{"product_id":"instruments-of-desire-the-electric-guitar-and-the-shaping-of-musical-experience-9780674000650","title":"Instruments of Desire: The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience","description":"\u003cp\u003eAround 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. Taken up by musicians as diverse as Les Paul  Muddy Waters  Jimi Hendrix  and the MC5  the electric guitar would become not just a conduit of electrifying new sounds but also a symbol of energy  innovation  and desire in the music of the day. Instruments of Desire is the first full account of the historical and cultural significance of the electric guitar  a wide-ranging exploration of how and why the instrument has had such broad musical and cultural impact. Instruments of Desire ranges across the history of the electric guitar by focusing on key performers who have shaped the use and meaning of the instrument: Charlie Christian  Les Paul  Chet Atkins  Muddy Waters  Chuck Berry  Jimi Hendrix  the MC5  and Led Zeppelin. The book traces two competing ideals for the sound of the instrument: one  focusing on tonal purity  has been favored by musicians seeking to integrate the electric guitar into the existing conventions of pop music; the other  centering on timbral distortion  has been used to challenge popular notions of \"acceptable\" and \"unacceptable\" noise. Instruments of Desire reveals how these different approaches to sound also entail different ideas about the place of the body in musical performance  the ways in which music articulates racialized and gendered identities  and the position of popular music in American social and political life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279683117109,"sku":"ByrdShop_067400065X","price":46.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674000650.jpg?v=1780606243","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/instruments-of-desire-the-electric-guitar-and-the-shaping-of-musical-experience-9780674000650","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}