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Six decades of the Fender Telecaster : the story of the world's first solidbody electric guitar
- Title
- Six decades of the Fender Telecaster : the story of the world's first solidbody electric guitar / Tony Bacon.
- Author
- Bacon, Tony, 1954-
- Publication
- San Francisco, Calif. : Backbeat ; Enfield : Hi Marketing [distributor], 2005.
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- Description
- 144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm
- Summary
- "Leo Fender's company changed the course of popular music in 1950 when they introduced the guitar that soon became known as the Fender Telecaster. Since then it has been played by everyone from The Pretenders to Radiohead, Muddy Waters to Jimmy Page, Roy Buchanan to Keith Richards. New interviews with Jeff Beck, James Burton, Bill Kirchen and others vividly illustrate the Tele's importance, versatility, straightforward playability and sheer simplicity. The story of the Telecaster is also the story of the Fender company, from the struggles of the 1950s to the new models, retro reissues and collectables of the 21st century. Six Decades Of The Fender Telecaster is in the tradition of Tony Bacon's volumes 50 Years Of Fender, 50 Years Of The Gibson Les Paul and 50 Years Of Gretsch Electrics. It is packed with photographs of great Telecasters (and a fair few Esquires), top players, collectable catalogues, period press ads and plenty of memorabilia. The book paints a picture of one of the world's truly iconic musical instruments, its makers and its players, and is a must for all guitarists and guitar nuts."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- ISBN
- 0879308567 (pbk.) :
- OCLC
- 61176878
- ocm61176878
- SCSB-14493254
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries