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Book Title: Instruments of Desire : the Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.7in
Author: Steve Waksman
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Musical Instruments / Guitar
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2001
Genre: Music
Item Weight: 18.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
