Beatles Gear: All the Fab Four's Instruments from Stage to Studio - Softcover

Babiuk, Andy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0879307315 ISBN 13: 9780879307318

Publisher: Backbeat, 2002

Synopsis

(Book). Now in paperback and updated with new material and photos, this acclaimed book is the first to examine the guitars, basses, drums, keyboards, amplifiers everything The Beatles used to become history's greatest rock 'n' roll band. It analyzes all the gear and how the trend-setting Beatles played it to sculpt an unforgettable range of sounds. Year by year, Beatles Gear examines in fine detail specific instruments, amplifiers, and other equipment used by each artist from the pre-Beatle days in 1956-57 Liverpool, throughout the global Beatlemania of the '60s, to the group's disbanding in 1970.

About this title

About the Author

Andy Babiuk (Rochester, NY) is a musician, writer and co-owner of the boutique music shop Tone Bender Music. He has, been a professional in the music industry for more than 25 years and is a consultant to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame and to major auction houses in London and New York. He is the author of The Story Of Paul Bigsby: Father Of The Modern Electric Solidbody Guitar. He plays in the recording and touring band, the Chesterfield Kings and lives in Rochester, New York, with his wife, six children and a very large collection of guitars and music memorabilia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Backbeat
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879307315
• ISBN 13: 9780879307318
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256