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Rock Hardware: 40 Years of Rock Instrumentation

Rock Hardware: 40 Years of Rock Instrumentation Paperback - 1996

by Paul Trynka

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This richly illustrated book examines the tools of rock music--guitars, drums, keyboards, brass, recording gear, and more--from a 1990s perspective. Handsome color photos and absorbing text detail the design intricacies of classic and contemporary landmarks in rock's fascinating instrumental history. Tony Bacon is co-author of the award-winning Steve Howe Guitar Collection as well as The Ultimate Guitar Book. 200 color photos.

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  • Title Rock Hardware: 40 Years of Rock Instrumentation
  • Author Paul Trynka
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st British Ed
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 144
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Backbeat Books, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
  • Date 1996-11-01
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR002813997
  • ISBN 9780879304287 / 0879304286
  • Weight 1.37 lbs (0.62 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.13 x 8.66 x 0.55 in (28.27 x 22.00 x 1.40 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Musical instruments - Handbooks, manuals, etc, Rock music - Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • Dewey Decimal Code 784.54

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In social and cultural terms, the electric guitar is the most significant instrument of the 20th century.

From the rear cover

At its inception in the 1950s rock & roll was played on simple instruments with simple audio equipment. Today's rock instruments and sound systems can be as technically sophisticated and complex as any Hollywood blockbuster. Rock Hardware explores the full range of choices in instruments and technology. including acoustic guitars, electric guitars, basses, amps, drums and percussion, keyboards, electronic music, brass, woodwinds, live sound systems, and recording technology. For rock fans, the book provides an inside look at 40 years of music history as seen and heard from the world's most famous stages and studios. For musicians, it gives invaluable insight into which instruments to choose from a vast array of old and new equipment, and how to combine them to create a distinctive new sound. The essays in this book have been written by fourteen of the world's leading music writers.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 01/01/1997, Page 804
  • Library Journal, 03/15/1997, Page 65

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