These are the guitars so famous that their names are often household words: B. B. Kingâs Lucille, Eric Claptonâs Blackie, Stevie Ray Vaughanâs First Wife, Billy F Gibbonsâ Pearly Gates, Neil Youngâs Old Black, and many more. Hereâs the first-ever illustrated history of the actual guitars of the stars that made the music. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Other best-selling guitar histories look at the rank-and-file models, but this book is unique in profiling the actual âstar guitarsââthe million-dollar babies, such as the 1968 Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix burned at Woodstock, which sold at Sothebyâs auction house in 1993 for $1,300,000. Amateurs buy guitars to emulate the starsâClaptonâs Strat, Slashâs Les Paulâand this book explains the starsâ modifications, thus showing how others can recreate those famous tones.
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