Totally Guitar. The Definitive Guide.

Bacon, Tony and Hunter, Dave.

ISBN 10: 1871547814 / ISBN 13: 9781871547818

Published by Backbeat Books, London, 2004

About this Item

Dustwrapper, stout small folio, pp.608. Illustrated. Playing styles, guitar models and their makers all are thoroughly explored in this major work. Dustwrapper a little edge worn with some light creasing along edges and a tiny split to one corner. Glazed pictorial boards clean and crisp. Contents clean and tight , with a slight ripple to text overall. VG in VG wrapper. Very heavy book, when wrapped appropriately it weighs c3650g thus exceeding the 1000g default for the automatic postage quotation - the extra postage will be requested at time of order or in response to prior enquiry. if to be sent by UK post or overseas.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Totally Guitar. The Definitive Guide.
• Publisher: Backbeat Books, London
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1871547814
• ISBN 13: 9781871547818
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Totally Guitar is the most complete guide ever for the modern guitarist. This fascinating guide will help you to discover some great new playing styles, learn all the inside info on the coolest amps and greatest guitars, and understand how your favorite instruments work. Whether you're a beginner or advanced player, this amazing collection will provide everything you need to know about the guitar, in one massive, unique, information-packed book.

* Tony Bacon is a leading music author whose books include The Ultimate Guitar Book, 50 Years of Fender, London Live, The History of the American Guitar, and 50 Years of the Gibson Les Paul.
* Dave Hunter is an American musician and journalist now based in London and a former editor The Guitar Magazine. He has contributed to numerous publications and TV and radio documentaries, and he is a leading reviewer of guitar amplification.
* Other outstanding contributors include Ghanian guitarist Kari Bannerman, designer and builder Robert Benedetto, classical guitarist David Braid, author and music reviewer David Burrluck, Nashville-based author, songwriter, and musician Walter Carter, “guitar guru” Paul Day, and others.
* Find out the importance of design and materials, like how maple accentuates the higher frequencies to produce

About the Author

Tony Bacon is a leading writer on the guitar and is the author of The Ultimate Guitar Book, and The Fender Book, which have combined sales of more than 300,000 copies. He has edited and/or contributed to many other books, including Classic Guitars of the Fifties, Classic Guitars of the Sixties, and The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. He makes his home just outside London, England.

Dave Hunter was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, and now makes his home in England, where he is a professional journalist and musician. He is the former editor of The Guitar Magazine. For the past 3 years he has been a recent research contributor and commentator for several television and radio programs on the guitar.