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Summary: EYE CANDY FOR GUITAR LOVERS
Review: HERE IT IS GUITAR LOVERS, 59 OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS AXES IN LIVING COLOR (O.K., 2 OF THEM ARE IN BLACK AND WHITE, SUE ME). GUITAR WORLD MAGAZINE HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF GATHERING BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS AND INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ALL THE GUITARS (AND 5 BASSES) INCLUDED IN THIS COLLECTION. BUY THIS BOOK TO ADD TO YOUR LIBRARY OR TO GIVE AS A GIFT. I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT GUITAR WORLD IS BUSILY WORKING ON A SECOND VOLUME (HOPEFULLY TO INCLUDE MORE HENDRIX, KISS, CLAPTON'S BLACKIE (BEFORE AUCTION), CLARKE'S ALEMBIC, ETC.).
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Summary: This book is virtually PERFECT!
Review: This is my first Amazon.com review, and I have been reading them for many months, so it takes quite an outstanding product to get me to actually write something, but I give credit where credit is due. First my disclaimer:
I do not actually own this book. I browsed through it for a good half-hour, flipped through cover to cover, and read at least a third of it (it's an easy, very engaging read). On that note, I think that for a catalog-style book like this, that's more than sufficient to give an accurate review. This book is pretty much perfect in every way. The organization is brilliant, the information fascinating and not too bogged down with minute details, at times funny and witty. The layout is such: the left-side page tells you the player, the guitar, and then a paragraph about the guitar's features or some anecdote about its history. The right-side page is a big, beautiful glossy color photo of the guitar. The info is interesting too. For instance, did you know that Brian May's built his first guitar at 17, and that's the main guitar he used on ALL the Queen albums, tours, and his solo albums? Or that Dimebag Darrell originally won his ML Dean in a guitar contest, but after selling it to buy a car, he actually found it in a guitar shop years later and didn't even recognize it because of the blue lightning paint job the new owner had given it? The table of contents points you to each artist's page, while the index in back tells you on what page to find each make and model of guitar. This book is a fantastic read, would make a great gift or coffee table book, and absolutely essential for any guitar player or music afficionado. I can't wait for a second volume to come out! One caveat: the version I found at my local music store was almost falling apart. The binding glue had come undone and a few pages had fallen out (someone had put them back upside-down), and large bunches of pages were not even attached to the cardboard book cover. Whether this was just a fluke or just a really old copy on the shelf I don't know. Be sure to flip through the book and check how well the pages are stuck; this could be an issue with all copies of this book.
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