Electric Guitars: The Illustrated Encyclopedia

Bacon, Tony,Burrluck, Dave,Day, Paul,Wright, Michael

ISBN 10: 1571452818 / ISBN 13: 9781571452818

Published by Thunder Bay Pr, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Electric Guitars: The Illustrated Encyclopedia
• Publisher: Thunder Bay Pr
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1571452818
• ISBN 13: 9781571452818
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very good

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Synopsis

From the award winning team that produced the best selling Ultimate Guitar Book comes the most comprehensive book about the electric guitar. Its A-to-Z format covers more than 120 makers from around the world and details their successes and failures through 1,200 unique color, studio quality photographs. The book focuses on the iconic electric guitar with an introduction that places the electric guitar in a historical context, running from early acoustic instruments in the 16th century to amplification experiments in the 1930's. The main body of the book is the A-to-Z of brands, covering the key 65-year period from 1935 to 2000.