Fender 75 Years

Author : Dave Hunter
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 076037015X
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fender 75 Years written by Dave Hunter and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gorgeously illustrated and authoritatively written, Fender 75 Years is the officially licensed celebration of the legendary brand's landmark anniversary, covering all of Fender's iconic guitars, amps, and basses.

Author : Richard Rayhill Smith
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781423462798
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fender written by Richard Rayhill Smith and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2009 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: book for musicians, instrument collectors, and fans of Fender. This, at last, is the complete Fender story." --Book Jacket.

Author : Dave Hunter
Publisher : Voyageur Press
ISBN 13 : 0760370109
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fender Telecaster and Stratocaster written by Dave Hunter and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate of the history and significance of both the Fender Telecaster and Stratocaster for the company's 75th anniversary in this combined edition of Dave Hunter's two best-selling books! The Fender Telecaster, created in Les Fender's Fullerton, California, workshop and introduced in 1950, is a working-class hero and the ultimate blue-collar guitar. It wasn't meant to be elegant, pretty, or sophisticated. Designed to be a utilitarian musical instrument, it has lived up to that destiny. In the hands of players from Muddy Waters to James Burton, Bruce Springsteen to Joe Strummer, the Telecaster has made the music of working people—country, blues, punk, rock 'n' roll, and even jazz. Fender’s Stratocaster is arguably the number-one instrument icon of the guitar world. When introduced in 1954, its offset space-age lines, contoured body, and three-pickup configuration set the music world on its ear—it was truly unlike any guitar that had come before. In the hands of the world’s most beloved players, such as Buddy Holly, Eric Clapton, Ike Turner, and, yes, Jimi Hendrix, the Stratocaster has since become a popular instrument of choice among rock, blues, jazz, and country players and, not coincidentally, is also one of the most copied electric guitars of all time. In this authoritatively written, painstakingly curated, and gloriously presented combined edition to celebrate Fender's 75th anniversary, author Dave Hunter covers both of the guitar’s histories from concept, design, and model launch through its numerous variations and right up to the present. The story is richly illustrated with archival images, musicians in action, studio shots, memorabilia, and profiles of over 50 Tele and Strat slingers through the ages. With its unprecedented level of detail and stunning visuals, Fender Telecaster and Stratocaster is the only book tribute worthy of the world’s two greatest guitars.

Author : Tony Bacon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1476856419
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Squier Electrics written by Tony Bacon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SQUIER ELECTRICS: 30 YEARS OF FENDER'S BUDGET GUITAR BRAND

Author : Forrest White
Publisher : Backbeat Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fender written by Forrest White and published by Backbeat Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been published about the Fender Electric Instrument Company, but Leo Fender--the renowned designer of guitars and amplifiers--always wanted its story to be told "just the way it happened." Now, his friend and only general manager, offers a behind-the-scenes look. (Music)

Author : Ian S. Port
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501141767
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Birth of Loud written by Ian S. Port and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A hot-rod joy ride through mid-20th-century American history” (The New York Times Book Review), this one-of-a-kind narrative masterfully recreates the rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar’s amplified sound—Leo Fender and Les Paul—and their intense competition to convince rock stars like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton to play the instruments they built. In the years after World War II, music was evolving from big-band jazz into rock ’n’ roll—and these louder styles demanded revolutionary instruments. When Leo Fender’s tiny firm marketed the first solid-body electric guitar, the Esquire, musicians immediately saw its appeal. Not to be out-maneuvered, Gibson, the largest guitar manufacturer, raced to build a competitive product. The company designed an “axe” that would make Fender’s Esquire look cheap and convinced Les Paul—whose endorsement Leo Fender had sought—to put his name on it. Thus was born the guitar world’s most heated rivalry: Gibson versus Fender, Les versus Leo. While Fender was a quiet, half-blind, self-taught radio repairman, Paul was a brilliant but headstrong pop star and guitarist who spent years toying with new musical technologies. Their contest turned into an arms race as the most inventive musicians of the 1950s and 1960s—including bluesman Muddy Waters, rocker Buddy Holly, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Eric Clapton—adopted one maker’s guitar or another. By 1969 it was clear that these new electric instruments had launched music into a radical new age, empowering artists with a vibrancy and volume never before attainable. In “an excellent dual portrait” (The Wall Street Journal), Ian S. Port tells the full story in The Birth of Loud, offering “spot-on human characterizations, and erotic paeans to the bodies of guitars” (The Atlantic). “The story of these instruments is the story of America in the postwar era: loud, cocky, brash, aggressively new” (The Washington Post).

Author : Dave Hunter
Publisher : Voyageur Press
ISBN 13 : 1627881395
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gibson Les Paul written by Dave Hunter and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2014-06-15 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gibson Les Paul is possibly the electric guitar most associated with rock ’n’ roll. The result of a collaboration between Gibson’s Ted McCarty and jazz guitarist Les Paul in response to the success of Fender’s Telecaster, the Les Paul has gone on to become a prized instrument played by most of the greatest guitarists in rock history. This massive illustrated history of the guitar examines its prehistory and origins as well as its evolution in the 60-plus years since its 1952 introduction. In addition to the Standards and Customs guitarists admire so much, author Dave Hunter also gives ample coverage to variations like Les Paul Juniors, Melody Makers, and SGs. And to bring the music to life, there are profiles of players well known for using Les Pauls and their offspring through the years, including Hubert Sumlin, Carl Perkins, Eric Clapton, Mike Bloomfield, Peter Green, Paul Kossoff, Jimmy Page, Neil Young, Peter Frampton, Keith Richards, Bill F Gibbons, Bob Marley, Mick Ronson, Steve Jones, Johnny Thunders, Angus Young, and more. Illustrated throughout with studio photography of the guitars, candid and performance photography of the artists, and relevant memorabilia, this book is prefect for music lovers and guitar enthusiasts.

Author : J. W. Black
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780634026409
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fender Bass written by J. W. Black and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2001 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). When Leo Fender added a bass to his growing family of instruments 50 years ago, he created a new world for musicians and revolutionized an industry in the process. Using hundreds of photographs, this exciting release chronicles the evolution of that instrument from 1951 to 2001, providing background, history and highly researched facts vital to understanding everything about this remarkable member of the Fender family. A must for all music fans!

Author : Steve Pitkin
Publisher : Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781495073915
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fender Custom Shop at 30 Years written by Steve Pitkin and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). Steve Pitkin has worked with the Fender Custom Shop since 1995, photographing the most incredibly crafted guitars built in America. There is something special about the Custom Shop and the people who work there they love their work and they know their work is loved. These craftsmen are true mojo makers, building each guitar with artistic expression, skill, and innovation. They do this while holding true to Fender's time honored traditions and working in close collaboration with musicians who rely on these instruments to create their art in a musical form. Each page of this book is made to be interactive, from the highly detailed photographs to the text on their edges. You will discover something new on every page as a window of discovery opens, encouraging your imagination to dream of a masterpiece when it is held in your hands. Includes 72 centerfolds illustrating 30 years of Fender Custom Shop guitars. Includes introductions by Mike Lewis of the Fender Custom Shop and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, with narrations about each guitar in the words of artists and the masterbuilders who made them.

Author : Walter Carter
Publisher : Gibson Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780972751018
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gibson Guitars written by Walter Carter and published by Gibson Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a history of the guitar company from its founding in the late 1800s to its present status as one of the leading makers of guitars.