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Cowboy Guitars

Steve Evans,Ron Middlebrook
Cowboy Guitars Book PDF

Author : Steve Evans,Ron Middlebrook
Publisher : Centerstream Publications
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Music
ISBN : 1574241028

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(Book). Back in the good old days, all of America was infatuated with the singing cowboys of movies and radio. This huge interest led to the production of "cowboy guitars." These were guitars manufactured with western scenes painted right on the guitar, and were sold by stores such as Sears and Montgomery Wards. This fun, fact-filled book is an outstanding roundup of these wonderful instruments, starting with the Gene Autry model of 1932, through guitars made to capitalize on the popularity of the Lone Ranger and Roy Rogers, up through present-day makers. Includes hundreds of fantastic photos, a 32-page color section, and biographies of the artists behind the guitars, plus a chapter on leading custom guitar maker Greg Rich, showcasing some of the western guitars he has built. A must for every guitar collector! Steve Evans is the world's foremost authority on and leading collector of cowboy guitars. He owns a music store in Jacksonville, AR. A resident of Anaheim, CA, the affable Ron Middlebrook is the founder and owner of Centerstream Publishing. He is an avid instrument collector and husky musher.

The Cowboy in Country Music

Don Cusic
The Cowboy in Country Music Book PDF

Author : Don Cusic
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780786463145

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This series of biographical profiles shines a spotlight on that special place "Where the West meets the Guitar." From Gene Autry and Roy Rogers to contemporary artists like Michael Murphy, Red Steagall, Don Edwards and Riders in the Sky, many entertainers have performed music of the West, a genre separate from mainstream country music and yet an important part of the country music heritage. Once called "Country and Western," it is now described as "Country or Western." Though much has been written about "Country," very little has been written about "Western"--until now. Featured are a number of photos of the top stars in Western music, past and present. Also included is an extensive bibliography of works related to the Western music field.

Knack Guitar for Everyone

Dick Weissman
Knack Guitar for Everyone Book PDF

Author : Dick Weissman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-09
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780762766369

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Knack Guitar for Everyone is a self-instruction book for beginners to intermediates, fully illustrated with 350 full-color photographs and more than fifty exercises and songs in musical notation. By Dick Weismann, who is the author of numerous successful music books and has performed on the Today Show, it covers everything one needs to know about the instrument itself—the parts, different kinds of guitars, care for guitars—and provides the basics of reading guitar music and playing. Lessons are geared toward achievable results, and sidebars address various styles and techniques. Plus, there are a book's worth of play-along audio tracks available for free at knackbooks.com/guitar.

This Old Guitar

Michael Dregni, Margret Aldrich, Charles Shaar Murray,Voyageur Voyageur Press
This Old Guitar Book PDF

Author : Michael Dregni, Margret Aldrich, Charles Shaar Murray,Voyageur Voyageur Press
Publisher : Voyageur Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-19
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1610605497

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This Old Guitar by Michael Dregni, Margret Aldrich, Charles Shaar Murray,Voyageur Voyageur Press Pdf

Whether theyre acoustic or electric; a Fender, Gibson, or Rickenbacker; whether theyre used to play rock or blues or country; guitars have revolutionized the music industry and have struck a chord with music fans everywhere. An anthology of memoirs, stories, and reminiscences about acoustic and electric guitars and their vital role in all styles of music, This Old Guitar is the supreme tribute to this popular instrument and pop culture icon. The stories in "This Old Guitar" cover such themes as first guitars, learning to play, guitar love and lust, oddball guitars, famous guitars that made (or didnt make) history, playing air guitar, the cliches of smashing and burning guitars, and more. The stories come from journalists and historians well-known in the music industry, including Dan Forte (former editor of Guitar Player and Guitar World magazines), Michael Wright (author of "Guitar Stories" vols. 1 and 2, and contributor to "Vintage Guitar" magazine), Ward Meeker (editor of "Vintage Guitar" magazine), and Charles Shaar Murray (Author of "Crosstown Traffic and Boogie Man"). Sidebars include quotes from such famous musicians as Willie Nelson, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, T-Bone Walker, B. B. King, Pete Townshend, Jimi Hendrix, and more.

