Chasing Tone

Jim Reilly

doi:10.5771/9781538181744

Chasing Tone

How Rob Turner and EMG Revolutionized the Guitar’s Sound

Published 2023

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doi.org/10.5771/9781538181744
ISBN print: 978-1-5381-8173-7
ISBN online: 978-1-5381-8174-4
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham

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Zusammenfassung

Prince, Pink Floyd, Metallica, Toto, James Taylor, Keith Richards—these stars and thousands of others all owe a debt of gratitude to Rob Turner who revolutionized the electric guitar and bass.

Chasing Tone tells Rob Turner’s story from humble beginnings rewiring his father’s transistor radio components to founding EMG and, finally, to the world’s largest concert stages. Jim Reilly provides a wealth of fascinating insights by weaving together many exclusive interviews with top artists and colleagues, including James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo of Metallica; legendary session musician Leland Sklar; Vernon Reid of Living Colour; Victor Wooten; Béla Fleck; Nili Brosh; Jim Root of Slipknot; and guitar builders Mike McGuire and John Carruthers. Along the way, Reilly not only sheds light on the history of the electric guitar and bass and how EMG pickups forever altered their course but also explores the elusive relationship between builder and creator, showing how these artists found their sound.

This book takes a deep dive into the creative process while providing a history of popular music told from a side of the stage previously underexplored.

Schlagworte

Punk Heavy Metal guitar popular music music technology Steinberger Metallica Fender luthier hard rock bass electric guitar instrument builders instrument design

Keywords

music Music History biography inventions

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Preface
1–12 1. JUST A KID FROM SUNNY SOCAL 1–12
13–24 2. LESSONS AT EVERY CURVE 13–24
25–34 CHASING TONE—THE ARTISTS’ JOURNEY PART 1 25–34
35–46 3. AM I LIVING THE DREAM? 35–46
47–58 4. FROM COAST TO COAST AND ACROSS THE SEAS 47–58
59–72 CHASING TONE—THE ARTISTS’ JOURNEY PART 2 59–72
73–88 5. WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES 73–88
6. ENTER SANDMAN
101–112 CHASING TONE—THE ARTISTS’ JOURNEY PART 3 101–112
113–122 7. BROTHER BILL 113–122
123–136 8. SOMETIMES YOU JUST LEAVE IT ALONE—BUT MORE OFTEN YOU EXPLORE 123–136
137–146 CHASING TONE—THE ARTISTS’ JOURNEY PART 4 137–146
147–160 9. THE JOURNEY CONTINUES 147–160
161–164 EPILOGUE: A Note from the Author with Thanks 161–164
165–178 APPENDIX: EMG Artists to Date 165–178
179–184 INDEX 179–184
185–186 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 185–186

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