THE BIRTH OF LOUD Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock ’n’ Roll By Ian S. Port Illustrated. 340 pp. Scribner. $28.. Like a lot of paradigm-shifting ...

Author Ian Port shares insight from his new book 'The Birth Of Loud' chronicling how the rivalry between Leo Fender and Les Paul shaped the evolution of the electric guitar and rock 'n' roll.

The guitar now has a prominent place in a new book dedicated to the Metallica guitarist’s stockpile of instruments, “The Collection: Kirk Hammett,” a 400-page coffee-table book from Gibson ...