Customer Reviews

The Fender Electric Guitar Book

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This book for those of us Guitar nerds who love Fender instruments. It duplicates the history of the Telecaster somewhat and the Telecaster History has a bit more helpful stuff on dating of Telecasters. I would liked a bit more information about the staff in the pre-CBS years (who were these people who were signing the neck and bodies of the old Teles), the methods of production (were they effectively hand built) and levels of production generally year by year. If you are thinking of buying a vintage Tele or Strat you should definately buy this book along with Gruhn's guide to Vintage Guitars. Even if you are not then its an interesting read.

... and each to his own. As one reviewer would like to have seen more insights into the people, I would have liked to have seen more detail of the guitar parts: the pickups, the wiring, the bridges, vibrato units etc. But you can't have everything.

My congratulations to Tony for a fantastic job. The research is painstaking and the extent he has gone to, have virtually everything he says backed up by one or more individuals who can authenticate his statements makes the book what we've come to expect from TB: an encyclopaedic reference.

Many thanks Tony and a thoroughly reccomendable read.

Very well researched!
exciting to read for any guitar fanatic.
great when you wanna trace the ancestry of you strat or telly!

This book gives you a nice overview of Fender in general terms. It's ok, but nothing to celebrate about. Great pictures!