The most comprehensive guide ever produced, this illustrated encyclopedia covers seven decades of the most important and exciting icon of modern pop music. Here you will find the highest-quality photos of electric guitars produced by every significant manufacturer, from Alembic to Zemaitis, alongside detailed information and a host of action pictures of key players - from Chet Atkins to Joey Z. The most iconic electric guitars are displayed throughout...

Guitar Chords For Dummies is full of, well, guitar chords. This indispensable reference is a must for guitarists of every ambition, skill level, and musical genre, providing a key to the simplest and most complex guitar chords--over 600 in all. Each chord is illustrated with a chord diagram and a photo with guitarist's tips sprinkled throughout the book. You'll also get a tiny bit of music theory, so you know what's going on with all those symbols,...

Rikky Rooksby's revised and updated bestseller explores more than 200 classic riffs, from Cream and Led Zeppelin, through Nirvana and Soundgarden, to Metallica, U2, and the White Stripes. The first half of the book analyzes classic rock riffs and reveals the stories behind their creation. Easy-to-read text describes and explains each riff, supported by illustrations and audio examples. The book's second section shows how to construct great riffs and...

The world's premier method for learning modern plectrum style guitar, time-tested and proven successful in building the theoretic and technical foundation needed to play in any style. All seven grades of this method are written in standard notation only to encourage better sight reading. In Grade 1, the student guitarist will learn to play solos, duets, scales, and chords in the keys of C, A minor, G and E minor. Even in Grade 1, the student is already...