# Guitar Genius

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- Book: [Guitar Genius](https://www.bookquiver.com/kim-tomsic/guitar-genius) ([Guitar Genius.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/kim-tomsic/guitar-genius.md))
- Authors: [Kim Tomsic](https://www.bookquiver.com/kim-tomsic), [Brett Helquist](https://www.bookquiver.com/brett-helquist)
- Publisher: chroniclebooks
- ISBN: 978-14-5215-919-5
- Pages: 56
- Published: 2019-04-09
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year This is the story of how Les Paul created the world's first solid-body electric guitar, countless other inventions that changed modern music, and one truly epic career in rock and roll. How to make a microphone? A broomstick, a cinderblock, a telephone, a radio. How to make an electric guitar? A record player's arm, a speaker, some tape. How to make a legendary inventor? A few tools, a lot of curiosity, and an endless faith in what is possible. Featuring richly detailed, dynamic illustrations by Brett Helquist, this unforgettable biography will resonate with inventive readers young and old.