Theory, Books, Accessories

With the introduction of the two-pickup 4001 model in 1961, the Rickenbacker bass became a phenomenon. The Beatles's use use of Rickenbacker instruments was pivotal: teen groups everywhere wanted to h...

In the mid '50s, Ted McCarty, Gibson's new president, set out to further set Gibson apart from Fender. He wanted to create new designs that did not conform to the basic guitar shape. He wanted somethi...

The holy grail of electric guitars is back for the fourth and final time! The slang term burst has been used to decribe a specific Gibson Les Paul, manufactured from 1958 to 1960. The impact of this g...

It is now more than 40 years since Mike Longworth published his seminal book on the Martin Guitar Company. It was Mike's book that stirred Greig Hutton's original interest in Martin guitars and it put...

The Guide gathers input from 35 of the world's foremost expert dealers, each of whom brings decades of experience in the business. That's one of the many reasons it's the most-trusted source for value...

Introduced by Gibson in the 1930s, the ES (Electric Spanish) series would transform the role of the guitar in the world of the big bands and jazz groups. With amplification, the guitarist could solo a...

This book takes the reader inside of the company, the factories, the processes, and the thinking, in building the brand name and tradition that Leo Fender started in 1946. A behind-the-scenes look at...

By popular demand, the series continues with some of the greatest photos of these Gibson favorites ever published. Slash and Albert Molinaro join the authors again along with Billy Gibbons' Pretty Wom...

Designed for music professionals and students, this extensive resource is the definitive guide for over 500 instruments, including over 190 world music instruments. Music industry veteran, Robert Born...

Il mandolino nel teatro musicale Settecentesco Benché all’apparenza distanti, il mandolino ed il teatro musicale – sia esso opera o oratorio – hanno da sempre vissuto un rapporto assai stretto e profi...

The main purpose of the family tree is to give a clear picture of the history of the four brass instrument families of cornets, trumpets, trombones and horns. And it does so since the early Middle Age...

This trilingual dictionary is aimed at all those who deal with brass instruments internationally. I have tried to take into account the terminology of various fields: Musicologists, museum curators, c...

This trilingual dictionary is aimed at all those who deal with brass instruments internationally. I have tried to take into account the terminology of various fields: Musicologists, museum curators, c...

A survey of printed editions and microfilmed manuscripts has revealed hundreds of 18th century Viennese compositions that include the trombone.

A survey of printed editions and microfilmed manuscripts has revealed hundreds of 18th century Viennese compositions that include the trombone.

Anton Weidinger has always been held to be the inventor of the keyed trumpet. This assumption probably derives from Wilhelm Schneider, Historisch-technische Beschreibung der musikalischen Instrumente...

Anton Weidinger has always been held to be the inventor of the keyed trumpet. This assumption probably derives from Wilhelm Schneider, Historisch-technische Beschreibung der musikalischen Instrumente...

Unrecognized by most historians and unknown to Americans, the United States had a thriving musical instrument industry in the middle years of the 19th century.

Unrecognized by most historians and unknown to Americans, the United States had a thriving musical instrument industry in the middle years of the 19th century.

Syntagma musicum, Teil 2

50 secoli di storia dell'arpa, dalle origini mesopotamiche al mondo cristiano, attraverso le corti medievali e gli sfarzi barocchi, fino all'Illuminismo e al Novecento, con le storie degli arpisti, de...

Chitarre Ramírez: la storia è un racconto appassionato e documentato della più celebre dinastia di liutai spagnoli. Attraverso le parole di José Ramírez III, e le testimonianze di Amalia e Cristina Ra...