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His books include the ultimate guitar book, the les paul guitar book, and sunburst. Featuring 200 color photos, this visual chronicle of the premier guitar maker charts every fender model from 1950 to 2000, accompanied by a parallel timeline of musical highlights. Covering several decades of iconic pieces, this guide describes electric guitars produced by every significant manufacturer from alembic to zemaitis. Tony bacons most popular book is the ultimate guitar book. There are archival and fresh interviews with gretsch personnel over the years and with many leading gretsch players including chet atkins billy duffy duane eddy and brian setzer. Very goodlike new like mintcollectors condition pages. Tony bacon is a leading music author whose books include the ultimate guitar book, 50 years of fender, london live, the history of the american guitar, and 50 years of the gibson les paul. The guitar is the most popular and versatile of all musical instruments, lending its humble presence to musical forms and genres from rock, country, and bluegrass.
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