Author: Detlef Schmidt
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781574242546
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
(Guitar). Introduced in 1951, the Fender Precision Bass is the precursor of all modern electric basses. This book takes a look at the history of the "slab body basses" and the most famous players. In addition to many historical photos, the full color book lists many basses with beautiful pictures, detail shots, and anecdotes. This book is a must-have for every bass player and enthusiast or collector.
Fender Precision Basses
Author: Detlef Schmidt
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781574242546
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
(Guitar). Introduced in 1951, the Fender Precision Bass is the precursor of all modern electric basses. This book takes a look at the history of the "slab body basses" and the most famous players. In addition to many historical photos, the full color book lists many basses with beautiful pictures, detail shots, and anecdotes. This book is a must-have for every bass player and enthusiast or collector.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781574242546
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
(Guitar). Introduced in 1951, the Fender Precision Bass is the precursor of all modern electric basses. This book takes a look at the history of the "slab body basses" and the most famous players. In addition to many historical photos, the full color book lists many basses with beautiful pictures, detail shots, and anecdotes. This book is a must-have for every bass player and enthusiast or collector.
The Fender Bass
Author: J. W. Black
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780634026409
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
(Book). When Leo Fender added a bass to his growing family of instruments 50 years ago, he created a new world for musicians and revolutionized an industry in the process. Using hundreds of photographs, this exciting release chronicles the evolution of that instrument from 1951 to 2001, providing background, history and highly researched facts vital to understanding everything about this remarkable member of the Fender family. A must for all music fans!
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780634026409
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
(Book). When Leo Fender added a bass to his growing family of instruments 50 years ago, he created a new world for musicians and revolutionized an industry in the process. Using hundreds of photographs, this exciting release chronicles the evolution of that instrument from 1951 to 2001, providing background, history and highly researched facts vital to understanding everything about this remarkable member of the Fender family. A must for all music fans!
The Bass Book
Author: Tony Bacon
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879303686
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
A complete illustrated history of bass guitars.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879303686
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
A complete illustrated history of bass guitars.
Fender Precision Basses
Author: Detlef Schmidt
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1574242547
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
(Guitar). Introduced in 1951, the Fender Precision Bass is the precursor of all modern electric basses. This book takes a look at the history of the "slab body basses" and the most famous players. In addition to many historical photos, the full color book lists many basses with beautiful pictures, detail shots, and anecdotes. This book is a must-have for every bass player and enthusiast or collector.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1574242547
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
(Guitar). Introduced in 1951, the Fender Precision Bass is the precursor of all modern electric basses. This book takes a look at the history of the "slab body basses" and the most famous players. In addition to many historical photos, the full color book lists many basses with beautiful pictures, detail shots, and anecdotes. This book is a must-have for every bass player and enthusiast or collector.
The Fender Bass
Author: Klaus Blasquiz
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780793507573
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
(Book). The Fender Bass, created 40 years ago by the inventive genius of Leo Fender, still remains today as the definitive electric bass. Before Fender, there was simply no electric bass at all! Leo's design was so revolutionary that it rapidly became a 'classic, ' an essential element which was responsible for defining the image of modern music. Every new bass is inspired (more or less) from his basic design. The Fender Bass tells the detailed story of the electric bass through the different models and their improvements, from their origins to the present form. Includes hundreds of black & white and color photos of the basses and their most famous players.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780793507573
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
(Book). The Fender Bass, created 40 years ago by the inventive genius of Leo Fender, still remains today as the definitive electric bass. Before Fender, there was simply no electric bass at all! Leo's design was so revolutionary that it rapidly became a 'classic, ' an essential element which was responsible for defining the image of modern music. Every new bass is inspired (more or less) from his basic design. The Fender Bass tells the detailed story of the electric bass through the different models and their improvements, from their origins to the present form. Includes hundreds of black & white and color photos of the basses and their most famous players.
Fender Bass for Britain
Author: Barry Matthews
Publisher: Authorhouse UK
ISBN: 9781438946627
Category : Bass guitar
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The book "A Fender Bass for Britain" tells the story of a rare bass guitar made in 1966, the heyday of classic rock bands. Only a few of this particular bass with it's unique combination of features were ever made, and they mostly came to Britain. There are many Pictures of John Entwistle and others, with the bass, never been seen or published before. This book tells of the man that made them, the men that played them and where some of them ended up. The book features interviews with the stars that used the bass, such as John Entwistle of The Who, Chip Hawkes of The Tremeloes and a number of others. The author, Barry Matthews, came across this bass in the Seventies and was intrigued. Then, in the Nineties, he started a systematic search to track them down and write the story behind them. He has travelled to the USA and to a number of places in England in the process of compiling this fascinating account.
