Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction (Paperback)

~ Guns N' Roses (Author), Andy Aledort (Technical Editor), Wolf Marshall (Introduction)

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Product Description

The matching guitar folio to the historic hard rock album with complete note-for-note transcriptions. Twelve songs in all, including 'Sweet Child O' Mine,' 'Welcome To The Jungle,' and 'Paradise City.'

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Cherry Lane Music (June 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895243865
• ISBN-13: 978-0895243867
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #765,301 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely accurate transcriptions, June 21, 1997

By A Customer

The transcriptions are very detailed and accurate, all the way down to the half step neck bend at the end of "Welcome to the Jungle." Good stuff in you're into GNR.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great tab book, February 25, 2005

By	John "MovieAddict" (UK) - See all my reviews

All the songs from Appetite for Destruction, with detailed transcriptions, song notes and an introduction at the face of the book, lyrics, and more! I also bought THE STYLES AND TECHNIQUES OF SLASH, which was a breakdown of some of the songs from Appetite with a bonus CD. Both are recommendable but this is definitely more straightforward. If you want to learn Gn'R, start there. If you're already good at guitar, get this book. It's hard, and takes practice, but the songs are ALL great. Even Think About You is fun to play, and it's my least favorite song on Appetite.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Transcriptions Of The Classic GNR Album!, November 11, 2009

By	Frederick Baptist (Singapore) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Few guitar tab books are as accurately transcribed as this one is which is a testament to the skills of transcriber Jesse Gress. We also get an intro essay by the godfather of transcription Wolf Marshall as well as performance notes on each track by the transcriber Gress himself which is infinitely helpful for learners like me. To play most of the material here though you'd need a wah pedal and to tune your axe down a half-step to E flat to play along with the cd

Another plus of the book is the binding which doesn't come apart easily when you press down on the pages to make them stay while you play. The big negative however is the font size which is small and so makes it a little harder to read and play along. It they could have increased the font size, this book would have gotten 5 stars from me.

Still this is a useful guitar tab book and it will certainly bring you closer to sounding like Slash than if you didn't open it at all and give it a try.