The Tone Fanatic’s Guide To Integrating Amps and Effects by Scott Kahn
Montclair, NJ (July 14, 2011) – Hal Leonard Books, the musician’s best source of books on the music business, audio technology, instrument history, and more, has published Modern Guitar Rigs: The Tone Fanatic's Guide to Integrating Amps and Effects ($24.99) by Scott Kahn.
Modern Guitar Rigs covers topics of interest to guitarists looking to build pro-level rigs, whether they're playing clubs at the indie band level, getting set for a major tour, heading into the studio to record a new album, or just searching for “ultimate tone.”
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An “odd-shaped” history of Gibson’s weird electric guitars by Tony Bacon
Montclair, N.J. (June 23, 2011) – Backbeat Books, publisher of books for performers and fans who are passionate about music, has published Flying V, Explorer, Firebird ($24.99). In this new book, venerable music author Tony Bacon shows how a trio of radical guitar designs triumphed over commercial failure to inspire a new generation of makers and players to become the look of choice for the modern metal guitarist.
Until the launch of the Flying V and Explorer in 1958, electric guitars were supposed to look like...guitars. Suddenly, Gibson turned conventional design upside down, almost literally, by using straight lines and angular body shapes, changing the way electrics could look and, in the process, creating a set of rare future collectables.
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