Virtual Vintage

Author: Linda Lindroth
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0679647341
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 386

Book Description
Vintage clothing has never been more chic, with everyone from celebrity trendsetters to style-conscious professionals searching for wearable treasures from the past. Virtual Vintage is the first and only guide that helps both the novice and the fashion connoisseur evaluate and confidently participate in the thriving vintage marketplace that exists online. No other book explains how to get it, sell it, fix it, or wear it with flair. Authors Linda Lindroth and Deborah Newell Tornello equip readers from head to toe with • more than 100 chic sites—rated and evaluated • instructions on contacting sellers • smart strategies for bidding in online auctions • advice about evaluating the size, quality, and colors of a garment • tips for cleaning and repairing vintage items Whether you’re looking for a 1960s Rudi Gernreich knit, Gucci hipster trousers, a Claire McCardell for Townley shirtwaist, or a Chanel suit in pink wool with black patent-leather trim, Virtual Vintage will help you build a unique and sensational wardrobe.

The Guitar Pickup Handbook

Author: Dave Hunter
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879309312
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
In The Guitar Pick-Ups Handbook guitarist and author Dave Hunter explores the history of the transducer that captures mechanical vibrations, from its beginnings in the early 20th century through to the present day.

Logic Pro For Dummies

Author: Graham English
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1394162103
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 421

Book Description
This one-stop source for Logic Pro insight helps you spend more time creating music Every minute you spend trying to figure out how to set up a new track or build a drum loop is a minute you don’t spend creating and recording your music. This guide to the recording software favored by Mac users helps you bypass the time needed to search for tech answers and spend more time capturing sounds. Discover the full recording power of Logic Pro, starting with launching a project and recording your audio. Explore the built-in digital instruments and beat makers, augment your recording power with plug-ins, and finalize your song by editing, adding effects, mixing, mastering, and sharing. The final step is music stardom! Learn your way around the Logic Pro interface and understand the workflow Set up your project and add tracks and regions Record acoustic audio or conduct your orchestra of MIDI instruments Edit, mix, automate, export, and feel proud of your audio files For beginning music creators and producers, this Dummies guide makes it simple to get started with Logic Pro.

Logic Pro X For Dummies

Author: Graham English
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119506212
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 420

Book Description
Spend less time learning and more time recording Logic Pro X offers Mac users the tools and power they need to create recordings ready to share with the world. This book provides the know-how for navigating the interface, tweaking the settings, picking the sounds, and all the other tech tasks that get in the way of capturing the perfect take. Written by a Logic Pro X trainer who’s used the software to further his own music career, Logic Pro X For Dummies cuts back on the time needed to learn the software and allows for more time making amazing recordings. Record live sound sources or built-in virtual instruments Arrange your tracks to edit, mix, and master Discover tips to speed the process and record on an iPad Make sense of the latest software updates A favorite among Logic Pro X beginners, this book is updated to reflect the ongoing changes added to enhance Logic Pro X’s recording power.

Guitar

Author: Nigel Osborne
Publisher: Chartwell Books
ISBN: 0785834389
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
This is the most authoritative and comprehensive reference work on the full range of guitar designs and playing styles ever produced. An info-packed and intricately detailed, illustrated glossary that helps you 'talk guitar' with authority. Taking you all the way from deciding which instrument is best for you and your music to learning the essential techniques in ten of the most popular guitar styles and maximizing the potential of your guitar, effects, and amplifier, this book is a one-stop, fast track to fluency in all aspects of the most influential icon in the history of popular music. In this book, the world's leading specialists tell you what ingredients go into a vast range of guitars and amplifiers to make them sound the way that they do; coach you on making the most of your instruments, effects, and amps; tutor you in the essential playing skills of genres from Rock to Jazz to classical-and everything in between. Contributors include Dave Hunter, Tony Bacon, Robert Benedetto, Dave Burrluck, Walter Carter, Dough Chandler, Paul Day, James Stevenson, Kari Bannerman, David Braid, Carl Filipiak, Nestor Garcia, Martin Goulding, Lee Hodgson, Max Milligan, and Rikky Rooksby.

The Fashion Lover's Guide to Incredible Bargains

Author: Debbie Weisberg
Publisher: Frederick Fell Publishers
ISBN: 9780883911617
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
This guide features first person shopping stories and humorous anecdotes about America's favourite past time. It is a terrific source for today's consumers, covering such retail venues as department and specialty store sales, online websites, vintage resources, sample sales, eBay and other auction houses, discount chains and more. The book is a must for people who love to shop as well as for those who are overwhelmed by the choices in the ever changing retail arena.

Don't Call the Thrift Shop

Author: Susannah Ryder
Publisher: M. Evans
ISBN: 1461733898
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 262

Book Description
When it's time for a move to a retirement home, a smaller home, or there's a death in the family, how should you manage a lifetime of family heirlooms and cherished possessions? Should that old chest go to the rummage sale, or is it a rare antique? What about jewelry, coins, stamp collections, china, silver, glass, memorabilia, baseball cards and toys? Are they valuable? How can we tell? Who will buy them? What are they really worth? This book is your key to finding the value of everything from diamonds to Teddy Bears, as well as tips about estate planning and appraisals. Find out all about: *the hottest collectibles markets and why some items skyrocket in price *how experts spot a valuable antique *where to get information used by professionals *selling at auctions, estate sales, and on eBay

A Man and His Watch

Author: Matthew Hranek
Publisher: Artisan Books
ISBN: 1579657141
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 217

Book Description
A covetable celebration of watches and the stories at the heart of men's obsession with them.

American Motorcyclist

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Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
American Motorcyclist magazine, the official journal of the American Motorcyclist Associaton, tells the stories of the people who make motorcycling the sport that it is. It's available monthly to AMA members. Become a part of the largest, most diverse and most enthusiastic group of riders in the country by visiting our website or calling 800-AMA-JOIN.

Keyboard

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Category : Keyboard instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 562

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