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Guitar Family Trees: History of the World's Most Iconic Guitars Hardcover – 1 Sep 2011

by Terry Burrows (Author)

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Guitar Family Trees is a striking visual account of the most prominent guitars in the instrument’s illustrious history, from the earliest Renaissance acoustics right up to state-of-the-art 21st century models. This comprehensive book charts the history of the most respected manufacturers and the evolution of their guitars in more detail than ever before.

Specially designed photographic guitar family trees, including four special fold-outs, provide at-a-glance overviews of the development of every make and model, decade by decade. Terry Burrows then takes a close-up look at 200 iconic models to create an invaluable catalog of guitars. A stunning full-color photograph of each model is accompanied by informative text tracing its development, with key design and sound features highlighted, and an exhaustive specification list. Burrows also reveals the guitarists who love to play each model, and the tracks on which you can hear it played.

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Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Apple Press (1 Sept. 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1845434234
ISBN-13: 978-1845434236
Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 3.2 x 24.9 cm
Average Customer Review: 14 customer reviews
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 630,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2768 in Books > Art, Architecture & Photography > Music > Instruments > Guitar
- #3168 in Books > Art, Architecture & Photography > Music > Instruments > Strings

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About the Author

Terry Burrows is among the world’s bestselling authors on the subject of the guitar and music tuition. His books have received forewords from an impressive, if bizarre, range of celebrities, among them The Rolling Stones’ Bill Wyman and former Prime Minister, the late Sir Edward Heath. As a musician he has recorded over 40 albums under numerous pseudonyms.

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Angry bluesman

An absolute pleasure

30 March 2012

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Okay, a truly exhaustive guitar encyclopaedia would be huge and expensive, and would have to make compromises on picture size. This book is not an exhaustive encyclopaedia. But it's the next best thing.

It's basically an account (with large, good-quality photos) of about 250 of the most "important" guitars and basses, including acoustics, experimental models, prototypes, and signature models. Inevitably it will miss out some of your favourites, and inevitably it devotes the most pages to the likes of Fender, Gibson, and Gretsch. But you will find makes and models here you've never heard of, and that you fall in love with. This book will have you salivating.

The big companies get a potted history and a detailed family tree (5 of them are detachable pull-outs) of their important models, and each featured guitar gets its own page with a write-up, technical spec, and an example or 2 of recordings that feature them. The book is lovingly put together, beautifully produced, and more fun than six cans of Scrumpy Jack on a summer afternoon.

If you're a guitar player/geek (the words are pretty much interchangeable, let's face it) you need this book. I'm almost finished reading it, and looking forward to starting it all over again.

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Cameo Roll

Great Browsing!

25 June 2013

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This is a great book for dipping in and out of and learning snippets of information about different guitars. Most people who buy it will be guitar fans - whether they play guitar or not. The guitar is such a beautiful iconic image that every home would benefit from having one on the wall, if not in constant use. I myself am only a very slow beginner at playing guitar, but my heart and spirit is very much in the right place. Lovely quality photos and an impressive amount of information. Not a definitive guide (I think you need the Blue Book of Electric guitars for that) but fascinating all the same. Treat yourself!

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David Cox

A Treasure Trove

30 July 2013

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Bought for my guitar-obsessed (almost) son for his 13th birthday, it didn't disappoint. It's beautifully finished, with fabulous fold-out, full-colour pages showing timelines of the most famous families of guitars together with their fascinating narratives; a great book for the coffee table of book shelves, perfect to delve into when the muse takes you, or when you have a burning question that needs an answer. The only thing preventing a 5 star rating was the omission of a few guitars I've owned over the years (namely Westbury and Antoria) but all the notable ones are there.

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Si Weidenfeld

Incredible work

8 October 2015

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The most amazing book on guitar history out there. Buy it if you can. Incredible.

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bobbafett

exellent

19 June 2013

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it is actually a gift for a guitar lover but i just had to caefully read it myself before giving it away

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john r d rudge

Five Stars

3 February 2016

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Great ref book, all you need to know.

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Edwardbutler

brilliant book

10 March 2014

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great book of all guitars made , loved the fold out pages but was very fragile when opened but great book .

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Rachel

Perfect!

4 January 2015

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My partner freaked out when he opened this xmas day! It's fantastic! Really detailed and everything a guitar addict could possibly need to know!

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A 1st class publication that I ordered for a friend both of us are impressed.
delivery was within 48 hours of making the order.Many Thanks FP

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Mrs Susie Shaw

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This was a present for my son-in-law but he thinks highly of it.

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mrs rachel m lawrence

A must for all guitar lovers

A fantastic book of guitar history, my husband loved it, I would definitely recommend this for all guitar lovers. Great quick delivery 😊

Published on 19 May 2014

FormerSoldier

Guitar Family Trees

I decided to give this 3 stars after reading about the probable inaccuracies
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Published on 18 November 2013

A. C. Highfield

Well produced, but contains many errors

Make no mistake, this is a lovely looking book with some excellent photos. The pull-out pages are nice, but quite hard to read and use and I can see them sustaining damage very...Read more

Published on 29 August 2012

David B. Davies

Excellent book

This book is great and i would recommend it to everybody interested in the subject of guitars. It arrived in good time and I would not hesitate to advise buying the book.

Published on 3 August 2012

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