Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 224
Trim: 6½ x 9
978-1-5381-8173-7 • Hardback • August 2023 • $35.00 • (£27.00)
978-1-5381-8174-4 • eBook • August 2023 • $33.00 • (£25.00) (coming soon)
Jim Reilly is an accomplished musician with degrees in music, journalism, and education. He has contributed to many music industry magazines, has had his work featured on CBC Radio One, and is the author of Steinberger: A Story of Creativity and Design. Visit his website: www.jimreilly.ca.
- Foreword: Tom Mulhern
- A Brief Introduction from the Author and Alison Turner
- Prologue: Friday Nights
- Chapter One: Just a Kid from Sunny SoCal
- Chapter Two: Lessons at Every Curve
- CHASING TONE – THE ARTISTS’ JOURNEY 1: Vernon Reid, Jim Root, & Nili Brosh
- Chapter Three: Am I Living the Dream?
- Chapter Four: From Coast to Coast and Across the Seas
- CHASING TONE – THE ARTISTS’ JOURNEY 2: Joel Landsberg, Chris Pandolfi, Richard Battaglia & Nate Lopez
- Chapter Five: Welcome to the Big Leagues
- Chapter Six: Enter Sandman
- CHASING TONE – THE ARTISTS’ JOURNEY 3: Robert Trujillo, Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield (& Zach Harmon)
- Chapter Seven: Brother Bill
- Chapter Eight: Sometimes You Just Leave It Alone – But More Often You Explore
- CHASING TONE – THE ARTISTS’ JOURNEY 4: Bobby Vega, Victor Wooten
- Chapter Nine: The Journey Continues
- Epilogue: A Note from the Author with Thanks
- Appendix: EMG Artists To Date
EMG is a huge part of my sound. My first Fodera bass was outfitted with EMG pickups, and I still use those pickups in most of my basses.
— Victor Wooten, Grammy Award-winning bassist
I’ve been a good friend and collaborator with Rob Turner for some 40-plus years, and I still learned so much from Jim’s in-depth exploration of this dynamic figure who has played such a pivotal role in the evolution of the electric guitar.
— Ned Steinberger, founder, NS Design
This book reveals Rob Turner’s tenacious approach to making the best product for specific sound applications. The ACB Barrel is a great design we add to almost every banjo we use on stage, giving us consistent sound with an elegant design for installation.
— Richard Battaglia, Grammy Award-winning sound engineer with Bèla Fleck
Rob Turner is a revolutionary. His creative vision and attention to detail have opened doors for artists across a wide musical spectrum.
— Chris Pandolfi, Grammy Award-winning banjo player, The Infamous Stringdusters
Rob Turner opened up a new avenue of sounds and tones for guitar players. EMGs were the only performance feature Prince insisted that I put on the Cloud guitar. This story helps us understand the guitar’s evolution and sheds light on how Rob stepped up to meet a need.
— Dave Rusan, Rusan Guitarworks, luthier of Prince’s “Cloud” guitars