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# Play It Loud: An Epic History of the Style, Sound, and Revolution of the Electric Guitar

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    No ax to grind with "Play It Loud"
  

*by M***R on Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2017*

"Play It Loud: An Epic History of the Style, Sound, & Revolution of the Electric Guitar" is one of the best – and best-written – books on music’s evolution over the last eighty years.  Whether or not you play a guitar or even like guitars, all you have to do is like music or good writing to appreciate this book.It traces music’s growth – particularly blues, jazz, country western, and, of course, rock – through the development of the electric guitar and some of its accessories like amps, pickups, etc.Guitar innovators Leo Fender, Adolph Rickenbacker, Ted McCarty (Gibson), Fred Gretsch, Paul Reed Smith and others are brought to life, becoming more than just names affixed to a guitar’s head.  And the place in music history of Kay, Harmony, Valco, and Teisco, makers of often overlooked and underappreciated less expensive instruments (so-called ‘catalog’ or ‘junk’ guitars), is solidly…and finally…made.Perhaps most important, the personalities who made the electric guitar indispensable to music...why they played the ‘ax’ they did, their styles, what type of music they played, how long they stuck with a particular brand, whom they played with, when and where they debuted their guitars…unfold in interesting vignettes and anecdotes.All of this is put in perspective by providing the cultural milieu during which these musicians and developments took place."Play It Loud" also dispels some of the myths swirling about the electric guitar; for instance, that Les Paul was its inventor.  Actually, had it not been for George Beauchamp in the 1920s and 30s,  the electric guitar might never have made it to music’s mainstream.According to authors Brad Tolinski and Alan Di Perna: “He (Beauchamp) not only invented the first fully functional guitar pickup, he also put it to work in his pioneering design for the world’s first successful, commercially produced electric guitar.”  Development of the solid-body electric guitar was Les Paul’s forte and claim to fame.Tolinski and Di Perna, know their stuff.  They did their research and then with their writing skill and talent turned that work into what is generally reserved for the mystery/adventure/spy genres…a page-turner.Included in the book is a chronology of the electric guitar, its makers and musicians.  Plus, there’s a foreword by guitar virtuoso, Carlos Santana."Play It Loud" is a great pickup you won’t fret about…or regret.

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    Must Read For Guitar Heads
  

*by L***. on Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2018*

If you grew up in the '50's and 60's, this volume will be like mother's milk to you.  The history of the electric guitar is, in fact, the history of rock and roll and R&B, they are so closely intertwined.  If you have the slightest knowledge of types and prices of guitars, you'll appreciate what it took Leo Fender, Gibson, Rickenbacker, Beauchamp to take that creative step that has changed the world.Discover the world of amps, tubes, distortion, cannibalizing one guitar, or several to get just what is desired.If you're the least bit wonky about collecting and playing, I urge you to get this book.I got it on Kindle, but wanted that hardcopy to savor the pictures with likeminded friends, so I got it also.Reads easy with a nice, informative talky style that won't go over anyone's head, and the author obviously knows his stuff.

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    This was an Amazing Journey
  

*by T***N on Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2018*

As a long-time reader of Alan di Perna articles and books, I was truly thrilled to get into this one. Authors Alan di Perna and Brad Tolinski did such a wonderful job telling the story of the electric guitar. I really loved the story about the Beatles escaping through a tunnel under Central Park! It was like something out of  “A Hard Days Night.” I also learned alot about Leo Fender, Les Paul (plenty of personal anecdotes!) and other guitar "influencers." I now know so much more than I thought I would and enjoyed every step of the amazing journey through the history of the electric guitar.

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