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BLUE BOOK OF ACOUSTIC GUITARS, 11TH EDITION

BLUE BOOK OF ACOUSTIC GUITARS, 11TH EDITION
By Zachary R. Fjestad / ed. S.P. Fjestad

SERIES: Blue Book
CATEGORY: Guitar Reference
FORMAT: Book
EDITION: 11th

Looking for guitar values and information? The Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars, 11th Edition is now expanded to 720 pages including the 16-page color Photo Grading System. This ultimate reference guide includes guitar reference information and values on over 800 guitar manufacturers/distributors including Gibson, Martin, Ovation, Taylor, Alvarez, Epiphone, Takamine, Washburn, Gretsch, and Guild, as well as many independent luthiers and custom builders. Other features include hundreds of intricate images, a detailed serialization section, and a Trademark Index that lists all current contact information for manufacturers. This unique and valuable compilation of information is not available anywhere else at any price!

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MAKING MUSIC YOUR BUSINESS, A Guide for Young Musicians. Ellefson David.

MAKING MUSIC YOUR BUSINESS, A Guide for Young Musicians. Ellefson David.

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100 GREATEST METAL GUITARISTS, Joel McIver. 224 pagine.

100 GREATEST METAL GUITARISTS, Joel McIver. 224 pagine.

THE 100 GREATEST METAL GUITARISTS
Author: Joel McIver

This controversial guide to guitarists features the most accomplished performers from the vast legions of metal. As well as celebrating the classic metal musicians who've defined the scene since the '70s, it delves deep into thrash metal, death metal, black metal, doom metal, power metal, and battle metal to unearth those players for whom no tremolo divebomb is too high, and no tuning is too low. 224 pages

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BLACKMORE RITCHIE BLACK KNIGHT LIBRO BIOGRAFIA Riki Maiocchi RIMINI DEEP PURPLE RAINBOW

BLACKMORE RITCHIE, BLACK KNIGHT. JERRY BLOOM. UNAUTHORIZED Biography.

LIBRO, BIOGRAFIA NON AUTORIZZATA SUL CHITARRISTA DEI DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW. CON FOTOGRAFIE.

IN INGLESE O ITALIANO

Era in novembre del 1966, quando Riki Maiocchi, l'ex cantante dei Camaleonti, presentava alla stampa italiana, il suo nuovo gruppo, The TRIPS. Con un chitarrista allora sconosciuto, nascosto sotto lo pseudonimo anonimo di Tom Brown, ma il nome vero non era "marrone" ma di colore più scuro, ovvero Ritchie Blackmore.

La futura icona dell'hard rock degli anni '70 rimase in Italia 3 mesi, da fine agosto al novembre del 1966. La prima tappa fu in Agosto a Riccione, come attrazione principale in un Dancing estivo tra Riccione e Rimini, poi ... 

Ritornò in Inghilterra per fondare nel 1968 i Deep Purple. Dal dancing agli stadi, la chitarra distorta, i riff pesanti, i megawatt, i megaconcerti, niente dance, l'Hard rock.

Sembra che di quei 3 mesi di Ritchie in italia non sia rimasto nulla di niente, una registrazione (quello che c'era è stato cancellato perchè non considerato meritevole di essere conservato), un filmino, una fotografia. Non che possa avere un grande valore artistico, ma ci sembra un poco strano. Chi ha informazioni o trovasse qualcosa tra le fotografie della nonna in vacanza sulla "ringhiera" romagnola, si metta in comunicazione con noi. Saremo contenti di mostrarle nel nostro Blog.

 

Se passerete da queste parti in Romagna, potrebbe capitarvi di imbattevi in decine di chitarristi, bassisti, tastieristi, batteristi, e cantanti, che vi racconterrano: 

'' IO NEGLI ANNI '60 HO SUONATO CON IL CHITARRISTA DEI DIP PURPLE,

ERO SUO AMICO, ANDAVAMO TUTTI I GIORNI AL MARE INSIEME,

CON ME HA IMPARATO A NUOTARE, PRIMA STARNAZZAVA,

DORMIVA A CASA MIA, ANDAVA MATTO PER LA PIADINA CON IL PROSCIUTTO E IL SANGIOVESE,

MIA MAMMA GLI FACEVA DELLE ZUPPIERE DI COZZE ALLA MARINARA SOLO PER LUI, E LUI NON INGRASSAVA,

SONO IO CHE GLI HO INSEGNATO QUEGLI ACCORDINI CHE POI LUI HA USATO NEL "FUMO SUL VATER",

ANDAVA DIETRO A MIA SORELLA, 

NO NON L'HO PIU' VISTO, MA GLI INGLESI SONO UN POCO STRANI, LUNATICI, GUIDANO A ROVESCIO,  

COME HAI DETTO CHE SI CHIAMA, BLACMUR ?! 

