Book 2004

The Electric Guitar

Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Language: English
Published: 2004

Cultural studies
History of specific subjects
String instruments
Musical Instruments - Guitar
History & Criticism - General
Music
USA
United States - General

"In The Electric Guitar scholars working in American studies, business history, the history of technology, and musicology come together to explore the instrument's importance as an invention and its peculiar place in American culture. Documenting the critical and evolving relationship among inventors, craftsmen, musicians, businessmen, music writers, and fans, the contributors look at the guitar not just as an instrument but as a mass produced consumer good that changed the sound of popular music and the self-image of musicians."--BOOK JACKET.