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Sunburst : how the Gibson Les Paul Standard became a legendary guitar
- Title
- Sunburst : how the Gibson Les Paul Standard became a legendary guitar / Tony Bacon.
- Author
- Bacon, Tony, 1954-
- Publication
- Montclair : Backbeat, ©2014.
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Details
- Description
- 143 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
- Summary
- "Is the sunburst Gibson Les Paul Standard really the greatest electric guitar ever made? This books aims to answer that question, even if so many players and collectors have already sounded a loud Yes! Famously played by Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, this fabulous instrument, known simply as the Burst, has become a legend. Through a series of interviews with players, collectors, guitar-makers, dealers, and more, Sunburst unravels a myth puts history into sharp focus and show exactly where this guitar - in original and reissued form - has ended up now. Guitarists including Don Felder, Billy Gibbons..... explain how the Burst fits into their musical world and the way a valuable guitar thought at one time only to inhabit bank vaults is today returning to its natural habitat on the rock'n'roll stage"-- Back cover.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes index.
- Contents
- The sunburst story. Origins ; Clapton steps out ; Bloomfield's burst ; Greeny & the super-natural ; Beck's bursts ; Gibbons at the pearly gates ; Page's gorgeous bursts ; Koss & a few good notes ; Felder's Hotel California burst ; Gibson in the 70s ; From Beat it to Spinal Tap ; Slash's unreal bursts ; Collectables ; Valuables ; The reissue quest ; A modern burst : old or new? ; Endnotes -- The reference listing. Introduction ; Original model ; Reissue models ; Artist models ; Collector's choice ; Miscellany.
- Call Number
- JNF 14-31
- ISBN
- 9781617134661
- 161713466X
- OCLC
- 868082428
- Author
- Bacon, Tony, 1954- author.
- Title
- Sunburst : how the Gibson Les Paul Standard became a legendary guitar / Tony Bacon.
- Publisher
- Montclair : Backbeat, ©2014.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- Publisher No.
- HL00333746 Hal Leonard
- Research Call Number
- JNF 14-31