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Essential 100 Classic Rock Guitar Fakebook by K.Chipkin (softcover very good). Here is a treasure trove for any guitarist who grew up on the golden era of rock. At 354 pages in a large-format softcover, it lies flat on a music stand with ease. Published by Warner Bros. Publications in Miami in 1997, this first edition predates the later Alfred Music reprint and is the preferred copy among collectors and working guitarists alike. Here is a treasure trove for any guitarist who grew up on the golden era of rock. This oversized fakebook delivers 100 complete classic rock songs arranged in both standard notation and guitar tablature, with full solos and guitar parts intact — something no competing fakebook at the time offered. The artist roster reads like a hall-of-fame roll call: Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Van Halen, Eric Clapton, David Bowie, Elton John, Eagles, ZZ Top, The Ramones, and dozens more. Compiled by guitar educator and author Kenn Chipkin, with editing by Aaron Stang, the book is organized with both a title index and an artist index, making it easy to navigate whether you are hunting a specific song or exploring by artist. At 354 pages in a large-format softcover, it lies flat on a music stand with ease. Published by Warner Bros. Publications in Miami in 1997, this first edition predates the later Alfred Music reprint and is the preferred copy among collectors and working guitarists alike. Very good condition copies are becoming harder to find. Keys: guitar, fakebook, tablature, notation, classic rock, songbook, solos, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Beatles, Eagles, Eric Clapton, David Bowie, ZZ Top, Ramones, Elton John, Doobie Brothers, Chipkin, Stang, Warner Bros. Kenn Chipkin is a prolific American guitarist, educator, and music author who has written and co-authored over 75 instructional titles for Alfred Music and Warner Bros. Publications. He is best known for his Real Blues Guitar and Real Blues-Rock Guitar series, blending performance insight with carefully researched historical context for students at all levels.