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Hardback. Condizione: Good. ?A hot-rod joy ride through mid-20th-century American history? (The New York Times Book Review), this one-of-a-kind narrative masterfully recreates the rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar?s amplified sound?Leo Fender and Les Paul?and their intense competition to convince rock stars like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton to play the instruments they built.In the years after World War II, music was evolving from big-band jazz into rock ?n? roll?and these louder styles demanded revolutionary instruments. When Leo Fender?s tiny firm marketed the first solid-body electric guitar, the Esquire, musicians immediately saw its appeal. Not to be out-maneuvered, Gibson, the largest guitar manufacturer, raced to build a competitive product. The company designed an ?axe? that would make Fender?s Esquire look cheap and convinced Les Paul?whose endorsement Leo Fender had sought?to put his name on it. Thus was born the guitar world?s most heated rivalry: Gibson versus Fender, Les versus Leo. While Fender was a quiet, half-blind, self-taught radio repairman, Paul was a brilliant but headstrong pop star and guitarist who spent years toying with new musical technologies. Their contest turned into an arms race as the most inventive musicians of the 1950s and 1960s?including bluesman Muddy Waters, rocker Buddy Holly, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Eric Clapton?adopted one maker?s guitar or another. By 1969 it was clear that these new electric instruments had launched music into a radical new age, empowering artists with a vibrancy and volume never before attainable. In ?an excellent dual portrait? (The Wall Street Journal), Ian S. Port tells the full story in The Birth of Loud, offering ?spot-on human characterizations, and erotic paeans to the bodies of guitars? (The Atlantic). ?The story of these instruments is the story of America in the postwar era: loud, cocky, brash, aggressively new? (The Washington Post).…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. ?A hot-rod joy ride through mid-20th-century American history? (The New York Times Book Review), this one-of-a-kind narrative masterfully recreates the rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar?s amplified sound?Leo Fender and Les Paul?and their intense competition to convince rock stars like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton to play the instruments they built.In the years after World War II, music was evolving from big-band jazz into rock ?n? roll?and these louder styles demanded revolutionary instruments. When Leo Fender?s tiny firm marketed the first solid-body electric guitar, the Esquire, musicians immediately saw its appeal. Not to be out-maneuvered, Gibson, the largest guitar manufacturer, raced to build a competitive product. The company designed an ?axe? that would make Fender?s Esquire look cheap and convinced Les Paul?whose endorsement Leo Fender had sought?to put his name on it. Thus was born the guitar world?s most heated rivalry: Gibson versus Fender, Les versus Leo. While Fender was a quiet, half-blind, self-taught radio repairman, Paul was a brilliant but headstrong pop star and guitarist who spent years toying with new musical technologies. Their contest turned into an arms race as the most inventive musicians of the 1950s and 1960s?including bluesman Muddy Waters, rocker Buddy Holly, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Eric Clapton?adopted one maker?s guitar or another. By 1969 it was clear that these new electric instruments had launched music into a radical new age, empowering artists with a vibrancy and volume never before attainable. In ?an excellent dual portrait? (The Wall Street Journal), Ian S. Port tells the full story in The Birth of Loud, offering ?spot-on human characterizations, and erotic paeans to the bodies of guitars? (The Atlantic). ?The story of these instruments is the story of America in the postwar era: loud, cocky, brash, aggressively new? (The Washington Post).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. ?A hot-rod joy ride through mid-20th-century American history? (The New York Times Book Review), this one-of-a-kind narrative masterfully recreates the rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar?s amplified sound?Leo Fender and Les Paul?and their intense competition to convince rock stars like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton to play the instruments they built.In the years after World War II, music was evolving from big-band jazz into rock ?n? roll?and these louder styles demanded revolutionary instruments. When Leo Fender?s tiny firm marketed the first solid-body electric guitar, the Esquire, musicians immediately saw its appeal. Not to be out-maneuvered, Gibson, the largest guitar manufacturer, raced to build a competitive product. The company designed an ?axe? that would make Fender?s Esquire look cheap and convinced Les Paul?whose endorsement Leo Fender had sought?to put his name on it. Thus was born the guitar world?s most heated rivalry: Gibson versus Fender, Les versus Leo. While Fender was a quiet, half-blind, self-taught radio repairman, Paul was a brilliant but headstrong pop star and guitarist who spent years toying with new musical technologies. Their contest turned into an arms race as the most inventive musicians of the 1950s and 1960s?including bluesman Muddy Waters, rocker Buddy Holly, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Eric Clapton?adopted one maker?s guitar or another. By 1969 it was clear that these new electric instruments had launched music into a radical new age, empowering artists with a vibrancy and volume never before attainable. In ?an excellent dual portrait? (The Wall Street Journal), Ian S. Port tells the full story in The Birth of Loud, offering ?spot-on human characterizations, and erotic paeans to the bodies of guitars? (The Atlantic). ?The story of these instruments is the story of America in the postwar era: loud, cocky, brash, aggressively new? (The Washington Post).…

