The latest edition to Tony Bacon's acclaimed series of Guitar books, 60 Years Of Fender gives a year-by-year history of the most successful Electric Guitar maker. In 1950, Leo Fender introduced to the world the solidbody Electric Guitar - the instrument known as the Telecaster. He soon added two more classics: the Precision Bass (1951) and the Stratocaster (1954).Fender's sleek, adaptable Guitars have since fuelled modern music - from country to rock - and have been heard in the hands of virtually every guitarist of note, from Buddy Holly to Kurt Cobain, from Eric Clapton to John Mayer. Illustrated with an unrivaled gallery of colour photographs of instruments, players, and memorabilia, this revised and updated edition expands upon 50 Years Of Fender (published in 2000), covering nine more years of the Fender story.'A must-have for any Fender fan. Highly entertaining.' - Guitar Player

The Interactive Fender Bible is the complete multi-media package for guitar enthusiasts and anyone considering purchasing from the Fender brand. Documenting the world's best-known electric guitar manufacturer, the book contains details of every Fender guitar and amplifier made between 1945 and 2007 presented with images, background information and specifications, all in an easy access spiral binder. The exclusive DVD documentary, featuring authors Carl Verheyen and Dave Hunter, includes a variety of custom, rare and unusual guitars from private collections as well as demonstrations of well-known models like Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars, and Twin Reverb amps, and then pull some obscure and interesting examples to tell whole story of the best-known electric guitar brand on the planet.

In California in the early 1950s, the Fender company introduced the world's first electric bass guitar. They couldn't have known it then, but their Precision Bass started a revolution in the sound of popular music. This book explains exactly how.The two-guitars-bass-and-drums lineup that would define pop music found its heart in the late 1950s with the introduction of Fender's bass. In the coming decades, the bass guitar provided the solid foundation upon which most modern music was built.The bass guitar is one of the most significant new musical instruments to have appeared in the 20th century, and The Bass Book is the first to study its complete and fascinating story, with the full story of the most important bass players and bass makers. This revamped and revised second edition of The Bass Book brings the story right up to date.Many original interviews with makers of bass guitars from the past and present illuminate the book, with the popular establishment of the bass during the 1960s and 1970s examined in detail along with more recent variations of this diverse instrument. There are also original interviews with players, including Paul McCartney.Dozens of unusual, desirable, and rarely-seen basses are presented in specially commissioned studio-quality photographs, while a reference directory provides a wealth of information on 16 key makers.There has never been anything quite like The Bass Book. It has virtually everything you want to know about the story of the bass guitar in one stylish, readable volume.

A fantastic matching folio to the album, this Guitar Tab Edition provides something for all guitarists and Rock guitar fans! The riffs - presented in Guitar tablature notation - are fairly straightforward to master, however the solos offer more advancing guitarists an enjoyable challenge.Twelve songs arranged for guitar tablature with standard notation, chords and lyrics. Includes tablature explanations.

Complete guitar tablature and standard notation transcriptions of all the songs from the album, including melody line, lyrics, guitar boxes & chord symbols. Includes guitar tablature explanation in English, French, German and Italian.

A step-by-step breakdown of the guitar styles and techniques of Joe Satriani, indisputably one of the best rock guitarists in the world. In the words of guitar heavyweight champion Steve Vai, He is my favourite rock and fusion type player. He has class and real musicality. He can take a pop bottle and make it sound great.What is presented in this book is an extensive examination of Satriani's fretboard feats, from his single-note riffs and crunching power chords to his tapping tricks and split legato licks - even his trademark squeaks and extraterrestial sounds. All have been transcribed and fully annotated.Each of the musical examples in the book can be heard on the accompanying CD which features all the original guitar parts performed at regular speed with a full rhythm section and, in the case of guitar solos, an additional track performed at half speed.

Note-for-note guitar transcriptions from Pat Metheny's Grammy Award winning solo guitar album. All the songs from the record have been carefully transcribed under Pat's supervision. Metheny's collection of acoustic solos blends Jazz with some strong Folk and Pop influences - he even performs personal arrangement's of Norah Jones' Don't Know Why and Gerry And The Pacemakers' Ferry Cross The Mersey. A must for fans - Pat's remarkable guitar playing and musical approach continues to evolve.

A electrifying and show stopping collection of some of the greatest rock tracks ever played live! This Guitar Tablature Edition contains 14 driving AC/DC songs including Back In Black, Thunderstruck, T.N.T., For Those About To Rock and Thunder Struck all arranged for both standard guitar notation and tablature, with full lyrics and guitar chords and symbols.

Eleven of his most memorable compositions arranged for guitar notation and tablature, with full lyrics and guitar chord boxes. Includes Blowin' In The Wind (both versions) and Don't Think Twice, It's Alright.

(What's The Story) Morning Glory is the second smash album by Mancunian Indie-rockers, Oasis, and continues in the same vein with their blend of 60s pop and British rock. After the success of their debut Defintely, Maybe, this is just as swaggering and confident but more mature, melodic and soulful. Every song from the album is arranged in guitar tablature and includes the huge hits Don't Look Back In Anger, Wonderwall, Champagne Supernova and Roll With It. 12 tracks from this iconic British band at the height of their Brit-pop power, all arranged for guitar and voice with complete guitar tablature and standard notation arrangements.

Voice and guitar arrangements from the B-sides and singles collection, in standard notation and guitar tablature. Includes the hit singles 'Fools Gold', 'Elephant Stone', 'What The World Is Waiting For' and 'One Love'.

All the songs from the album Crush, arranged for voice and guitar in standard notation and guitar tablature with lyrics, chord symbols and boxes. Includes It's My Life, Say It Isn't So and One Wild Night.