Six Decades of the Fender Telecaster: The Story of the World's First Solidbody Electric Guitar

I read this book with great enthusiasm! It covers The Tele from the very begining up to 2005. With way more information/detail, celebrity players, vintage advertisement (as well as newer instruments) and beautiful photos than any other books printed almost two decades ago!This is a modern and thorough update to all Tele information. From the Telecaster's inception to the players that made it sing, it's all here in a very high quality format.If you love the Fender Telecaster and want the details covering six decades of droolworthy photos, specs and interveiws you will love this book!

This is now another of many guitar books I own and am glad to have. They arent 'necessary' but they do bring their own peculiar satisfaction. This one is well made and contains nice pics and an easy layout. To me guitar books are mostly just little tokens of appreciation for the instrument, and this one does the job nicely. The strat and tele deserve such recognition ..they became positive icons during my lifetime, and will probably endure as long as their are people. And electricity. Its a good book. No complaints...oh, and do a youtube search of the famous telly players. its a trip!

First the disclaimer: I do not own a Telecaster nor do I even play guitar. I happen to think that a Telecaster is one of the most beautiful man made objects there is, so I got this book. I enjoyed reading the story of how the guitar was developed and how it evolved. Not being an expert on these matters, I an not comment on any of the technical aspects of Mr. Bacon's work. If you have any fondness for Fender Telecasters or want to learn about a part of rock, pop, and country history, you need this book.

I bought this book first, before coming across Richard Smith's more definitive history of the Fender Story in "Fender The Sound Heard Round the World".This Six Decades of Telecaster is mostly a picture book and light on the Tele story. It does contain a decent Reference Section, which gives a year by year breakdown of the unique features of the Telecaster.If you want the Fender Story, get the Richard Smith book. Additionally, I purchased the Fender: The Inside Story book, but it is not an "impartial" telling of the story.

Not quite a Telecaster Chronicles. In that the Tele is an older model, I expected more content. Ill keep looking for a definitive reference.

An excellent reference book on an iconic guitar. Great pictures and lots of detail for the collector.

lots of good old photos form the good old days of fender...enjoyed reading...new at guitars and love my tele and strat...happy reading..

I just finished reading the Kindle version of this book. It was very informative and thoroughly researched but I dont think Ive ever read a book with so many typosand grammatical errors, was there no one available to proof read it? hard core fans Im sure will work their way around it but it just feels like someone accidentallysent the rough draft to the printer.

I like this book. Ok it has some stuff in that is in some other books by the author, but I like those books also. Maybe I am bias but I am interested in all things Fender. The book has enough 'stuff' in it to keep the entertainment going. I do like specific detials and 'specs' of Fender guitars (geek??!!) This book is not for that kind of stuff, but it did not intend to be. If you like Telecasters, are interested in the history of them and like good photo's then go ahead and get this book. If you want geek 'spec' info then don't buy it.

And this is the book that gives you a full lowdown on the greatest guitar ever ... read the words ... savour the pictures ... ever Telecaster owner should have this book !

Good

El producto llego en excelente estado de conservación, cosa que me sorprendió gratamente, cumpliendo con el tiempo de envío prometido. Hablando del libro en si, esperaba mas de el. Tiene un contenido razonable si no buscas profundizar en el aspecto técnico de la evolución de las telecaster, con la cantidad de material disponible, pudieron hacer mucha mejor diagramación con mejor material fotográfico. Valoro más al vendedor por su alto nivel de confianza.