Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar - Premium Electric Guitar for Beginners & Professionals - Perfect for Live Performances, Studio Recording & Home Practice

Frank Zappa had a long, hard career about which he wrote a very entertaining auto-biography which is a good read. The title of this book was 'The Real Frank Zappa Book', about his life, career, composing, and life as a musician. He made a lot of his money through his use of humor, and his satirical stabs at the establishment. Many people will hear of, like, agree with, collect, and pay for Frank's Music without ever knowing he plays guitar. At times I hear solos of his that are so sweet, melodic, and technically intense that I feel like THERE ARE NO OTHER GUITARISTS. Playing guitar wasn't the entire focus of his career, but few have ever played it so well. It's often much more complex melodically than the human ear can even understand without training. His playing is at a level serious musicians respect. Unlike many of the school of say, Al Dimeola, John McLaughlin, Steve Vai style of technically phenomenal playing, he doesn't lose his feel and maintains melodic power over the top of incredibly simple Chord progressions, so it's still appealing to all. He earns the respect of fellow musicians without making music one has to work to understand. here's a link to a youtube track which exemplifies the purity of his soloing throughout all 3 cds of 'Shut up and play your guitar'This is a one of his solos over a simple 2 chord progression which is a great example of what Frank Zappa did like no other - [...]The guitarists will notice that though it's a C / D progression throughout the piece, the solo goes all over the place, stretching a simple G major scale through all it's possible permutations and exploring all the different scale modes.