Celebrate the significance, the magic, and the mojo of the world's
most seductive instrument.
An obsessive, full-color book presented in an irresistible slipcase,
Guitar features 200 instruments in stunning detail. Here are icons,
like Prince's Yellow Cloud, Willie Nelson's "Trigger," Muddy Water's
Thunderbird, and "Rocky," lovingly hand-painted by its owner, George
Harrison. Historic instruments--Fender's Broadcaster, Les Paul's "Log,"
the Gibson Nick Lucas Special, the very first artist model. Hand-carved
archtops, pinnacles of the luthier's art, from John D'Angelico to Ken
Parker. Stunning acoustics from a new wave of women builders, like Rosie
Heydenrych of England, who's known to use 5,000-year-old wood retrieved
from a peat bog. And quirky one-of-a-kind guitars, like Linda Manzer's
Pikasso II--four necks, 42 strings, and a thousand pounds of pressure.
Marrying pure visual pleasure with layers of information, Guitar is a
glorious gift for every guitar-lover