SI, SI, PROPRIO QUELLO CHE HAI DETTO TE. " 

 

Voi non credetegli troppo.

 

Un Beat italiano vero.

Riki Maiocchi (Milano, 27 maggio 1940 – 2 febbraio 2004), è stato un cantante italiano fondatore del complesso "I Camaleonti". Divenne famoso nel 1964 con una cover del brano degli Animals The House of Rising Sun intitolata "Non dite a mia madre". Maiocchi partecipò al Festival di Sanremo in coppia con Marianne Faithfull (il cantante dei Rolling Stones era in sala), in Inghilterra ebbe collaborazioni con Jimi Hendrix, e portò al successo un brano scritto da Mogol e Lucio Battisti, la celebre "Uno in più".

Si avvicinò alla musica leggera ancora giovanissimo quando faceva il muratore. Iniziò a frequentare il celebre locale milanese Santa Tecla, punto di ritrovo di molti cantanti (Adriano Celentano, Giorgio Gaber ed Enzo Jannacci tra gli altri).

Dopo la fondazione nel 1964 del complesso "I Camaleonti" ed esserne stato il cantante leader nel periodo "beat" più impegnato, con brani come "Chiedi chiedi" e "Io lavoro per te", li abbandona alla vigilia del grande successo (sostituito da Mario Lavezzi nel 1966, col quale avviene in seguito la svolta "melodico malinconica" del gruppo con "Applausi", "Io per lei" e "Viso d'angelo"), per trasferirsi in Inghilterra

dove incontrò Ritchie Blackmore (futuro componente dei Deep Purple), all'epoca chitarrista sconosciuto, insieme al quale fondò un complesso di rock psichedelico denominato "Maiocchi & The Trip", che non giunse mai al traguardo di un disco inciso.

Si esibiscono in molti locali della scena "underground" londinese, persino insieme al celeberrimo Jimi Hendrix.

Fu grazie a lui che entrò in contatto con Marianne Faithfull, allora compagna di Mick Jagger (il leader dei Rolling Stones) con la quale partecipò al Festival di Sanremo del 1967 con "C'è chi spera". Quell'edizione del Festival restò comunque legata al tragico suicidio di Luigi Tenco. 

Maiocchi partecipò anche a due edizioni del Cantagiro, quelle del 1965 e del 1967, e in quest'ultima edizione conobbe la coppia Mogol-Battisti, per i quali aveva interpretato "Prendi fra le mani la testa". Un altro brano scritto da loro, "Uno in più" resterà per sempre il massimo successo del cantante milanese, e verrà reinciso dallo stesso Lucio Battisti nel 1969, pubblicato nel suo primo omonimo album.

Il periodo d'oro di Maiocchi si esaurisce in pratica qui. Dagli anni settanta in poi preferisce ritirarsi a vita privata, lavora come dipendente dell'Enel. Gravemente malato da tempo, si è spento all'età di 63 anni in un ospedale milanese.

Un "idolo" per i chitarristi rockettari, era amico di Jimi Hendrix, cantava con la fidanzata di Mick Jagger la Faithfull, suonava con Blackmore !

Nelle fotografie avrete riconosciuto Ritchie con la giacca bianca a righe scure appoggiato all'ala dell'aereo. Il "pilota" è Maiocchi.

 

Sono un'infinità i racconti e i particolari contenuti in questo libro:

Gli studi di chitarra classica. 

Le corde per Banjo sulla sua chitarra. 

Il chitarrista più veloce del Regno Unito.

Carattere timido, introverso, cupo.

gli attriti tra i due egocentrici: Gillan e Ritchie.

gli stivati viola su misura che Ritchie si fa' fare dagli italiani Anello & Davide Gandolfi, gli stessi degli stivaletti di John & Paul, e della regina.

Tra London e Amburgo, 

3 mogli tedesche, seno prosperoso e faccino, 3 divorzi.

Alla seconda moglie Barb sola sul veliero: '' gira il timone brutta cretina'' 

LORD SUTCH con Keith Moon. 

l'interesse per lo spiritismo, inziato dal discografico omosessuale omicida e suicida Joe Meek.

Ritchie: '' voglio fare un gruppo di rock pesante non suonare musica classicheggiante come vuole Lord.''

 

 

 

 

 

An unauthorised biography that looks beyond the myth and the rumours of this most charismatic but misunderstood of rock Guitarists.

