An indispensable guide for the aspiring rock guitarist, Play Rock Guitar includes 200 specially commissioned photographs, nearly 1,000 diagrams, plus a 74-minute CD mirroring the contents of the book. For each of the ten chapters covering a different style of rock, there is a dedicated backing track over which all of the topics of that chapter can be played. But there's more to rock music than just technique: issues of sound and amplification are often equally important. The sounds of many different types of guitar and amplifiers, as well as the crucial processing effects, can all be heard on the CD.