Tony Bacon/Dave Hunter: Totally Guitar - The Definitive Guide

Totally Guitar is the definitive guide to your favourite instrument; the biggest and most complete book yet on hot playing styles, great gear, and the finest Guitar makers.Revel in a vast compendium of six-string information. Let leading specialists teach you the skills you need to play rock, jazz, and classical; pass on their understanding of Guitar and amplifier sound; help you make the most of your instruments, gear, and effects; and reveal the fascinating stories behind Guitar makers old and new - from Fender to PRS, Airline to Zemantis, and Gibson to Parker.This book is an unbeatable resource for both beginners and advanced players. It provides everything you need to know about the world's most influential and popular instrument, in an unrivaled package containing more than 600 fact-filled and colourful pages.Improve your licks and styles as you move deeper into ten essential modern genres: acoustic, rock and pop, blues, country, rock 'n' roll, metal, Latin, African, classical and jazz.Follow the stories behind more than 100 key electric Guitar brands, from Alembic to Zemantis, and lust after the greatest and most desirable models from the 1930s to the 2000s, depicted here in fantastic, full-colour photographs.Learn how to string, tune, and set up your Guitar; how to replace a pickup or three; and how to clean, maintain, and store your treasured instrument.Lift the hood of the amplifiers and effects that shape your sound and get the lowdown on classic and contemporary tube amps, stacks, and solid-state and modeling amps, and a stageful of pedals, racks and multi-effects.Speak fluent Guitar with Totally Guitar's awesome illustrated glossary, the biggest dictionary of Guitar words ever assembled in one place. Now you can learn everything there is to know about action, dead string length, harmonics, purfling, tweed, zero frets, and much more.