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The Bass Handbook book cover The Bass Handbook book cover
The Bass Handbook The Bass Handbook (The Complete Guide to Mastering the Bass Guitar)
Adrian Ashton - Hal Leonard Corporation

The electric bass guitar is central to modern music, playing a key role in melody, harmony, and rhythm. This new, revised edition of The Bass Handbook will help you master the instrument and make it your

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The Private Guitar Studio Handbook book cover The Private Guitar Studio Handbook book cover
The Private Guitar Studio Handbook The Private Guitar Studio Handbook (Strategies and Policies for a Profitable Music Business)
Mike McAdam - Berklee Press

Teach guitar for profit! This book will show you how to set up and develop a profitable guitar studio. Besides the ability to teach guitar, running a profitable studio needs effective systems for attracting

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Dobro Roots Dobro Roots (A Photo Tour of Prewar Wood Body Dobros)
Steve Toth - Hal Leonard Corporation

Welcome to the world of prewar wood body dobro! This beautiful full-color hardcover book documents a variety of Dobro guitars produced during the years 1929 through approximately 1942. It is a "photographic

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The Worship Bass Book The Worship Bass Book (Bass, Espresso, and the Art of Groove)
Norm Stockton - Hal Leonard Corporation

As opposed to a systematic pedagogy for bass playing (many such resources already exist), The Worship Bass Book is a fun and informal, yet extremely practical, resource for bassists

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$25.00
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The Fender Stratocaster The Fender Stratocaster (The Life and Times of the World's Greatest Guitar and Its Players)
Dave Hunter - Hal Leonard Corporation

Fender's Stratocaster is arguably the number one instrument icon of the guitar world.  When introduced in 1954, its offset space-age lines, contoured body, and three-pickup configuration set the music world on... view details
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Guitar Effects Pedals Guitar Effects Pedals (The Practical Handbook)
Dave Hunter - Hal Leonard Corporation

This book opens up the world of effects pedals, vintage and new alike, for the guitarist. In an easy, guitarist-friendly style, the book explores the history of different effects pedals, what each type of... view details
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Book & CD Updated and Expanded Edition
$34.95
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Inventing the American Guitar Inventing the American Guitar (The Pre-Civil War Innovations of C.F. Martin and His Contemporaries)
Robert Shaw & Peter Szego - Hal Leonard Corporation

Inventing the American Guitar traces Martin's evolution as a craftsman and entrepreneur and explores the influences and experiments that led to his creation of the American guitar that is

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$59.00
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Down the Rhodes Down the Rhodes (The Fender Rhodes Story)
Benjamin Bove & Gerald McCauley - Hal Leonard Corporation

The Fender Rhodes story is a historical tribute to the electric piano that changed the sound of music.  Invented by Harold Rhodes as a rehabilitation tool for soldiers in World War II, the Fender Rhodes piano... view details
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$44.99
The Serious Guitarist: Essential Book of Gear book cover The Serious Guitarist: Essential Book of Gear book cover
The Serious Guitarist: Essential Book of Gear The Serious Guitarist: Essential Book of Gear (A Comprehensive Guide to Guitars, Amps, and Effects for the Dedicated Guitarist)
Tobias Hurwitz - Alfred Music Publishing

The Serious Guitarist: Essential Book of Gear is an invaluable source for everything you need to know about guitar equipment. With tons of photographs and illustrations, real-world explanations on

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$19.99
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The Epiphone Guitar Book The Epiphone Guitar Book
Walter Carter - Hal Leonard Corporation

The story of Epiphone, one of the oldest and most famous guitar companies, is told by former staff historian Walter Carter. It's an epic story spanning three centuries, from Old World roots in the 19th century... view details
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$27.99
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Jazz Guitar Icons Jazz Guitar Icons (An In-Depth Look at the Styles of 25 Masters)
Wolf Marshall - Hal Leonard Corporation

Follow the "fretprints" of the most influential jazz guitar icons from the last 100 years with this detailed overview of the genre's key players. Written by acclaimed guitar aficionado Wolf Marshall, this... view details
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The Fender Telecaster The Fender Telecaster
Dave Hunter - Hal Leonard Corporation

