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From popular guitarist and multi-Emmy-award profitable composer, Brian Tarquin, comes a display-quality, full-color reference advisor to guitars. The Guitar Encyclopedia starts off with the historical past of guitars spanning again to the start of Epiphone by way of a Greek immigrant and the good innovations of Les Paul, to the increase of the Rock-‘n-Roll-shredder days with Ibanez guitars and the futuristic designs of the Gibson Moderne and the Randy Rhodes Polka Dot Flying V. The ebook additionally includes interviews from guitar designers reminiscent of Fender and Eastwood, in addition to boutique businesses resembling Gander and Specimen.

A a long way cry from different dry schematic encyclopedias, this booklet information the connections among diversified guitars and the enormous recordings that they produced. With introductions through Gary Hoey, Chris Poland (Megadeth), and Eric Shoaf (Vintage Guitar magazine), this booklet presents a wealthy and targeted account of iconic guitars all through history.

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