Publisher: Authorhouse UK
ISBN: 9781438946627
Category : Bass guitar
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The book "A Fender Bass for Britain" tells the story of a rare bass guitar made in 1966, the heyday of classic rock bands. Only a few of this particular bass with it's unique combination of features were ever made, and they mostly came to Britain. There are many Pictures of John Entwistle and others, with the bass, never been seen or published before. This book tells of the man that made them, the men that played them and where some of them ended up. The book features interviews with the stars that used the bass, such as John Entwistle of The Who, Chip Hawkes of The Tremeloes and a number of others. The author, Barry Matthews, came across this bass in the Seventies and was intrigued. Then, in the Nineties, he started a systematic search to track them down and write the story behind them. He has travelled to the USA and to a number of places in England in the process of compiling this fascinating account.
How the Fender Bass Changed the World
Author: Jim Roberts
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879306304
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Introduced in 1951, the Fender Precision Bass completely transformed the sound of popular music by the early ’60s. This is the first book to show you how and why. This richly illustrated history reveals the true colors of the Fender electric bass - as a powerful agent of change in popular music and popular culture. It tells the story of technological and artistic evolution, of basses and players--and of their profound influence on the world around them. Celebrating the instrument’s 50th anniversary, this book salutes the revolutionary impact of the bass in the hands of James Jamerson, Jack Bruce, Paul McCartney, Carol Kaye, John Entwistle, Jaco Pastorius, Sting, and other bass visionaries and virtuosos past and present.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879306304
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Introduced in 1951, the Fender Precision Bass completely transformed the sound of popular music by the early ’60s. This is the first book to show you how and why. This richly illustrated history reveals the true colors of the Fender electric bass - as a powerful agent of change in popular music and popular culture. It tells the story of technological and artistic evolution, of basses and players--and of their profound influence on the world around them. Celebrating the instrument’s 50th anniversary, this book salutes the revolutionary impact of the bass in the hands of James Jamerson, Jack Bruce, Paul McCartney, Carol Kaye, John Entwistle, Jaco Pastorius, Sting, and other bass visionaries and virtuosos past and present.
The Bass Book
Author: Tony Bacon
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879309244
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The first full-color, comprehensive history, tracing the entire development of one of the 20th century's most important musical instruments. Based on firsthand interviews with primary inventors and makers of past and present bass guitars, this new book examines the birth of the instrument, its popularization during the 1960s and 1970s, and modern variations of the instrument.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879309244
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The first full-color, comprehensive history, tracing the entire development of one of the 20th century's most important musical instruments. Based on firsthand interviews with primary inventors and makers of past and present bass guitars, this new book examines the birth of the instrument, its popularization during the 1960s and 1970s, and modern variations of the instrument.
Fender 75 Years
Author: Dave Hunter
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 076037015X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Gorgeously illustrated and authoritatively written, Fender 75 Years is the officially licensed celebration of the legendary brand's landmark anniversary, covering all of Fender's iconic guitars, amps, and basses.
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 076037015X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Gorgeously illustrated and authoritatively written, Fender 75 Years is the officially licensed celebration of the legendary brand's landmark anniversary, covering all of Fender's iconic guitars, amps, and basses.
The Musical Instrument Collector
Author: Kenneth R Ball
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
" ... is an informative, yet entertaining collection of interviews with notable collectors and repairmen, among them, George Gruhn, the Mandolin Brothers, and Mugwumps Magazine publisher Mike Holmes. The primary focus is on the art of collecting guitars and banjos, even though other instruments such as violins and basses are mentioned. The 121-page compilation is a good cross-section of what collecting is all about and is chock-full of interesting anecdotes and opinions ."-Guitar Player Magazine
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
" ... is an informative, yet entertaining collection of interviews with notable collectors and repairmen, among them, George Gruhn, the Mandolin Brothers, and Mugwumps Magazine publisher Mike Holmes. The primary focus is on the art of collecting guitars and banjos, even though other instruments such as violins and basses are mentioned. The 121-page compilation is a good cross-section of what collecting is all about and is chock-full of interesting anecdotes and opinions ."-Guitar Player Magazine