Storyteller Guitar

Doug Larson
Storyteller Guitar Book PDF

Author : Doug Larson
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781459718296

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Every object around us contains the history of all the people and places that brought it here. But rarely is that history explored. In this book, instead of breaking an object apart to reveal those stories, they are told by building the object a guitar named Storyteller from scratch. The text and illustrations reveal the rich lives of the people, places, and projects that breathed life into it. The stories range from people who were pioneers in landscape restoration to those involved with automobile manufacturing. The places include the high arctic, tropical forests, and vertical cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment. The projects include stage plays, laser physics and the establishment of the first Canadian diamond mines. By bringing together these disparate stories in one musical instrument the book makes the argument that art, science, and history are part of everybody’s life.

Public Cowboy No. 1

Holly George-Warren
Public Cowboy No 1 Book PDF

Author : Holly George-Warren
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780195372670

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Public Cowboy No. 1 by Holly George-Warren Pdf

George-Warren offers the first serious biography in which Gene Autry the legend becomes a flesh-and-blood man--with all the passions, triumphs, and tragedies of a flawed icon.

Guitar

David Schiller
Guitar Book PDF

Author : David Schiller
Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781523508501

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Celebrate the significance, the magic, and the mojo of the world’s most seductive instrument. An obsessive, full-color book presented in an irresistible slipcase, Guitar features 200 instruments in stunning detail. Here are icons, like Prince’s Yellow Cloud, Willie Nelson’s “Trigger,” Muddy Water’s Thunderbird, and “Rocky,” lovingly hand-painted by its owner, George Harrison. Historic instruments—Fender’s Broadcaster, Les Paul’s “Log,” the Gibson Nick Lucas Special, the very first artist model. Hand-carved archtops, pinnacles of the luthier’s art, from John D’Angelico to Ken Parker. Stunning acoustics from a new wave of women builders, like Rosie Heydenrych of England, who’s known to use 5,000-year-old wood retrieved from a peat bog. And quirky one-of-a-kind guitars, like Linda Manzer’s Pikasso II—four necks, 42 strings, and a thousand pounds of pressure. Marrying pure visual pleasure with layers of information, Guitar is a glorious gift for every guitar-lover

The Guitar

Chris Gibson,Andrew Warren
The Guitar Book PDF

Author : Chris Gibson,Andrew Warren
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780226764016

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The Guitar by Chris Gibson,Andrew Warren Pdf

Guitars inspire cult-like devotion: an aficionado can tell you precisely when and where their favorite instrument was made, the wood it is made from, and that wood’s unique effect on the instrument’s sound. In The Guitar, Chris Gibson and Andrew Warren follow that fascination around the globe as they trace guitars all the way back to the tree. The authors take us to guitar factories, port cities, log booms, remote sawmills, Indigenous lands, and distant rainforests, on a quest for behind-the-scenes stories and insights into how guitars are made, where the much-cherished guitar timbers ultimately come from, and the people and skills that craft those timbers along the way. Gibson and Warren interview hundreds of people to give us a first-hand account of the ins and outs of production methods, timber milling, and forest custodianship in diverse corners of the world, including the Pacific Northwest, Madagascar, Spain, Brazil, Germany, Japan, China, Hawaii, and Australia. They unlock surprising insights into longer arcs of world history: on the human exploitation of nature, colonialism, industrial capitalism, cultural tensions, and seismic upheavals. But the authors also strike a hopeful note, offering a parable of wider resonance—of the incredible but underappreciated skill and care that goes into growing forests and felling trees, milling timber, and making enchanting musical instruments, set against the human tendency to reform our use (and abuse) of natural resources only when it may be too late. The Guitar promises to resonate with anyone who has ever fallen in love with a guitar.

