The Guitar & Amp Sourcebook: An Illustrated Collection of the Axes and Amps that Rocked Our World Paperback – November 1, 2012

I recently purchased a number of guitar related books for my bookshelf.Though "Totally Guitar" by Tony Bacon and Dave Hunter includes pretty much everything you'd ever want to know regarding the subject of guitars, and is a truly beautiful anthology incorporating a vast wealth of information - it also happens to weigh more than a few pounds, which can make it somewhat uncomfortable (unless you have abs of steel) as an option for bedtime reading.On the other hand, "The Guitar & Amp Sourcebook" is of a perfect size for some light-reading before lights-out.Apart from a number of printing errors - which provide facts without including the applicable attached photo - it is a very well put together compendium showcasing a multitude of stunning photographic examples and interestingly informative details.Highly recommended by me to you.

The pictures and quotes make this well worth the great price of the book. The legendary axes and guitars featured are seriously fun to read about.. Occasionally a first top quality guitar or amp is described lovingly, but no picture is accompanying it. Likewise a fairly obscure lower value instrument gets multiple pics and pages. To each his own, I guess.I understand that great priceless songs were created on lesser instruments and this book strives to really get to the mojo of great players and their axes. And, the info about manufacturers is quite accurate. A great book to have on the shelf, and the price is amazing!

This is a must for any musician's library as it contains a monumental amount of historical and pictorial information. The fact that it will appeal to any guitar player, any enthusiast of our great guitar groups, as well as any person with a hanker'n to play guitar makes it a great read for all. Beautifully done and an amazing buy.

Beautiful book and great photo's - highly recommended if you are a guitar collector like me!

This book is THE authority on all things guitars and amps. Thoroughly researched, obviously, and incredibly well laid out, this book is perfect for everyone from curious beginners to seasoned guitar gods.

My son loved this book I sent him for his birthday. He said it was very informative and had great articles about guitarists.

while some guitars get no Illustrations, there are plenty included , All the mayor guitars are included, not really much Classic though

Great photos, interesting facts, the author put an amazing amount of work into this. Buy one for every picker you know.

A good book. More focused in guitars tho. I thought it would describe rigs in detail but it a bit more general. Still good

The book of dreams! The only thing that grates is the author describing a beautiful guitar, without including a photograph. He does it a lot and it's infuriating - hence not the full 5 stars. Other than that, this is a real labour of love by a proper enthusiast. I still flick through it every couple of days; it's impossible to ignore.

This book is well presented and is full of useful information and has some good pictures, it maybe rehashes information that appears in other publications too, but for those who may not have loads of guitar books already it is definately a worthwhile purchase.

If you are interested in the history of guitars and amps or just 'into' them then buy this book. Superb colour pictures, a little more technical data would be good for me.

Nice book could have been more tech