectro, Zemantis, Musser, Vox, Coral, and Kay.

Author : Jim Fisch
Publisher : Amsco Music
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,23 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780825614538

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Traces the history of the Stathopoulo family from their roots in Greece to the formation of Epiphone and on through to the sale of the company to Gibson in 1957.