The Electric Guitar / Nick Freeth & Charles Alexander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freeth, Nick, 1956-

Alexander, Charles (Guitarist), author.

Contributor:

Knopfler, Mark, writer of foreword.

Sutherland, Neil, photographer.

De Ste. Croix, Philip, editor.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electric guitar--History.

Electric guitar.

Genre:

Nonfiction.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

160 pages : color illustrations, portrait ; 30 cm

Distribution:

Philadelphia : Imprint of Running Press,

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Courage Books, 1999.

Contents:

Foreword / Mark Knopfler

Introduction

Section One: The Birth of the Electric Guitar. Chapter 1: The Early Years 1930-1945

Section Two: The Classic Designs. Chapter 2: The Solid-Body Electric 1946-1965; Chapter 3: The Hollow-Body and Semi-Solid Electric 1946-1965

Section Three: The Evolving Electric. Chapter 4: A Changing Climate 1965-1980; Chapter Five: Innovation and Tradition-1980 to the Present

Section Four: Today and Tomorrow. Chapter 6: Towards the Future.

Notes:

"Created by Quadrillion Publishing Ltd., Godalming, Surrey, England. Copyright © 1999 Quadrillion Publishing Ltd."--Title page verso.

"First published in the United States in 1999 by Running Press."--Title page verso.

"Photographers Neil Sutherland & Don Eiler. Editor Philip de Ste. Croix. Designer Phil Clucas, MSIAD. Publishing Director Will Steeds. Production Neil Randles & Karen Staff. Production Director Graeme Procter."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153), discography (p. 153-155) , and index.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copy has dustjacket retained.

Running Press copy is "1" printing.

ISBN:

0762405228 (cloth)

9780762405220

OCLC:

43998607