50 Years Of Fender Guitars - 128 Pages

Fender guitars are truly legendary.

So well made, so popular and used by so many great guitar players, so innovative and cutting edge through the years. Just the name Fender is synonymous with the words "great guitar". And then there are the Fender Amplifiers. Of course they're in a class by themselves. Often imitated through the years but nothing sounds quite like a Fender. That's why people never get rid of them. They're so good and so valuable, they just keep getting repaired and it seems like they'll go on forever. And most Fender products hold there value and increase in value as the years go by, making them a "can't loose" buying decision.

If you like Fender guitars, and if you own one or more Fender guitars and amps, you'll be interested in this book about them. It covers fifty years of Fender history, in a year by year fashion. If there's a year or a decade you're interested in, you can simply turn to that part of the book and find out what Fender released that year in guitars and amps. The book is organized chronologically, taking us decade by decade through the fifty years of Fender. Each year has a nice feature called "Meanwhile in 1955" (or what ever year they are on). This feature is a bullet list of a half dozen other events that were happening in the world the year this Fender guitar came on the scene. It's a fun and nostalgia laden feature that makes the book even more valuable and enjoyable to read.

Here's a look at some of the miscellaneous features and content you'll get with this Fender book:

50 Years of Fender musical instrument history.
Each year of Fender history receives 2 pages (always pages that are facing each other) of the book.
The book pages are on the large side, so you can see large, oversize photos of the guitars and amps.
Some of the art and pictures that can be found on the various pages of the book include: album covers featuring Fender guitars and players of Fenders, assorted magazine and newspaper advertising of new Fender models, original Fender catalogs, bulletins, and price lists.
A cool feature you'll find on some of the pages/years of the book is a look at the prices of the featured guitars. What they do is give you a series of prices to increase the meaning of the numbers: you see the retail price when the guitar was first released. (happens to be 1954 for the Stratocaster model), Then you see the original release price in the equivalent of today's money / value, and finally you see the price the guitar is selling for in today's market. With these numbers you can get an idea of how much these guitars are appreciating in value as the years go by.
The year 1954 show the Fender Stratocaster being released. According to the book, this was the result of listening to much feedback about what guitar players wanted in a guitar that had not been available up to that point in time. Meanwhile, the inset box that tells you what else was going on in the world in 1954 tells about transistor radio introduction, who was winning the world cup soccer, etc. All in all, it makes for very interesting reading.
At the back of the book is a chronology of the release of the different Fender guitar model names.

Attention Shoppers!
By the way, a lot of folks are always looking and searching for gifts to buy the guitar players in their life. Birthday and Christmas come around and people want to get a gift that is guitar related, but they don't have an easy time finding something they know will be liked and appreciated. This book makes a great gift for a guitar player. Most players use Fender guitars and are interested in Fender guitars and amps. With this book, you can be sure it's the right size, that it's something the guitar player in your life will appreciate and enjoy for years to come.