60 Years of Fender: Six Decades of the Greatest Electric Guitars

by Tony Bacon

The latest addition to Tony Bacon's acclaimed series of guitar books, 60 Years of Fender gives a year-by-year history of the most successful electric guitar maker. In 1950, Leo Fender introduced to the world the solidbody electric guitar - the instrument known as the Telecaster. He soon added two more classics: the Precision Bass (1951) and the Stratocaster (1954). Fender's sleek, adaptable guitars have since fueled modern music - from country...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879309660
• ISBN13: 9780879309664
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Backbeat Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 10.9"