Category: Musical Instruments

This Old Guitar: Making Music and Memories from Country to Jazz, Blues to Rock. With stories and photographs by Charles Shaar Murray, Dan Forte, Teisco Del Rey, Michael Wright, Douglas B. Green, Tommy Womack, Ward Meeker, Vintage Guitar magazine, and more.

By: Aldrich, Margret and Michael Dregni; Editors.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Voyageur Press, A Town Square Book, (2003).

Seller ID: 51703bd

Quarto, hardcover (slick, full-color photo. illus. boards), [160] pp. Fine (As New) in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: The guitar. It is without doubt the musical instrument that played the soundtrack to the twentieth century. It is a symbol of youth, freedom, rebellion. Playing uitar -- however badly -- is as much a part of the American experience as that first crush or first car. Such memories are what this book is about. This Old Guitar is a treasury of short stories, essays, tall tales, and reminiscences, all devoted to the guitar and the special role it plays in our lives. T...
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Guide to Vintage Drums.

By: Aldridge, John.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Anaheim Hills, CA: Centerstream Publishing, (1994).

Seller ID: 51237bd

Quarto, softbound (slick, full-color photo. illus. wrappers), 172 pp. Very Good+. Illustrated guide to collectible drum sets. Contents: The Evolution of the Drumset -- The First Modern Bass Drum Pedal, Sound Effects, Snare Drums, Bass Drums, Low Boys and Hi Hats, Tom Toms, The Drum Set, World War II, 10% Law, The 40s and 50s; The Cymbal Makers -- Alejian, Ajaha, Zilco, Chee Foo Chinese Cymbals, Azco, Paiste, Stanople, The Zildjian Angle; American Drum Companies -- George H. Way, Camco-Drum Workshop, Gretsch, Leedy, Ludwig, Rogers, Slingerland, Wurlitzer, George B. Stone, General PRoducts (...
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The Great American Drums and the Companies That Made Them, 1920 - 1969. Edited by Rick Van Horn. Historic Information, Personal Anecdotes, and Hundreds of Photos from the Golden Era of American Drum Manufacturing.

By: Cangany, Harry.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Cedar Grove, NJ: Modern Drummer Publications, Inc., (1996).

Seller ID: 51238bd

Quarto, softbound (slick, full-color illus. stiff wrappers), 70 pp. Very Good. Illustrated with full-color photos. From lower cover: Harry Cangany... in 1988 put up the financing for the Drum Center of Indianapolis, the only drum shop dedicated to selling American (and British) drums. He began to acquire museum pieces for the store and to collect as much written material as could be found. This book, which is an outgrowth of Harry's Collectors' Corner articles for Modern Drummer magazine, celebrates the wonderful drums of a Golden Age... As of the publication date of this book, Harry's c...
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The History of Marshall: The Illustrated Story of ÒThe Sound of Rock.Ó Foreword by Billy ÔF' Gibbons.

By: Doyle, Michael. Edited by Jon Eiche.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, (1993). First Edition.

Seller ID: 51713bd

Quarto, softbound (slick, full-color photo. illus. stiff wrappers), 254 pp. Fine. From lower cover: Since arriving on the music scene in 1962, Marshall has become the premier manufacturer of musical amplification equipment in the world. The History of Marshall follows the meteoric rise of this company from their humble origins in Hanwell, England, through their many innovations, including the famous Ôstack' to their most current leading-edge products. Hundreds of rare and original photographs; 64 color plates including early catalog reprints; The first detailed appraisal and history of th...
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The Hofner Guitar, A History.

By: Giltrap, Gordon and Neville Marten.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Essex, England: International Music Publications Limited, (1993).

Seller ID: 51701bd

Quarto, slick full-color photo. illus. boards (hardcover), 80 pp. Near-Fine, with slight sunning to spine.
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The History of Yamaha Guitars: Over Sixty Years of Innovation.

By: Kasulen, Mark and Matt Blackett.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Corporation, (2006). First Edition.

