Instruments of Desire The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience

Around 1930, a group of guitar designers in Southern California fitted instruments with an electromagnetic device called a pickup and forever changed the face of popular music. This is the first full account of the historical and cultural significance of the electric guitar.

About the author

Steve Waksman is the 1998 winner of the Ralph Henry Gabriel Dissertation Prize awarded by the American Studies Association. He is Visiting Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at Bowling Green University, and is on the editorial board of Popular Music and Society.

Product details

• Authors: Waksman Steve, Steve Waksman
• Publisher: University Presses
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 02.05.2001
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Organology
• EAN: 9780674005471
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00547-1
• Illustrations: 23 halftones
• Dimensions (packing): 15.6 x 23.5 cm
• Weight (packing): 535 g
• Subjects: Rock, Rock & Pop music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, Music / Songbooks, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Strings, MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Guitar, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, Pop Music, Popular Music, String instruments