Stompbox: The Brick. Slipcased box set of Stompbox and Vintage & Rarities books [Limited First Edition]

Stompbox: The Brick. Slipcased box set of Stompbox and Vintage & Rarities books [Limited First Edition]

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Stompbox: The Brick. Slipcased box set of Stompbox and Vintage & Rarities books [Limited First Edition]

Stompbox: The Brick. Slipcased box set of Stompbox and Vintage & Rarities books [Limited First Edition]

Sale price  $169.00 Regular price  $185.00

Stompbox: 100 Pedals of the World’s Greatest Guitarists, is a deluxe celebration of the unsung hero of guitar music–the effects pedal.

Stompbox showcases the actual effects pedals owned and used by Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Frank Zappa, Alex Lifeson, Andy Summers, Eric Johnson, Adrian Belew, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Ed O’Brien, J Mascis, Lita Ford, Joe Perry, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Vernon Reid, Kaki King, Nels Cline and 82 other iconic and celebrated guitarists. These exquisitely textured fine-art photographs are matched with fresh, insightful commentary and colorful road stories from the artists themselves, who describe how these fascinating and often devilish devices shaped their sounds and songs. A visual treat for obsessive collectors, guitar players, and music fans, Stompbox reveals the essential but lesser-known marvels behind some of rock ‘n’ roll’s signature sounds. Books features and structure:  100 Pedals. Featuring interview with the artist and a photos of the chosen pedal. The interview explores the artist’s personal connection to their chosen pedal. The pedal photo receives a full page with the interview on the adjacent page. 5 Editorial Features:   * Fuzzed, Phased & Freaked Out: A Heavy History of the Guitar Pedal. * Thinking Inside the Box: A Pedal Innovators Roundtable. * Fuzzy Drums, Hairy Horns & Silky Keys: Why It’s Okay to Love Guitar Pedals for Everything But Guitar * Seeing Sound: The Art & Design of the Stompbox * J’s Big Muff Museum: Lee Ranaldo Talks Pedals With J Mascis. Photographer and Art Director: Eilon Paz Editorial Director: Dan Epstein Editor At Large: James Rotondi Foreword: Ed O’Brien (Radiohead) Contributing Writers Tom Beaujour, Rich Bienstock, Matt Blackett, Anna Blumenthal, Elton Bradman, Rod Brakes, Chris Buono, Barry Cleveland, Matt Diehl, Dan Epstein, Tzvi Gluckin, Dave Hunter, Michael Molenda, Bill Murphy, Whitney Petty, Lee Ranaldo, Michael Ross, James Rotondi, Cynthia Schemmer, Josh Scott, Katherine Turman -- Vintage & Rarities: 333 Cool, Crazy and Hard to Find Guitar Pedals A companion book to Stompbox: 100 Pedals of the World’s Greatest Guitarists Originally created to expand the sound of the electric guitar, stompboxes have become collectible, highly-fetishized objets d’art, often prized as much for their looks, quirks and history as for their sonic properties. Photographer Eilon Paz and writer/editor Dan Epstein—the team behind Stompbox: 100 Pedals of the World’s Greatest Guitarists—have scoured the globe in search of some of the rarest, weirdest and most iconic stompboxes in existence. Vintage & Rarities: 333 Cool, Crazy and Hard to Find Guitar Pedals features lustrous, exquisitely-detailed photographs of primitive fuzzboxes, one-off prototypes, whimsical boutique creations and elaborate multi-effects units—many of which have never been seen before, even by hardcore collectors. Vintage & Rarities also features profiles of 25 pedal collectors from around the world—including legendary musicians Adrian Belew, Henry Kaiser and David Torn, Beastie Boys producer Mario Caldato Jr., and celebrated pedal builders Oliver Ackermann (Death By Audio), Mike Piera (Analog Man) and Josh Scott (JHS)—all of whom share their personal tales of stompbox addiction, while offering additional insight into these fascinating devices. Created by Eilon Paz & Dan Epstein On the Cover: Stompbox City. Original Collage by Morgan Jesse Lappin Created by Eilon Paz   Box set dimensions: 8x10.6x3.8 inches. 514 pages & 436 pages. Hard cover. ISBN: 978-0-9912248-7-6 Signed and numbered copies available.

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Richard G Coy

As a collector and user of pedals for about 30 years, I was excited to receive this book. The craftsmanship and quality is great, the pictures wonderful. I like the layout and the stories from all the people asked. Definitely some surprises from particular artists like Wayne. A great book to add for any music historian, player, collector, or maker.

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Dheep' P

Greetings -
Finally got my "Brick" in the mail (The Stompbox book & 100 Vintage Rarities). While pricey - on 1st look through the Stompbox it looks to be worth every penny . In this world - increasingly filled with online ordered junk or quickly out of date Must Have Stuff ,it is really nice to sit down ,Grab the Hefty Slipcase & pull out one or the other of these Beautifully conceived ,Produced ,Photographed ,written history of something I have been personally involved with for over 50 Years.
Upon randomly flipping through Stompbox ,I stumbled upon several I have owned over the years. And several I had forgotten about. I wonder now Why I ever got rid of them ?
Anyway - two Beautiful books I'm sure I will enjoy for Years.

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Sam

Incredible set of books, I just finished reading the vintage and rarities and started on the stombox the other day. Very well written, great pictures and detail. Reading the stories behind these pedals and the interviews with the owners inspired my love for pedals, especially fuzz!!! We need more books like this.

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Marjan H

Amazing book with great stories and images. Great quality! What a unique idea to tell the stories of musicians and their pedals. Wonderful book! Highly recommend.

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Fabian

These two books are invaluable for the pedal gear enthusiast, history buff, and overall the information here is amazing for adding to any compendium.