Ritchie Blackmore's early days saw him mixing with colourful characters like Screaming Lord Sutch, Joe Meek and Jerry Lee Lewis. Then he became a defining member of Seventies legends Deep Purple, creating the rock anthems 'Black Night' and 'Smoke On The Water'.

Over the years Blackmore's moodiness and eccentric behaviour, his three marriages and his clashes with the law have earned him a reputation as one of rock's most abrasive figures. Yet there are many unexpected sides to this complex man.

Black Knight has been written and researched by Jerry Bloom, a fan who first met Ritchie more than twenty years ago and has followed his varied career ever since. The result is a biography rich in detail and full of surprising insights. 392 pages

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RICKENBACKER Richard Smith LIBRO ILLUSTRATO CHITARRE ELETTRICHE 12 CORDE BEATLES

RICKENBACKER, Richard Smith, 256 pagine. 

LIBRO ILLUSTRATO SULLE CHITARRE E BASSI RICKENBACKER. 

TUTTAL LA STORIA DELLE FAMOSE CHITARRE USATE DAI BEATLES, ROGER McGUINN, TOM PETTY, ECC.,   

Series: Reference
Publisher: Centerstream Publications
Medium: Softcover
Author: Richard Smith

This 246-page soft-cover book gives a complete and illustrated history of the development of Rickenbacker instruments from 1931 to the present. Rickenbacker is the only book of its kind to chronicle the history of the company who in 1931 introduced electric instruments to the world. The book provides information and full-color photos of the many artists who have used and are using Rickenbacker instruments. Rickenbacker collectors will find this book invaluable as it contains recently discovered accurate facts previously unavailable to researchers. 246 pages

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PICKS! Will Hoover, 112 pagine

PICKS! Will Hoover, 112 pagine

Series: Book
Publisher: Miller Freeman Books
Medium: Softcover
Author: Will Hoover

Imagine a world with no guitar picks. Nothing but muted mandolins and bare-fingered banjos. No sounds of Doc Watson, Chet Atkins, or Stevie Ray Vaughan. You might as well imagine a song without a tune. This eye-catching book full of stunning color photos looks at the history of the pick and includes fantastic picks of every shape, design, and material. Also includes a commemorative pick! 112 pages

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PRS GUITAR BOOK 3RD EDITION THE, A Complete History of Paul Reed Smith Guitars. Dave Burrluck

THE PRS GUITAR BOOK 3RD EDITION, A Complete History of Paul Reed Smith Guitars. Dave Burrluck, 174 pagine.

Series: Guitar Reference
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Medium: Softcover
Author: Dave Burrluck

The PRS Guitar Book details every facet of the wonderful electric guitars made by PRS, the Maryland-based company founded in 1985 by musician and guitar builder Paul Reed Smith. The paperback edition is updated to include all the latest information on the acclaimed Singlecut models, as well as the intriguing story of the Santana SE – the company's first venture into overseas manufacture. An inviting narrative describes the evolution of this internationally renowned guitar maker, while dynamic color photography spotlights outstanding PRS guitars such as the Signature, signed by Smith; the Dragon, sporting opulent shell inlays; the Swamp Ash Special and Rosewood Limited, using non-standard materials; and ultra-rare models from limited and custom runs. Other featured guitars include the latest acoustic-electrics, and the Santana models that celebrate the partnership between PRS guitars and their best-known player, Carlos Santana. A special section highlights the company's famed use of highly patterned maple woods, displaying the most stunning "flame-top" and "quilt-top" examples. This definitive book also provides an absorbing photo-essay on the making of a PRS guitar, plus specifications for identifying and dating PRS instruments.

"The PRS Guitar Book is a must-have for any collector, PRS owner, or anyone who appreciates PRS guitars." Guitar Digest

"Masterful ... tons of gorgeous, full-color photos." Guitar Player

"This hefty volume of brilliantly colorful guitars made by Paul Reed Smith exemplifies the best and the brightest... " Dirty Linen

"A fitting tribute to a company which has, in a short time, come to symbolize a quality alternative to the 'big two' American electric guitar manufacturers." Vintage Guitar
174 pages

 

 

 

 

 

CONTENTS

FOREWORD By Tom WHEELER

 

PART ONE: THE EARLY YEARS

PALL REED SMITH: THE EARLY YEARS

 

