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The first Fender guitar hit the scene 50 years ago - and music hasn't been the same since! Featuring 200 color photos, this visual chronicle of the premier guitar maker charts every Fender model from 1950 to 2000, accompanied by a parallel timeline of musical highlights. The book celebrates 50 years of Telecasters, Stratocasters, Precision Basses, and other Fender instruments played by such artists as Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Kurt Cobain and many others.
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Leo Fender was not entirely alone in his desire to create a solidbody electric guitar. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Leo Fender was not entirely alone in his desire to create a solidbody electric guitar. Read the first page
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Great book!
The story is, as far as I know, correct.
The setup is very good, it goes from year to year and reveals everything you want to know about Fender and it's products.
Including steel/lap guitars and amps.
Nice artjob on the cover. Nice pictures inside.
They even mention the 1999-current Fender products in the last chapter, however no pictures of it.
If you are a Fender lover or collector you should have this one.
The story is, as far as I know, correct.
The setup is very good, it goes from year to year and reveals everything you want to know about Fender and it's products.
Including steel/lap guitars and amps.
Nice artjob on the cover. Nice pictures inside.
They even mention the 1999-current Fender products in the last chapter, however no pictures of it.
If you are a Fender lover or collector you should have this one.
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
The only unbiased book that tells the whole story
11 Oct 2000
Format:Paperback
Mr.Smith was able to write a story of the evolution of Fender Musical Intruments that was crafted in much the same way as Leo Fender's "no nonesense" technical philosophy. It seems that everyone who worked for the company is writing, or has written a book that often is either romanticized or modified to fit a personal agenda. The unbiased approach is both shocking and refreshing. Mr.Smith's book also has hundreds of rare and unseen inside photos of the factory, people, and instruments that alone are worth the price of the book. If anyone is interested in the history of this company, "Fender Sound Heard "Round the World" is the only book you will need. Be warned, the book is as addictive to read and browse as playing a blues lick on your Stratocaster!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Lousy Layout
18 Aug 2007
Format:Paperback
This is one of the stupidest book designs I have ever seen in my life. Each two-page entry has a photo of an instrument split onto the two pages. This is a tightly-bound book which doesn't lie flat, so these otherwise excellent photos are essentially useless. Tony Bacon books are ussually first-rate; it's too bad to see this poorly-thought-out nonsense in a book with his name on it.
Two thumbs down -- wait for something professionally produced.
Two thumbs down -- wait for something professionally produced.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4 1/2* Nice Coffee Table Book
21 Oct 2004
Format:Paperback
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.
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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