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The Taylor Guitar Book

40 Years of Great American Flattops

By: Teja Gerken

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The Taylor Guitar Book

40 Years of Great American Flattops

By: Teja Gerken

Growing from a small custom shop in the early 1970s to the only new brand to have challenged the traditional Big Three of American acoustic guitars (Gibson, Guild, and Martin), Taylor has effectively changed the marketplace for acoustic steel-string guitars and influenced every other maker of acoustic stringed instruments. But Taylor's influence in the guitar market goes far beyond the guitars themselves. Having pioneered the use of modern building techniques – such as utilizing CNC machines, UV-finishing, etc. – the company has been an undisputed leader when it comes to innovation. Taylor's latest efforts are concentrated on wood conservation, and again, the company is setting the example that the industry is following. The Taylor Guitar Book combines a historical story line with useful hands-on information about model changes over the years – to help readers learn how to identify and date a Taylor – and features shop and factory photos (both historical and current) as well as full-color images of guitars.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493083740

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9781493083749

Electric Guitars

The Illustrated Encyclopedia

By: Teja Gerken,Dave Hunter,Mikael Jasson,Richard Johnston,John Morrish,Michael Simmons

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Electric Guitars

The Illustrated Encyclopedia

By: Teja Gerken,Dave Hunter,Mikael Jasson,Richard Johnston,John Morrish,Michael Simmons

Electric Guitars: The Illustrated Encyclopedia is a tour through pop-music’s most celebrated musical instrument. Covering several decades of iconic pieces, this guide describes electric guitars produced by every significant manufacturer from Alembic to Zemaitis. Alongside every model is detailed information and a host of action pictures of key players, from Chet Atkins to Joey Z. 1,200 photographs really bring each guitar to life. With 800 classic, rare and unusual instruments from all major manufacturers in studio-quality photographs, plus illustrations of key players, original ads, and memorabilia, it’s easy to get lost within these pages. Comprehensive and informative text with a unique A-to-Z guitar directory covers makers’ histories, great guitarists, and musical trends. This is the definitive guide to the electric guitar, written and researched by the world’s leading authorities on the instrument that has shaped over 50 years of popular music. In words and pictures, detailed descriptions of just why the electric guitar is the most exciting icon of modern pop music.

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Chartwell Books

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0760363609

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9780760363607

Acoustic Guitar

The Composition, Construction, and Evolution of One of World's Most Beloved Instruments

By: Richard Johnston,Michael Simmons,Teja Gerken,Frank Ford

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Acoustic Guitar

The Composition, Construction, and Evolution of One of World's Most Beloved Instruments

By: Richard Johnston,Michael Simmons,Teja Gerken,Frank Ford

(Guitar Reference). Foreword by C.F. Martin IV. This comprehensive guide explains how to buy and maintain the guitar that matches your needs. From its beginning in European classical music, through American innovations like blues, jazz, country, and all the way to rock, pop and folk, the acoustic guitar's versatility is remarkable. This book covers all types of models with an emphasis placed on steel-string flattops, archtops and classical guitars. Topics covered include: How to tell the difference between a good sounding and bad sounding instrument; How much of the sound is determined by the wood; How to amplify and maintain its natural sound; How much money to spend in order to get an instrument that matches your level of playing; A color section illustrates historically significant instruments.

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Hal Leonard

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1476852588

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9781476852584

The Taylor Guitar Book

40 Years of Great American Flattops

By: Teja Gerken

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40 Years of Great American Flattops

By: Teja Gerken

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Acoustic Guitars

The Illustrated Encyclopedia

By: Ben Elder,Teja Gerken,John Morrish,Jerry Uwins,Mikael Jansson,Dave Hunter

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The Illustrated Encyclopedia

By: Ben Elder,Teja Gerken,John Morrish,Jerry Uwins,Mikael Jansson,Dave Hunter

Acoustic Guitars: The Illustrated Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive guide of its type ever produced, covering decades of great instruments and the people who played them. You will find here the highest quality photos of acoustic guitars produced by every significant maker, from Alvarez to Zemaitis, plus detailed information, and a host of action pictures of important players from pop, rock, jazz, country classical, blues, and folk. An acoustic guitar need not be a simple brown box with a neck attached. Acoustic Guitars: The Illustrated Encyclopedia celebrates the unusual, the different and the purely bizarre in addition to the assured roots-based craft of the finest unadorned instruments, underlining the sheer diversity and variety of the acoustic stringed instruments that have been built and sold and played through three centuries. Here are resonator guitars made since the 1920s by Dobro, National, and others, often with highly decorated metal bodies; revered flat-tops from Martin, Taylor, Gibson, and more; peculiarly shaped and oddly featured creations from many of the custom builders; early 20th-century harp guitars with extra strings and extended bodies; creative archtops from D’Angelico, Epiphone, Benedetto, and more; and plastic-equipped constructions from Ovation. The comprehensive and informative text is in a clear A-to-Z format organized by brand name, written and researched by a unique team of the world’s leading authorities on the subject. Acoustic Guitars: The Illustrated Encyclopedia shows in words and pictures just why and how the acoustic guitar continues to be the most popular musical instrument in the world.

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Chartwell Books

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0760363617

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9780760363614

Acoustic Guitars

The Illustrated Encyclopedia

By: Ben Elder,Teja Gerken,John Morrish,Jerry Uwins,Mikael Jansson,Dave Hunter

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The Illustrated Encyclopedia

By: Ben Elder,Teja Gerken,John Morrish,Jerry Uwins,Mikael Jansson,Dave Hunter

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Electric Guitars

The Illustrated Encyclopedia

By: Teja Gerken,Dave Hunter,Mikael Jasson,Richard Johnston,John Morrish,Michael Simmons

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The Illustrated Encyclopedia

By: Teja Gerken,Dave Hunter,Mikael Jasson,Richard Johnston,John Morrish,Michael Simmons

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