The guitar player book / the editors of Guitar Player Magazine ; editor, Jim Ferguson.

Other author Ferguson, Jim, 1948- editor.
Other author Crockett, Jim, editor.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoSaratoga, CA : Guitar Player Books ; New York : Grove Press, 1978.
Descriptionix, 403 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Subjects
Guitar.

Contents Great guitarists. Duane Allman ; Laurindo Almeida ; Chet Atkins ; George Barnes ; Billy Bauer ; Jeff Baxter ; Jeff Beck ; George Benson ; Chuck Berry ; Elvin Bishop ; Norman Blake ; Mike Bloomfield ; Noel Boggs ; Julian Bream ; David Bromberg ; Jack Bruce ; Roy Buchanan ; James Burton ; Glen Campbell ; Curley Chalker ; Eric Clapton ; Roy Clark ; Stanley Clarke ; Larry Coryell ; Marcel Dadi ; Rick Danko ; Pete Drake ; Herb Ellis ; Buddy Emmons ; John Fahey ; Tal Farlow ; Peter Frampton ; Jerry Garcia ; Jim Hall ; Jimi Hendrix ; Tom Johnston ; John Paul Jones ; Carol Kaye ; Barney Kessel ; Albert King ; B.B. King ; Freddie King ; Leo Kottke ; Phil Lesh ; Michael Lorimer ; Pat Martino ; Leon McAuliffe ; Sam McGee ; John McLaughlin ; Steve Miller ; Monk Montgomery ; Wes Montgomery ; Carlos Montoya ; Scotty Moore ; Tony Mottola ; Mary Osborne ; Jimmy Page ; Joe Pass ; Les Paul ; Tiran Porter ; Chuck Rainey ; Bonnie Raitt ; Django Reinhardt ; Keith Richard ; Lee Ritenour ; Howard Roberts ; Robbie Robertson ; Todd Rundgren ; Sabicas ; Andres Segovia ; Pat Simmons ; Tut Taylor ; Merle Travis ; T-Bone Walker ; Joe Walsh ; Doc Watson ; John Williams ; Johnny Winter ; Rusty Young ; Frank Zappa -- The guitar in contemporary society. The evolution of the guitar's use in pop music ; Women and guitar ; Attitude: the key to success or failure ; Better guitar through 'artificial reincarnation' ; Jazz roundtable ; Ralph Gleason on jazz guitarists ; Is there a future for the American guitar? ; Sales trends ; The selling of classical guitar records ; Artist's endorsements: three views ; The guitar in early country music ; Martin's guitar historian ; The guitar's most recent decade ; The Guild of American Luthiers ; The Guitar Foundation of America ; Guitar in high school ; College guitar ; How to get a college degree ; On recording studios ; New York's session men ; Are you ready for Nashville? ; Jingle recording ; The business of playing the guitar -- Acquiring guitars and keeping them in shape. How to buy a guitar ; The art and science of guitar collecting ; Guitar collecting for fun and profit ; Arch-top collecting ; Guitar repair with Harmon Satterlee ; The art of inlay ; Guitar acoustics ; Woods: a dialogue ; The mellowing of guitar wood ; Humidity and guitars ; Airlines and guitars -- Guitars and accessories. The Les Paul's beginnings ; Talking with Leo Fender ; The D'Angelico ; The D'Aquisto ; The Stromberg guitar ; Django's Maccaferri ; The SJ200: pioneering Jumbo ; The Rickenbacker ; The story of the Dobro ; The harpguitar ; A tour through Martin ; The fascinating history of frets ; The vibrato tailpiece ; A pickup primer ; The humbucking pickup ; Questions about pickups ; A string symposium ; Making strings at Gibson ; The picks of rock and roll ; New products that didn't make it -- Appendix I. Guitar glossary ; Appendix II. Major manufacturers.
General noteIncludes index.
General noteThe articles and interviews in this book appeared previously, in slightly different form in Guitar Player Magazine.
Other title Guitar player.
LCCN 77018327
ISBN0394170458 :

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