Seller ID: 51708bd

Quarto, hardcover (slick, full-color photo. illus. boards), 133 pp. Near-0.Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: For more than 60 years, Yamaha has supplied students, teachers, beginners, and pros with a wide range of high-quality instruments at an affordable price. No other company comes near Yamaha's well earned reputation as music educators or their worldwide distribution network. A silent giant, Yamaha's guitar division has for years collaborated with professional luthiers from around the globe, and has evolved into one of the world's largest producers of guitars. The story of...
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Guitar Heaven: The Most Famous Guitars to Electrify Our World. Foreword by Les Paul.

By: Marten, Neville.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Collins Design, (2007), Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.

Seller ID: 51709bd

Quarto, hardcover (slick, purple boards, red letters), 224 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: In this captivating guide to the greatest electric guitars of all time, guitar expert Neville Marten selects the most seminal instruments, from Ampeg to Zemaitis, and reveals why each is musically and historically significant. Each guitar is presented with beautiful, evocative images and shown in the hands of an iconic musician to illustrated how, through combining the skill of the player and the instrument maker, an inanimate object of wood and metal can be transformed into one of ...
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Electric Guitar Handbook.

By: Ratcliffe, Alan.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London: New Holland (Publishers) Ltd., (2005).

Seller ID: 51704bd

Quarto, softbound (Slick, full-color photo. illus. wrappers), 160 pp. Fine. From lower cover: An important reference for any apprentice musician wanting to explore the technical side of guitar playing, the Electric Guitar Handbook offers: the latest guitar technology, from hexaphonic pick-ups to piezo saddles; effects anaylsis -- wah-wah pedals to phasers, harmonizers and flangers; mastering effect placement; the best in guitar speakers, PA systems and microphones; advice on forming a band, gigging and going into the studio; how to get started in the music industry.
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The Birth of the Banjo. Katonah Museum of Art: November 9, 2003 - February 1, 2004. Guest Curators: Robert Shaw, Peter Szego, George Wunderlich.

By: Shaw, Robert; Szego, Peter; Wunderlich, George.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York: Katonah Musum of Art, (2003).

Seller ID: 51712bd

The exhibition traced the history of the early banjo from its African roots to the blackface minstrel shows of the 1840s and 50s, and finally, to its mass production after the Civil War. Images of pre-banjo instruments from Africa, as well as American handmade banjos, are presented in the comprehensive catalogue, along with paintings, period photographs, and sheet music covers. Pictured in the publication are also toys, ceramic figurines, ephemera, and commercial art in which the banjo can be seen. The handsome catalogue contains five essays by scholars on different aspects of the instrument: ...
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Custom Guitars: A Complete Guide to Contemporary Handcrafted Guitars.

By: Solondz, Simone; Editor.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: String Letter Publishing, (2000).

Seller ID: 51711bd

Quarto, softbound (slick, full-color photo. illus. stiff wrappers), 151 pp. Fine. From lower cover: Ours is the new Golden Age of Lutherie -- a time of unprecedented innovation in guitar design and unparalleled accomplishment in guitar construction. What makes this Golden Age all the more remarkable is that today's custom guitars are well within the financial reach of many players, not only collectors and connoisseurs. Custom Guitars is the only reference work to document this remarkable era, in both words and stunning pictures, and to introduce guitarists and guitar enthusiasts to the re...
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American Guitars, An Illustrated History. Foreword by Les Paul.

By: Wheeler, Tom.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, (1982).

Seller ID: 51705bd

Quarto, black cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xiv, 370 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: American Guitars is the first comprehensive volume devoted to the guitar's post-Civil War era revolution. It details the year-to-year development of scores of individual models and covers the stories of all major U.S. manufacturers and many minor ones --from Ditson and Dobro to Martin and Mosrite, from Guild and Gretsch to Regal and Rickenbacker. Encyclopedic in form, this book is filled with text, tables, interviews, and pictures. In the 825 black-and-white photos, you'll discover t...
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Category: Musical Instruments