"The Complete Encyclopedia of Guitar is a comprehensive, richly illustrated guide to the modern guitar in rock and pop - covering its history and development, and profiling the most important instruments of the 20th and 21st centuries, alongside their makers and players. It features information about the gear used by top performers, and tutorials for those who want to sound like their musical heroes. The contents range across the most significant instruments built around the world, and includes photographs of many rare and valuable acoustics and electrics, and the stars who play them."--Back cover.