Rock Hardware: The Instruments, Equipment, and Technology of Rock

Rh Value Publishing

ISBN 10: 0517545217 / ISBN 13: 9780517545218

Published by Crown Pub, 1981

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rock Hardware: The Instruments, Equipment, and Technology of Rock
• Publisher: Crown Pub
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0517545217
• ISBN 13: 9780517545218
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 900 grams

About this title

Synopsis

The development and history of the various musical instruments and electronic equipment used by rock musicians and in record recording are described with explanations of amplification and recording techniques

From the Back Cover

At its inception in the 1950s rock & roll was played on simple instruments with simple audio equipment. Today's rock instruments and sound systems can be as technically sophisticated and complex as any Hollywood blockbuster. Rock Hardware explores the full range of choices in instruments and technology. including acoustic guitars, electric guitars, basses, amps, drums and percussion, keyboards, electronic music, brass, woodwinds, live sound systems, and recording technology. For rock fans, the book provides an inside look at 40 years of music history as seen and heard from the world's most famous stages and studios. For musicians, it gives invaluable insight into which instruments to choose from a vast array of old and new equipment, and how to combine them to create a distinctive new sound. The essays in this book have been written by fourteen of the world's leading music writers.