Condizione: Poor. Book is Poor condition. Good for reading, not pretty to look at! The pages and cover are soiled and/or yellowed, worn throughout.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardback. Condizione: Good. ?A hot-rod joy ride through mid-20th-century American history? (The New York Times Book Review), this one-of-a-kind narrative masterfully recreates the rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar?s amplified sound?Leo Fender and Les Paul?and their intense competition to convince rock stars like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton to play the instruments they built.In the years after World War II, music was evolving from big-band jazz into rock ?n? roll?and these louder styles demanded revolutionary instruments. When Leo Fender?s tiny firm marketed the first solid-body electric guitar, the Esquire, musicians immediately saw its appeal. Not to be out-maneuvered, Gibson, the largest guitar manufacturer, raced to build a competitive product. The company designed an ?axe? that would make Fender?s Esquire look cheap and convinced Les Paul?whose endorsement Leo Fender had sought?to put his name on it. Thus was born the guitar world?s most heated rivalry: Gibson versus Fender, Les versus Leo. While Fender was a quiet, half-blind, self-taught radio repairman, Paul was a brilliant but headstrong pop star and guitarist who spent years toying with new musical technologies. Their contest turned into an arms race as the most inventive musicians of the 1950s and 1960s?including bluesman Muddy Waters, rocker Buddy Holly, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Eric Clapton?adopted one maker?s guitar or another. By 1969 it was clear that these new electric instruments had launched music into a radical new age, empowering artists with a vibrancy and volume never before attainable. In ?an excellent dual portrait? (The Wall Street Journal), Ian S. Port tells the full story in The Birth of Loud, offering ?spot-on human characterizations, and erotic paeans to the bodies of guitars? (The Atlantic). ?The story of these instruments is the story of America in the postwar era: loud, cocky, brash, aggressively new? (The Washington Post).…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. ?A hot-rod joy ride through mid-20th-century American history? (The New York Times Book Review), this one-of-a-kind narrative masterfully recreates the rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar?s amplified sound?Leo Fender and Les Paul?and their intense competition to convince rock stars like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton to play the instruments they built.In the years after World War II, music was evolving from big-band jazz into rock ?n? roll?and these louder styles demanded revolutionary instruments. When Leo Fender?s tiny firm marketed the first solid-body electric guitar, the Esquire, musicians immediately saw its appeal. Not to be out-maneuvered, Gibson, the largest guitar manufacturer, raced to build a competitive product. The company designed an ?axe? that would make Fender?s Esquire look cheap and convinced Les Paul?whose endorsement Leo Fender had sought?to put his name on it. Thus was born the guitar world?s most heated rivalry: Gibson versus Fender, Les versus Leo. While Fender was a quiet, half-blind, self-taught radio repairman, Paul was a brilliant but headstrong pop star and guitarist who spent years toying with new musical technologies. Their contest turned into an arms race as the most inventive musicians of the 1950s and 1960s?including bluesman Muddy Waters, rocker Buddy Holly, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Eric Clapton?adopted one maker?s guitar or another. By 1969 it was clear that these new electric instruments had launched music into a radical new age, empowering artists with a vibrancy and volume never before attainable. In ?an excellent dual portrait? (The Wall Street Journal), Ian S. Port tells the full story in The Birth of Loud, offering ?spot-on human characterizations, and erotic paeans to the bodies of guitars? (The Atlantic). ?The story of these instruments is the story of America in the postwar era: loud, cocky, brash, aggressively new? (The Washington Post).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. ?A hot-rod joy ride through mid-20th-century American history? (The New York Times Book Review), this one-of-a-kind narrative masterfully recreates the rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar?s amplified sound?Leo Fender and Les Paul?and their intense competition to convince rock stars like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton to play the instruments they built.In the years after World War II, music was evolving from big-band jazz into rock ?n? roll?and these louder styles demanded revolutionary instruments. When Leo Fender?s tiny firm marketed the first solid-body electric guitar, the Esquire, musicians immediately saw its appeal. Not to be out-maneuvered, Gibson, the largest guitar manufacturer, raced to build a competitive product. The company designed an ?axe? that would make Fender?s Esquire look cheap and convinced Les Paul?whose endorsement Leo Fender had sought?to put his name on it. Thus was born the guitar world?s most heated rivalry: Gibson versus Fender, Les versus Leo. While Fender was a quiet, half-blind, self-taught radio repairman, Paul was a brilliant but headstrong pop star and guitarist who spent years toying with new musical technologies. Their contest turned into an arms race as the most inventive musicians of the 1950s and 1960s?including bluesman Muddy Waters, rocker Buddy Holly, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Eric Clapton?adopted one maker?s guitar or another. By 1969 it was clear that these new electric instruments had launched music into a radical new age, empowering artists with a vibrancy and volume never before attainable. In ?an excellent dual portrait? (The Wall Street Journal), Ian S. Port tells the full story in The Birth of Loud, offering ?spot-on human characterizations, and erotic paeans to the bodies of guitars? (The Atlantic). ?The story of these instruments is the story of America in the postwar era: loud, cocky, brash, aggressively new? (The Washington Post).…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condizione: Fine. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. May contain a remainder mark. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: good. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.…

Condizione: good. Signs of wear and consistent use.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condizione: acceptable. Cover image may vary. Dust jacket is worn with staining. Hardcover.

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Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

paperback. Condizione: Good. Gently used. Remainder mark on top, no other markings.

paperback. Condizione: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Trade Paperback with only minor reading wear; book is clean, unmarked. In stock. Ships from MN, USA.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.