01781cam a2200313 i 4500 386896949 TxAuBib 20191021120000.0 181214s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781523507726 35.00 1523507721 35.00 eng rda TxAuBib rda Schiller, David, (artist.) Guitar [BOOK] : the world's most seductive instrument / David Schiller. New York : Workman Publishing, 2019. iv, 210 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes index. An obsessive, full-color book, Guitar features 200 instruments in stunning detail. Here are icons, like Prince's Yellow Cloud, Willie Nelson's “Trigger,” Muddy Water's Thunderbird, and “Rocky,” lovingly hand-painted by its owner, George Harrison. Historic instruments-Fender's Broadcaster, Les Paul's “Log,” the Gibson Nick Lucas Special, the very first artist model. Hand-carved archtops, pinnacles of the luthier's art, from John D'Angelico to Ken Parker. Stunning acoustics from a new wave of women builders, like Rosie Heydenrych of England, who's known to use 5,000-year-old wood retrieved from a peat bog. And quirky one-of-a-kind guitars, like Linda Manzer's Pikasso II-four necks, 42 strings, and a thousand pounds of pressure. Provided by publisher. 20191021. Guitar Pictorial works. Guitar History. Illustrated works.