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This new version of Tony Bacon's ÊSix Decades of the Fender TelecasterÊ shows how the world's first commercially successful solidbody electric guitar still attracts musicians more than 60 years since its birth in California. Today it is more popular than ever and for many guitarists has overtaken the Stratocaster as ÊtheÊ Fender to own and play. The Tele is the longest-lived solidbody electric played by everyone from Muddy Waters to Keith Richards from Radiohead to Snow Patrol. Its sheer simplicity and versatility are vividly illustrated here through interviews with Jeff Beck James Burton Bill Kirchen John 5 and more. The book is three great volumes in one: a compendium of luscious pictures of the most desirable Teles a gripping story from the earliest days to the latest exploits and a detailed collector's guide to every Tele ever made. Packed with pictures of great players collectable catalogs period press ads and cool memorabilia ÊThe Telecaster Guitar BookÊ is the one Tele book that all guitar fans will want to add to their collection.

The Telecaster Guitar Book: A Complete History of

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      Publisher Backbeat Books
      Published 1 July 2012
      ISBN-13 9781617131059
      978-1617131059
      ISBN-10 1617131059
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      Book Synopsis
      This new version of Tony Bacon's ÊSix Decades of the Fender TelecasterÊ shows how the world's first commercially successful solidbody electric guitar still attracts musicians more than 60 years since its birth in California. Today it is more popular than ever and for many guitarists has overtaken the Stratocaster as ÊtheÊ Fender to own and play. The Tele is the longest-lived solidbody electric played by everyone from Muddy Waters to Keith Richards from Radiohead to Snow Patrol. Its sheer simplicity and versatility are vividly illustrated here through interviews with Jeff Beck James Burton Bill Kirchen John 5 and more. The book is three great volumes in one: a compendium of luscious pictures of the most desirable Teles a gripping story from the earliest days to the latest exploits and a detailed collector's guide to every Tele ever made. Packed with pictures of great players collectable catalogs period press ads and cool memorabilia ÊThe Telecaster Guitar BookÊ is the one Tele book that all guitar fans will want to add to their collection.

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