David Schiller

Listen to "David Schiller Sets Free Guitar The Worlds Most Seductive Instrument" on Spreaker. Guitar has made some of the most legendary, beloved rock ballads possible–from Paul McCartney’s “Blackbird” to “November Rain” by Guns N’ Roses And it has been smashed by icons such as Prince, who broke the neck off his “Yellow Cloud” guitar while at a French television show in 1994, and Jimi Hendrix, who set his “Black Pepper Fender Startocaster” guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Now the new book: Guitar: The World’s Most Seductive Instrument (On sale October 1, 2019) by David Schiller - is a glorious celebration of 200 of these iconic instruments and the people that made them famous. Guitar is a true labor of love. Beginning in a guitar store on Bleecker Street in New York City, Schiller, accompanied by a photo researcher, traveled far and wide to study and photograph hundreds of guitars, visiting shops, collectors’ offices, museums, festivals, factories, and artisan workshops around the country and all over the world. From pursuing great photo collections to tracking rare images in far-flung museums, Schiller worked tirelessly to capture the personalities, individual styles, and voices of his favorite instrument. Complete with an irresistible hardcover slipcase and a die-cut edge that reveals three tuning keys of the spectacular Art Deco–influenced headstock of a John D’Angelico New Yorker acoustic, this stunning book is punctuated by profiles of twenty-four legendary guitarists ranging from Delta Blues legend Robert Johnson to Joni Mitchell to Django Reinhardt to Bonnie Raitt—each of which is paired with a photograph of the musician’s own guitar or one emblematic of the type they favored. Groundbreaking instruments that ushered in the electric guitar such as Rickenbacker’s “Frying Pan” and Les Paul’s “Log” are also featured, along with many of the world’s most celebrated players and their guitars: