Backbeat Books 50 Years of Fender Book
by Tony Bacon
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Author: Tony BaconBrand: Backbeat Books
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000
ISBN: 0879306211
Number of pages: 128
Model: 330592
Publisher: Backbeat Books
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- 128 pagesSize: 11" x 8-1/2"Author: Tony BaconISBN: 879306211
Book Reviews of Backbeat Books 50 Years of Fender Book
Book Review: 4 1/2* Nice Coffee Table Book
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a very good book to develop an appreciation of the Fender guitar and its development from the "Broadcaster" to the "Telecaster" and beyond. There are some outstanding pictures of vintage Fenders, the Fender "Precision" and other basses, steel guitars, and amps, as well as the musicians who played and/or promoted them. There's a sense of history too, as the book's sidebars list important historical and musical events of each era. At this relatively low price, it's a nice, albeit brief, introduction to the history of the electric guitar and the man who both made it commercially viable and made some outstanding innovations.
Now, I don't want language that only a sound engineer could understand, but the book does not go into enough detail about how the electric guitar works, the differences between guitar brands and among the various Fender models, or the various sonic experiments performed by Leo Fender and his colleagues at the Fender factory in Fullerton, California. This renders the book most suitable for those with a passing (or newfound) interest in the subject, rather than those with a passion for it. For more details, you might try "The Fender Book: A Complete History of Fender Electric Guitars (2nd Ed)" by Tony Bacon and Paul Day.
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