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For fender fans and collectors, guitar enthusiasts, and lovers of po. The fender telecaster is a workingclass hero and the ultimate bluecollar guitar. Welcome to the reverb price guide, the ultimate resource for music gear pricing and information. Jan 16, 2019 leo fender had another farreaching idea, introduced in 1952. The number one source of guitar and amplifier pricing and information so you can find the price and value of your used guitars and amplifier. Now in its second edition, the fender book has become the definitive story of the worldos bestknown solidbody electric guitars. It is a doublecutaway guitar, with an extended top. The cheapest electric guitar on amazon vs my custom fender. Guitars fender shop fender electric guitars, acoustics. As he explains, the guitar was made in april 1954, about a year before gilmours, making it the first known stratocaster to bear a serial number. We made it in the new format for our profiles series of guitarhistory books, which wed begun with 50 years of the gibson les paul in 2002. Paul tutmarc, a hawaiian guitar player and teacher based in seattle, started a company called audiovox in the 30s to manufacture electric instruments, including an electric bass guitar. A complete history of fender instruments by tony bacon 2007, paperback, revised at the best online prices at ebay. Mar 25, 2020 there was even an electric bass guitar that predated fender s precision.
The fender stratocaster, colloquially known as the strat, is a model of electric guitar designed from 1952 into 1954 by leo fender, bill carson and george fullerton, and completed by freddie tavares. Introduced for national distribution as the broadcaster in the autumn of 1950, it was the first guitar of its kind. Thanks to fender tones intuitive, onetouch interface you can use the app to change settings and hear the results in realtime. To mark the 60th anniversary of fender, backbeat has introduced a new, completely revised 3rd edition of the bestselling fender electric guitar book. Lowden announces new wee lowden 12 fret acoustic guitar. A regular contributor to guitar player and vintage guitar magazines, he resides in portsmouth, new hampshire. Use this site for a pricing guide and source of information on all guitars. Get started with stepbystep lessons, expert instructors and 100s of your favorite songs. The fender electric guitar book 3rd edition by tony bacon. This indepth story is illustrated with large, highquality photos of rare, outstanding and unusual fender models, together with some choice selections of fender memorabilia. This book tells the complete story of fender guitars, detailing classics such as the telecaster, stratocaster, and jazzmaster as well as lesserknown and less successful models. He is author of the ultimate guitar book and the recent backbeat title, six decades of the fender telecaster, coauthor of several volumes in the popular guitar profiles series, and editor of echo and twang. Sixty years ago, fender introduced its second electric bass guitar.
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Vintage guitar expert george gruhn shows the guitar in the video below. Look back on 60 years of fender excellence with the latest edition of this handsome retrospective. Under the bridge of the guitar there often is a grounding cable, which makes you part of the electric circuit when touching the strings. Leo fender had another farreaching idea, introduced in 1952. Fender player telecaster maple fingerboard electric guitar. Mar 22, 2018 what is the cheapest electric guitar on amazon. Fender strat shm75 electric guitar w dimarzio humbucker shipped from japan. Tony bacon has specialized in music journalism for over 20 years. These price ranges utilize a combination of expert research, external market data, and realtime reverb transactions to estimate the current value of items in. Fender california series 19821995, 2010present fender concert 19631970. This is fenders newest addition to the field of electric basses and represents the standards by which others will be compared, boasted the. The fender electric guitar book by tony bacon, 9780879308971, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
This is a list of products made by fender musical instruments corporation. The fender musical instruments corporation has continuously manufactured the stratocaster from 1954 to the present. It wasnt meant to be elegant, pretty, or sophisticated. Dave hunter is an author, musician, and journalist. Guitar book the complete history of the fender guitar, by tony bacon, third, revised edition, with numerous photos and illustrations, isbn 9780879308971. Orders were being placed, though before production started, the instrument had been modified with an adjustable neck and renamed the broadcaster. It was named the esquire, about 50 were made, and were not fitted with a truss rod. Fender play is the complete app for learning to play acoustic and electric guitar, bass and ukulele. Best beginner electric guitar packages for 2020 musicalley. The fender electric guitar book, a complete history of fender. Fenders telecaster is one of the icons of the guitar world. The first stratocaster actually bears the serial number 0100. Hal leonard the fender electric guitar book 3rd edition. Sep 21, 1992 for fender fans and collectors, guitar enthusiasts, and lovers of popular musica complete guide to fender electric guitars, from the 1950s to the present.
Designed to be a utilitarian musical instrument, it has lived up to that destiny. List of products manufactured by fender musical instruments. A complete history of fender electric guitars bacon, tony, day, paul on. The jazz bass, which started production in march 1960, was a slightly more upscale model that sat above the earlier precision bass in the companys line. Later that year, fender introduced the worlds first commercially successful solidbody electric bass guitar, the precision bass, soon followed by its companion bassman amp. Taylor 362ce and 552ce grand concert vclass 12strings. Bluegrass trailblazer billy strings on how he brings psychedelic stylings to the genre on his new album.
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