Fender

Man, this is a cool book. If you appreciate guitars, especially fenders, you need to own it. Period. I’ve been a guitar nerd AND a bookworm for almost 30 years, and I’m just starting to bring the two together and collect books about guitar. This one was definitely worth picking up. Well written, and beautiful pictures.

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If you dig Fender guitars this is the book for you. I may even go so far as to say this is probably the best guitar book I own and I have quite a few. Beautifully put together with great photography and stunning use of period literature. The text is super informative, historically accurate but never gets too high brow or dull. A lot of care and attention has gone into producing this book and it represents great value for money too. Five out of five!!

The pictures are just phenomenal. This is a comprehensive guide with the Fender story, timelines for each model of slide guitar, electric and acoustic guitars and amps. They went to some trouble to find rare guitars and examples of even the sales fliers and catalogs, presented in full color. If you’re a big old Fender nerd, this book is for you, it’s got tons of information and makes a decent reference guide for models, paint colors, and quirks that separate one year from another. It’s a nice, coffee table sized edition and worth the price without a doubt.

I have to admit up front that I own two of these! The first is a used 1st printing and this one that I just purchased also New Condition is a 2nd printing with a slightly different sleeve . All of the contents are the same however. It is a great book, I have used it in appraisal work. It is good to have a good assortment of information if only to re or re-re-confirm a detail. I also took it on a recent guitar Safari and found a first year offering of a custom color Musicmaster. It was the second book to mention the fact so I made the purchase. The next one they will be pricing more accordingly. Overall I would recommend buying this book and if you can get your hands on a first printing buy it also, or two, of course.

I was interested in learning more about early fender instruments. This book is very well done with beautiful and comprehensive pictures of all products. It covered all the manufactured instruments and amps - not just Teles and Strats. I even found a photo of the exact model guitar my father-in-law purchased in 1964! A great book to dip into and read over time.

2nd Edition nut better than the 1st Edition I think. If you are a true Fender buff then this is a super rad hardback book full of details on the original Fenders Guitars, Amps, Cab and more up to the year 1970. Fender made the first “real” guitar in 1946 and this takes you through the journey and ups/downs of the world of Fender. I enjoy the pictures of some of the worlds most famous guitars and amps!! A true Fender enthusiast’s Dream book!

Anything you ever wanted to know about Fender guitars from the 40s till the 70s is in this book I know a lot of history happened since the 70’s but I grew up in the 70’s and believe me there’s a reason you’ll pay 40 grand for a 1958 Stratocaster if you’re a musician this is a piece of Americana by the way I had a 58 Stratocaster I bought in 1972 for for $125 at a pawn shop in fact I have had a lot of the guitars in this book but I digress if you want to know about the historical facts about Fender this book is for you it’s a great coffee table book also! I love this book

Put this on your coffee table and everyone will think you are cool.

If your a fan of fender guitars , this is one book to have in your collection

One the most complete references in Fender history with plenty of pictures and historic details!