PART TWO: VIRGINIA AVENUE 1985-95

CUSTOM, CUSTOM 22 AND 24, AND CUSTOM 22 SOAPBAR

EARLY PRS BASS GUiTARS

PRS GUITAR, STANDARD, SPECIAL, AND STUDIO

SIGNATURE AND LIMITED EDITlON

MATERIALS: FIGURER AND METAL

MATERIALS: FIGURED MAPLE TOPS

CLASSIC ELECTRIC, CE AND EG

ARTIST I, ARTIST II AND ARTIST LlMITED

MARKETING. COLLECTABILITY, AMPLIFIERS AND ACOUSTIC GUITARS

DRAGON I, II, III AND 2000

MCCARTY MODEL

PICKCPS AND ELECTRICS

SANTAN AND 10TH ANNIVERSARY

GUTARS OF THE MONTH AND EMPLOYEE GuiTARS

 

PART THREE: STEVESVILLE

SWAMP ASH SPECIAL AND ROSEWOOD LTD

PRIVATE STOCK ONE-OFF GUiTARS

ARTIST III AND ARTIST IV

McCART) STANDARD AND McCARTY SOAPBAR

McCARTY ARCHTOP

McCARTY HOLLOWBODY

SINGLECUT AND TREMONTI MODELS

ELECTRIC BASS AND ELECTRIC BASS MAPLE TOP

SANTANA III AND SANTANA SE (FIRST VERSION)

THE GROWTH OF PRIVATE STOCK

RETURN OF THE DRAGON, SINGLECUT TREM SE

513 AND MODERN EAGLE

SE EXPANSION

END OF THE SINGLECUT?

 

PART FOUR: 20 YEARS OF PRS

PRS's 20TH ANNIVERSARY

CE MOHOGANY, CARS, ROCK STARS

RETURN OF THE SINGLECUT

MAPLE MOVES TO SE

SATIN EXPANSION

MAPLE SATINS, MODER EAGLES AND MR JOHNNY HILAND

PRIVATE STOCK CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY

EVOLUTION OF THE SINGLECUT

MORE SEs, A 'REISSUE', A NEW FACTORY

 

PART FIVE: MODEL KEY & REFERENCE

INDEX

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 

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MARTIN BOOK THE A COMPLETE HISTORY OF MARTIN GUITARS Walter Carter LIBRO CHITARRA

THE MARTIN BOOK. 160 pagine. Walter Carter

A COMPLETE HISTORY OF MARTIN GUITARS, 
UPDATED EDITION WITH NEW PICTURES AND REVISED TEXT
MARTIN & CO. ET 1833

Series: Book
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Medium: Softcover
Author: Walter Carter
The Martin Book

For over 170 years the C.F. Martin company has produced some of the finest flat-top acoustic guitars in the world. Martin's designs for the shape and construction of these instruments have influenced virtually every other manufacturer, and the flat-top guitar as we know it today is essentially the same as that established by Martin in the 1850s. At one time or another Martin's guitars have driven the sound of every kind of popular music, from country to pop, from bluegrass to rock 'n' roll, and with the current resurgence of acoustic music, Martin's premier guitars are once more finding a new generation of enthusiastic musicians. The Martin Book is a fresh view of this extraordinary guitar maker, pulling together many strands of musical and manufacturing lore into a fascinating whole that illuminates Martin's long and varied history. Dozens of specially commissioned full-color photographs show every kind of Martin model, some of which come from Martin's own unique collection. Meticulous listings for collectors and enthusiasts simplify the identification of Martin instruments and detail virtually every guitar that the company has produced since the early 1830s.

Inventory #HL 00331417
ISBN: 9780879308872
UPC: 884088064082
Publisher Code: 0879308877
Width: 8.5"
Length: 11.0"
160 pages

For over 170 years the C.F. Martin company has produced some of the finest flat-top acoustic guitars in the world. Martin's designs for the shape and construction of these instruments have influenced virtually every other manufacturer, and the flat-top guitar as we know it today is essentially the same as that established by Martin in the 1850s. At one time or another Martin's guitars have driven the sound of every kind of popular music, from country to pop, from bluegrass to rock 'n' roll, and with the current resurgence of acoustic music, Martin's premier guitars are once more finding a new generation of enthusiastic musicians. The Martin Book is a fresh view of this extraordinary guitar maker, pulling together many strands of musical and manufacturing lore into a fascinating whole that illuminates Martin's long and varied history. Dozens of specially commissioned full-color photographs show every kind of Martin model, some of which come from Martin's own unique collection. Meticulous listings for collectors and enthusiasts simplify the identification of Martin instruments and detail virtually every guitar that the company has produced since the early 1830s. 160 pages