Electric Guitar Construction

Tom Hirst
Electric Guitar Construction Book PDF

Author : Tom Hirst
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Music
ISBN : 1574241257

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"A guide for the first time builder. The definitive work on the design and construction of a solid body electric guitar." --back cover.

The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002

Andy Gregory
The International Who s Who in Popular Music 2002 Book PDF

Author : Andy Gregory
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1857431618

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The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 by Andy Gregory Pdf

TheInternational Who's Who in Popular Music 2002offers comprehensive biographical information covering the leading names on all aspects of popular music. It brings together the prominent names in pop music as well as the many emerging personalities in the industry, providing full biographical details on pop, rock, folk, jazz, dance, world and country artists. Over 5,000 biographical entries include major career details, concerts, recordings and compositions, honors and contact addresses. Wherever possible, information is obtained directly from the entrants to ensure accuracy and reliability. Appendices include details of record companies, management companies, agents and promoters. The reference also details publishers, festivals and events and other organizations involved with music.

Acoustic Guitars

Walter Carter
Acoustic Guitars Book PDF

Author : Walter Carter
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780785835714

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This illustrated encyclopedia to acoustic guitars demonstrates their elegant beauty and which famous musicians favored which brands throughout the years.

Guitar

Tim Brookes
Guitar Book PDF

Author : Tim Brookes
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781555846138

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Guitar by Tim Brookes Pdf

From humble folk instrument to American icon, the story of the guitar is told in this “exceptionally well-written” memoir by the NPR commentator (Guitar Player). In this blend of personal memoir and cultural history, National Public Radio commentator Tim Brookes narrates the long and winding history of the guitar in the United States as he recounts his own quest to build the perfect instrument. Pairing up with a master artisan from the Green Mountains of Vermont, Brookes learns how a perfect piece of cherry wood is hued, dovetailed, and worked on with saws, rasps, and files. He also discovers how the guitar first arrived in America with the conquistadors before being taken up by an extraordinary variety of hands: miners and society ladies, lumberjacks and presidents’ wives. In time, the guitar became America’s vehicle of self-expression. Nearly every immigrant group has appropriated it to tell their story. “Part history, part love song, Guitar strikes just the right chords.” —Andrew Abrahams, People

Engineering the Guitar

Richard Mark French
Engineering the Guitar Book PDF

Author : Richard Mark French
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780387743691

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Engineering the Guitar by Richard Mark French Pdf

A uniquely engaging description of the mechanics of the guitar, for engineers and craftsmen alike. Clearly written in a conceptual language, it provides readers with an understanding of the dynamic behavior of the instrument, including structural and component dynamics, and various analytical models, such as discrete, finite element, and boundary element models. The text also covers manufacturing processes, including both handmade and mass produced instruments.

Guitar: an American life

Tim Brookes
Guitar an American life Book PDF

Author : Tim Brookes
Publisher : Grove Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0802142583

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Guitar: an American life by Tim Brookes Pdf

Reunion is the awkward, tender meeting between a father and daughter after nearly twenty years separation. Dark Pony is the telling of a mythical story by a father to his young daughter as they drive home in the evening.

Moderne

Ronald Lynn Wood
Moderne Book PDF

Author : Ronald Lynn Wood
Publisher : Vintage Guitar
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781574242416

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Moderne by Ronald Lynn Wood Pdf

(Guitar). The Moderne is an electric guitar designed by Gibson in 1957 alongside the Flying V and Explorer as part of a stylistically advanced line. Sources claim that Gibson made a handful of prototypes, but an original has yet to surface. The Moderne was eventually put into production in 1982. Because of their very limited production and forward design, Modernes are highly sought by collectors. Here is the story, explained in interviews and photos, of this curious development associated with the golden era of guitar making.