guitars

Presents a step-by-step guide to learning to play the guitar, including instructions for left-handed players, and features explanations of the techniques of different styles, as well as advice on buying a guitar.

Chronicles the development and evolution of Gibson's flat-tops -- the guitar of choice over the last 75 years.

Contains in-depth profiles of twelve of the world's leading guitar virtuosos plus telling of the best musicians from all over the world. Includes a thorough discography.

A guide for acoustic, electric, and bass guitars with step-by-step instructions and familiar tunes as well as tips on how to successfully pursue a career as a professional musician.

A step-by-step guide to playing the guitar for beginners. Includes tuning, reading music, and playing.

Provides over fifty graded tunes for guitar players. Musical and technical skills are explained, with photographs showing hand and finger positions.

A guide to playing the guitar that provides information on reading music, the basic techniques and cords, famous guitar styles, creating a home recording studio, and other related topics.

Photographs and text highlight a variety of electric guitar models from the 1950s and discusses its influence upon musicians and transformation of modern music.

Companion volume to: Acoustic guitars and other fretted instruments. Traces the electric guitar from the mid-1930s to the present.

After his mother is severely injured in an accident and his father kicks him out of the house, fourteen-year-old Travis attempts to survive on his own until he meets a guitar maker and some musicians who take him in and help him regain his confidence so that he can try to patch his family back together.