Grand Prize: Gibson Electric Steel Guitars Book
Deadline: May 15, 2009
Gibson Guitars teamed up with Backbeat Books to offer you a chance to win Gibson Electric Steel Guitars Book!
The steel guitar first came into its own as the ideal instrument for players like Roy Smeck and others who pioneered the Hawaiian slack tuning style that is synonymous with exotic South Pacific-inspired music. Martin and Fender already had their own line of steel guitars by the time Gibson introduced the EHG in 1935, but, thanks to their beautiful design and technological advances, Gibson steel guitars quickly dominated the field .
From there Gison’s lap and pedal steels found favor with the country & western bands that were dominating the airwaves of late 50s and early 60s America. And by the time they went out of production in 1967 there was scarcely a country band without a Gibson electric steel guitar.
Gibson Electric Steel Guitars traces the history and evolution of these instruments starting with the company’s first forays into the mandolin world through Gibson’s vintage flattops, and on to the innovation that gave birth to the “Hawaiian guitar.”
The Gibson steel guitar evolved alongside the company’s more standard electric guitars, and many of the innovations in Gibson’s standard guitars, such as the Les Paul, the SG, and the ES-335, were first developed for Gibson’s lap steels.
With lavish full color photos throughout of some of the rarest and most beautiful examples of the electric steel guitars, A.R. Duchossoir pays the instrument the respect it commands.
Deadline: May 15, 2009
Gibson Guitars teamed up with Backbeat Books to offer you a chance to win Gibson Electric Steel Guitars Book!
The steel guitar first came into its own as the ideal instrument for players like Roy Smeck and others who pioneered the Hawaiian slack tuning style that is synonymous with exotic South Pacific-inspired music. Martin and Fender already had their own line of steel guitars by the time Gibson introduced the EHG in 1935, but, thanks to their beautiful design and technological advances, Gibson steel guitars quickly dominated the field .
From there Gison’s lap and pedal steels found favor with the country & western bands that were dominating the airwaves of late 50s and early 60s America. And by the time they went out of production in 1967 there was scarcely a country band without a Gibson electric steel guitar.
Gibson Electric Steel Guitars traces the history and evolution of these instruments starting with the company’s first forays into the mandolin world through Gibson’s vintage flattops, and on to the innovation that gave birth to the “Hawaiian guitar.”
The Gibson steel guitar evolved alongside the company’s more standard electric guitars, and many of the innovations in Gibson’s standard guitars, such as the Les Paul, the SG, and the ES-335, were first developed for Gibson’s lap steels.
With lavish full color photos throughout of some of the rarest and most beautiful examples of the electric steel guitars, A.R. Duchossoir pays the instrument the respect it commands.
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