A stunning full-colour journeyfrom the mid 1930s to the present, depicting the technical and aesthetic development of the American electric guitar - the Hawaiian "Spanish Neck", full-depth hollowbody, solidbody and thinbody. This photographic history shows how major manufacturers such as Gibson, Fender, Rickenbacker, National and others helped make the electric guitar an icon in pop culture and the dominant instrument in pop music for more than thirty years.Fascinating success stories as well as tales of failure are revealed about the pioneering manufacturers who dared to wed guitars with electricity!

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