Martin is the oldest and most respected name among American instrument makers - not just guitar makers but makers of all instruments. The guitar world, Martin had been established for over 50 years when Orville Gibson started carving the tops and backs of mandolins in the 1890s, over 100 years when Leo Fender started putting pickups on solid guitar bodies in the 1940s. Martin carried on steadily as such important names as Washburn, Epiphone, Gretsch, National, Vega, Kay, and Harmony arose, flourished, and perished. Unlike most of the great names in the guitar world, Martin never became a big company. From a one-man shop, it grew into a small-town factory; even at its all-time height of production in the 1960s, Martin turned out less than 20 percent of the guitars that Gibson was producing at the time. Martin's quality fell off with the increased production of the late 1960s and 1970s, but the company learned its lesson well in the lean years of the late 1970s and early 1980s. In the 1990s, with respect and demand for Martins once again exceeding production capabilities, the company planned only a small, cautious expansion, refusing to sacrifice quality for quantity. At the summer 1993 National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) trade show, dealers were told that Martin was back-ordered for one year. They still ordered Martins - a testament to the quality signified by the Martin name. Martin's longevity is not hard to explain. CF. Martin, who founded the company in 1833, transformed the European guitar into a new, uniquely American instrument. The flat-top guitar we know today is larger, and it has steel rather than gut strings, but otherwise it is not much different from the instruments Martin was making by 1850. All the company had to do was to keep on making guitars the same way that CF. did. Martin was enticed at times into unfamiliar markets by the surging popularity of mandolins, banjos, and electric guitars - but flat-top guitars remain the backbone of the company's fortunes. Unlike Gibson's mandolins and acoustic archtop guitars, unlike Fender's electric solidbody guitars, Martin's guitars did not effect any revolutionary changes in popular music. CF. Martin's X-braced flat-tops of 1850 were well accepted but they did not start everyone playing guitar (everyone was playing banjo at that time). Martin instruments played an important role in the guitar'S rise to prominence in the 1930s, but the innovations that sparked the movement should for the most part be credited to other makers. Martin guitars certainly epitomized the folk boom of the 1960s, but the guitars themselves had been developed decades earl ier. Rather than leading any musical movements, Martin guitars have provided a foundation for popular music - a consistent, solid base that has always been there, regardless of what style of music was the current rage. Consistency goes a long way in explaining Martin's success, but there is more. You don't have to walk into the factory to see that Martin is a different kind of company. From the outside it looks more like an elementary school from the 1960s than an industrial facility - an image underscored by its location in a residential area. Perhaps the key is a sense of humanness that comes from family. In 1833 the company was founded by a man named CF. Martin; in the twenty-first century the chairman is still a man named CF. Martin. In the context of family ownership, there is today no company quite like Martin. Neither Orville Gibson nor Leo ...

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MARTIN GUITARS: A HISTORY Dick Boak-Mike Longworth-Richard Johnston LIBRO CHITARRA ACUSTICA

MARTIN GUITARS: A HISTORY

Series: Book
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Medium: Hardcover
Author: Dick Boak
Author: Mike Longworth
Author: Richard Johnston

A Martin acoustic guitar is the beloved instrument of millions of fans and famous players worldwide. Starting with the early days in New York circa 1833, this fabled story comes to life in the long-awaited revision of the seminal Martin History book. Originally published in 1975, this new edition is completely updated and re-designed by well-known industry experts.

Part of a two-book set, The History: Book 1 covers the people, the places, and the stories of an American icon. Richly illustrated, this book covers the story right up to the fifth-generation president Chris Martin IV. Because the original and revision authors had complete access to authorized archives, this version is the most accurate and detailed reference on the topic. Leading up to the re-vitalization of the 1990s and the remarkable sustenance of its legacy, hundreds of photographs and documents effectively show the people and the guitars that made the company famous. 240 pages

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MARTIN GUITARS: A TECHNICAL REFERENCE Dick Boak Mike Longworth Richard Johnston Hal Leonard

MARTIN GUITARS: A TECHNICAL REFERENCE . BOOK. 

Libro .


Series: Book
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Medium: Hardcover

Author: Dick Boak
Author: Mike Longworth
Author: Richard Johnston

Part of a two book set, this book provides information on guitar bodies, necks, headstocks, bridges, woods, as well as other chapters covering Models by Style, the Custom Shop and limited editions. All the lesser known instruments like archtops, electrics, mandolins and ukuleles are included as well, all very collectible. The book ends with exhaustive appendices covering production numbers, retail prices, and instrument specifications.

Since Martin guitars are the world's most collectible acoustic guitar line, this book will undoubtedly be the most sought after reference book by any collector or owner of a Martin. If you own a Martin, you own a piece of history and this book will help you discover when it was made and how. This authorized book will finally answer any questions on the stories behind some of the rarest instruments. 304 pages

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