Electric Guitars - The Illustrated Encyclopedia - 320 Pages Hardcover
All the authors talk and write books about Fender
and Gibson, but this color illustrated encyclopedia of electric guitars will show you about 129 different brands of guitars! The history of the guitars. This book is large.
It's approximately 13" by 10". This gives a lot of room to allow huge, full color photos of the guitars they talk about. There are over 1200 photographs in the book. The text/content for the different guitar brands takes you chronologically through all the years of the company's existence - up to the publish date of the book. All the major milestones of the company are discussed: Major releases of new or improved guitars, guitar styles. Where has the company been located. Has the company been sold, passed on to children, bought by another guitar company? Talks about what guitar stars used that guitar brand or model. What signature models did this company come out with?
Got Gas?
G.A.S. - Guitar Acquisition Syndrome. This is the well-documented phenomenon of when a guitar player has the constant urge to purchase more and more guitars and gear. Do you like to collect guitars? Do you already own 2 or 3 guitars and have plans to buy more? If you answered yes, you'll enjoy having this guitar encyclopedia.
Also, this is the perfect gift for a guitar lover. Is there someone in your life who never has enough guitars? They'll really enjoy this book! This book is for when you want to know as much as possible about practically every guitar brand name ever made.
For each guitar entry you get:
- Photos
Large photos of the major guitar models the company has released through the years.
- Guitar Ads
Advertisements that featured the guitar some of the ads are 10, 20, 30 years old, depending on when the guitar model was released. Interesting to see the history of the guitar, the circumstances of when it was released/first made, and the artists who were using it when it came out. Some ads are in magazines, some are in newspapers, sometimes the guitar is featured on the cover of a guitar magazine, along with a popular player.
- Manufacturer literature
There are also a lot of photos of actual manufacturer manuals and brochures that show the guitar when it came out.
How can you benefit from this book? Want to know what famous guitar player played which guitars during their career? Sometimes when you're guitar shopping you want to find out how many years a certain company has been in business. Has the company been sold to another guitar company? Have they moved their operations overseas? Are you interested in obscure brands that don't get the attention the more popular brands get? See what guitar magazine ads your guitar was featured in when it first came out. Find out the history of a guitar you plan to own, and the company that made it. If you're looking for the back-story on any one of over 100 guitar brands, you can find it in this book.