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Filip

This book set is just pure magic! Something you will enjoy and discover over and over as there is so much to absorb. I can almost smell, taste and hear those pedals. I have not found anything else like it.

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Chris Edmonds

Just got my boxed set of @StompBoxBook! It's a MUST for music fans interested in learning how 100 guitarists created their tone with the help of these magical pedals. The photos of these relics after decades of use are stunning. Great resource -

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Trevor May

I laughed, I cried, I drooled. I thought about all those old pedals I gave away. Wish I had kept them all!

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Pedal Pimp

Great reference for anyone serious about guitar effects pedals!

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Brent Hoskins

Amazing! A Must have for any musician.
I can’t say enough about how awesome these books are (I got the brick). So inspiring to see all these pedals and some of my recording heroes’ gear. I’ve learned a lot about pedals I’ve never seen before and some that I have myself. Great work all around!!

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Andy Labarge

Everything about these books is great! The photos are excellent, almost like holding the pedal in your hand. The text is really well done. I am constantly going to Spotify while reading so I can listen to the songs/sounds the artists talk about using the pedal on. I have a lot of guitar and amp books sitting around, but I can see that I'm going to be going back to these more than any of them.

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Flemmy E

I have bought the brick and I still find new information and new great pictures. This book is a must if you like pedals!

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Tim Cunningham

My brick just arrived, have barely sratched the surface and already in love with these beautful books. The photos are amazing and there's so much info about the pedals, players and people that dreamt them up - can't wait to delve deeper. Much more than a reference piece, these are objects of art in their own right. My darling wife (not really into pedals) has already insisted they belong in the house, not my studio/workshop:) Victory for all.

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james tucker

I bought your books after seeing you on the JHS Pedals show. Not only are they awesome, but the quality is exceptional. I have written all in mine and read them several times. But they have also turned me on to some cool music I have never heard. Well worth the price. Thanks for making my world a little bigger. I have enjoyed these books for hours upon end, much like a good pedal.I hope you are healthy and happy.
God bless, Tucker

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Will Walden

Super in depth, wonderfully photographed, and delightful to read. A must have for any music nerd!!!

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Nick Sidella

To ANY guitar pedal enthusiast, this is an absolute MUST! In addition to featuring an incredible assortment of artists and their gear, both books feature a wealth of content from all of the artists featured. It cannot be understated how much knowledge is soaked into these pages! This isn't a coffee table book that sits as a decoration. These are the Sacred Scrolls of pedal knowledge!

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RedPedalBestPedal

Awesome box set, great gift for any collector. Slight smudging on the white covers from the print inside the brick. However it wiped right off and they're sparkling clean now.

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Peter Baylis

This set of books really does hit you like a brick. Every page feels like sacred text. It truly is a piece of art!

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Erika Green

I got this bad boy right when it came out, for my musician boyfriend. HE IS ABSOLUTELY THRILLED WITH IT. Full disclosure, Dan E. is also our awesome friend. Me, I'm a designer, and am really enjoying the design of this book - stellar! Really well done, gorgeous book, exhaustive research!

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Johnny Steiro (@boss_pedal_collector)

I got the Brick just in time for Christmas, it's a work of art and for us pedal nerds it's a must-have in the bookshelf. Expensive but worth every dollar.

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Wolf Merkel

I love "The Brick" - outstanding photography, a good amount of hard to come by information and a fine selection of the music world‘s most important, most sought after and sometimes most mysterious guitar effects pedals. Thank you Eilon and the whole team, you did an amazing job!

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Jaakko Wirtanen

Stompbox The Brick
Long anticipated and timely, an instant classic, truly original, now here to stay.
Entertaining, meaningful, fulfilling, nothing to be taken lightly here.
The seriousness of music has called for it.
Though being a relatively young instrument, the guitar has proven to be a force to be reckoned with.
A treasure chest full of accurate and important information, an artwork in and of itself.
It is a revelation of the art that has spoken to us before, now speaking to us again in a rare visual format.
This had to be done, question was who would do it first.
Let us support a good cause so this can take off and possibly be done again.
-JW, Finland

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Jared Sapp

What an amazing book that every guitar enthusiast should own. Absolutely love the aesthetic of the design used all over the book. It’s modern and Rock N Roll all at the same time. It’s impressive and I’ve always wanted more coffee book hard back books celebrating my biggest passion in life

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Thepedaldiary

This is a masterpiece! It definitely can help me to dip inside the pedal world. Love it!

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Fernando Paulo

What a great pedal treasure. Thank you for this book ☺️

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Marco Meroni

I recently received The Brick.
When i opened both books i smiled.
The books are amazing, made with high quality materials.
Great stories, rarities and highly detailed photos, you can barely touch the pedals and turn all the knobs.
Eilon and the whole team did an AMAZING job.
Thank you!

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Damian

Very excited for having this in my book shelf, both quality and content are excellent, if you're all into music gear and pedals, this should be in your possession as well

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Anthony Burke

Thank for creating this masterpiece. It’s an epic book in every way . There’s a lot of incredible information to take in , more than I had anticipated.
The photography is truly amazing and we all know stompboxes are actually the coolest of things on the planet .
So that makes you guys very,very cool . You wrote a book on them ... and all the love shines through.
Thank you

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Jay Smith

LOVE IT! So amazing. The photography is glorious and everything about it is done at such a high level. Says a lot about you too Eilon, and wanting to do great work, and have such care and attention to detail in every aspect of the end product. I was blown away that you even had the inside of the slip case printed. So many great details about the books from a creative standpoint. Of course I am also very jealous that someone else got to design it! I could not be happier with this book so far, as I learn about so many old pedals I had no clue existed. Such a top-notch, first rate book, in every way!