Fender's Telecaster is one of the icons of the guitar world.  It's not just manufacturer's hype that this is one of the most famous guitars of all time - it was the first production solid-body electric guitar,... view details
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Sound Advice from Gerald Weber Sound Advice from Gerald Weber (Everything You Wanted to Ask About Vacuum Tube Guitar Amplifiers)
Gerald Weber - Hal Leonard Corporation

For over two decades, Gerald Weber has answered hundreds of tube amp related questions in advice columns in major guitar magazines.  "Sound Advice" is a complete collection of Gerald's works and will help you... view details
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$39.95
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Guitar Setup and Maintenance Guitar Setup and Maintenance (Hal Leonard Guitar Method - Supplement)
Various Authors - Hal Leonard Corporation

Here's your complete guide to getting your guitars to play and sound their best!  Step-by-step instructions and photos teach how to adjust the action, truss rod, bridge saddles, nut, intonation and more on... view details
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$14.99
Paperback Book 6" x 9" Edition
$16.99
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The Illustrated Catalog of Guitars The Illustrated Catalog of Guitars
Nick Freeth - Hal Leonard Corporation

This book introduces the reader to 250 guitars of all types from the early acoustic archtop designs of the Gibson L-5 in the last 1920s, through the National resonators of the 1930s, the hollow body electric... view details
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$12.99
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C.F. Martin and His Guitar, 1796-1873 C.F. Martin and His Guitar, 1796-1873
Philip F. Gura - Hal Leonard Corporation

 In C.F. Martin and His Guitars, 1796-1873, Philip Gura chronicles the career of Christian Frederick Martin from his humble start as an importer and repairman of musical instruments in New York City in

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How to Build Electric Guitars How to Build Electric Guitars
Will Kelly - Hal Leonard Corporation

In the past few years the market for electric guitar kits and parts has exploded.  For every two enthusiasts, there are four opinions on how properly to fill woodgrain.  In this book, Will Kelly cuts through... view details
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Recording Techniques of the Guitar Masters Recording Techniques of the Guitar Masters
Brian Tarquin - Course Technology

Discover the recording secrets of our generation's real guitar heroes: Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Zakk Wylde, Ted Nugent, Billy Sheehan, Larry Carlton, Stanley Clarke, Steve Morse, Steve Lukather,... view details
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History of the American Guitar History of the American Guitar
Tony Bacon - Hal Leonard Corporation

First published in 2001 and now updated and expanded, "History of the American Guitar" begins in New York City in the 1830s with the arrival of Christian Martin, from Germany, to set up the Martin company.... view details
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The Guitarist's Guide to Sonar The Guitarist's Guide to Sonar
Craig Anderton - Course Technology

As more and more guitarists begin to use amp simulation software, it becomes increasingly important for them to have a tool that will help them to get the most out of it. That tool has arrived in the form

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Squier Electrics Squier Electrics (30 Years of Fender's Budget Guitar Brand)
Tony Bacon - Hal Leonard Corporation

In 1982, Fender revived an old guitar-string name for its new line of Japanese-made electric guitars.  Millions of guitars later, and celebrating its 30th anniversary, Squier is almost as important to the... view details
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Guitar Gear of the Greats Guitar Gear of the Greats (The Guitars, Amps & Effects Behind the Sound of 100 Players)
Dave Rubin - Hal Leonard Corporation

Music historian Dave Rubin surveys the gear, tones, licks, and lives of 100 top guitarists in this exclusive book/CD pack.  Includes rare photos, bios, tablature, and an audio CD featuring every lick in the... view details
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50 Unsung Heroes of the Guitar 50 Unsung Heroes of the Guitar
Mike Molenda - Hal Leonard Corporation

Everyone knows the legends - Hendrix, Page, Clapton, Beck, and all the other six-string giants - but the evolution of guitar craft wasn't forged purely by uber-famous players with large cultural footprints.... view details
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The Dream Factory The Dream Factory (Fender Custom Shop)
Tom Wheeler - Hal Leonard Corporation

This third in a series of hardcover books joins the award-winning titles The Stratocaster Chronicles and The Soul of Tone by author/historian Tom Wheeler. In over 600 pages, The Dream

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