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A marvellous addition to the literature of American guitar history. A complete, beautifully illustrated history of the development of Rickenbacker instruments from 1931.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is a great help to all the people who love the Rickenbacker music instruments. In this book you can find informations and details about the history, the people behind this industry, a great selections and lots of pictures and info about almost all the models on guitars, bass, steels, etc, etc. Also you can know about the greatest musicians playing Ricky's since 1920 to the present. If you own a Rickenbacker this is your book. Congratulations to Richard R. Smith for this excellent work !!
Format:Paperback
The title says it all. This book is the one to own if you've ever been interested in this famous US brand. It's packed with facts, figures and pictures detailing everything I'd ever want to know about these very individual mould breaking instruments. A very entertaining reference book that I'll refer to time and time again.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
The definitive text on the definitive American guitar
14 Oct 1999
Format:Paperback
Richard Smith's book is simply the best available on Rickenbacker guitars. The Rickenbacker story is presented directly and simply. Of course there are lots of insanely cool pictures of Rickenbacker guitars. An invaluable source of information for the collector, or for the normal guitarist, a great book to just plain read. I gave this four stars instead of five because of the spelling errors that reoccur throughout the book. As opposed to the Bacon/Day Rick book, this is not just a quick gloss of the company's models but an indepth look at the company. I hope Smith updates this book every so often. As it stands it is the best reference on this subject in its field.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
A great and professional book !!
29 Dec 1998
Format:Paperback
This book is a great help to all the people who love the Rickenbacker music instruments. In this book you can find informations and details about the history, the people behind this industry, a great selections and lots of pictures and info about almost all the models on guitars, bass, steels, etc, etc. Also you can know about the greatest musicians playing Ricky's since 1920 to the present. If you own a Rickenbacker this is your book. Congratulations to Richard R. Smith for this excellent work !!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Excellent, though outdated
17 April 2006
Format:Paperback
This book is an excellent overview of Rickenbacker guitars and basses from the beginning of the company up to 1987. However, it is woefully out of date, as many models have been added and/or dropped in the meantime. It would be nice to see an updated version of this book. Additionally, I was a little disappointed that except for a color section in the middle of the book, the entire book was in black and white, which makes it difficult to know what the author is talking about when he comments on the finish/color of a guitar! Still, an interesting book and essential for anyone who is a Rickenbacker fanatic like me.
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