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The Bass Book
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The Bass Book: A Complete Illustrated History of Bass Guitars

The Bass BookWhen Fender introduced the world’s first electric bass guitar in the early ’50s they couldn’t have foreseen the impact the Precision Bass would have on the world of music. It would help start a revolution in the sound of popular music. Bass guitar has provided the solid foundation on which much of modern music is built. This third edition of The Bass Book follows the evolution of bass guitar from its introduction to today with a full lowdown of the most important bass players and makers. Brands featured in the book include Alembic, Danelectro, Epiphone, Fender, Fodera, Gibson, Hofner, Ibanez, Lakland, Line 6, Music Man, Peavey, Rickenbacker, Sadowsky, Spector, Squier, Steinberger, Warwick, and Yamaha. There are exclusive interviews with bass guitar makers and players, including Paul McCartney, Jack Bruce, Stanley Clarke, John Entwistle, James Jamerson, and Jaco Pastorius. The book includes dozens of high quality photos of rarely seen basses plus reference section.

The Bass Book: A Complete Illustrated History of Bass Guitars, 3rd Edition, by Tony Bacon and Barry Moorhouse, Backbeat Books,
www.backbeatbooks.com.

Brad Paisley’s Signature Fender Guitar
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Brad Paisley’s Signature Fender Guitar

Brad Paisley’s Signature Fender GuitarThis year’s Summer NAMM show saw the launch of Local 257 (Nashville, TN) member Brad Paisley’s signature Fender guitar. The Brad Paisley Road Worn Telecaster body is custom-made from lightweight and resonant paulownia center core with spruce top and back. A custom wound ’64 Tele Bridge Pickup expands the sonic palette. The “V” neck provides a comfortable grip, while medium jumbo frets allow quick picking and over-the-neck bends. The guitar has a Road Worn silver sparkle finish, aged hardware, and a paisley pickguard.

www.fender.com

Euro4 1977
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The Euro4 1977

Euro4 1977A tribute to Stuart Spector’s legendary craftsmanship, the Euro4 1977 provides an extremely comfortable, fully carved body, handcrafted from solid American walnut. A three-piece maple neck runs through the length of the instrument and features a 24-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays. It has the same single DiMarzio Model P pickup as the original, but has been updated
with a modern, lightweight zinc brass alloy Spector bridge and Tone Pump tone circuit.

www.spectorbass.com

Agave Stratocaster
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Cuervo x Fender Agave Stratocaster

Agave StratocasterFender has partnered with Jose Cuervo to create the Cuervo x Fender Agave Stratocaster, made from the agave plant. With a 21-fret neck and fingerboard, the two-piece ’56 Stratocaster features genuine Fender hardware, a custom-engraved neck plate with Jose Cuervo inscription, hand-wound Fat ’50s neck, RWRP middle, and bridge pickups. The unique art guitar was designed and constructed by Fender Custom Shop Builder Paul Waller who traveled to Tequila, Mexico, in 2016 to tour the Jose Cuervo distillery and harvest agave materials. The beautifully crafted guitar weighs just 6.5 pounds and has a “quackiness” to its sound that make it a perfect tonal fit for surf music.

www.fender.com

Alfred’s Guitar Sessions
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Alfred’s Guitar Sessions

Alfred’s Guitar SessionsThe best way to learn to play a song on guitar is to watch someone else play it. Alfred’s Guitar Sessions series books center around detailed instructional video lessons that teach you how to play rock ’n’ roll’s greatest songs through step-by-step teaching. The accompanying books provide supportive written lessons and TAB. Plus the discs include PDF transcription sheets with TAB and notation for each song. For example, with Guitar Sessions: Electric Led Zeppelin, you’ll learn how to play Jimmy Page’s parts to the group’s classic tunes. Also available in the series is Acoustic Led Zeppelin.

Alfred’s Guitar Sessions: Electric Led Zeppelin and Acoustic
Led Zeppelin, by Alfred Music, alfred.com

Epiphone Elitist Casino hollow body
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Epiphone Elitist Casino Hollow Body

Epiphone Elitist Casino hollow bodyBased on the mid-1960s classic, the Epiphone Elitist Casino hollow body has the classic look and sound made famous by The Beatles.
Features include nickel hardware, Gibson USA P-90 pickups, and bone nut. The body is five-ply maple with spruce top bracing and SlimTaper mahogany neck. The fingerboard is rosewood with parallelogram inlays and 22 medium jumbo frets. Available in Vintage Sunburst of Natural finish, it comes with a classic hardshell case.

www.epiphone.com

Taylor’s Mini Bass
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Taylor’s Mini Bass

Taylor’s Mini BassTaylor’s Mini Bass is a compact, lightweight, comfortable acoustic bass that provides natural sounding bass notes. Custom D’Addario nylon-core strings (with phosphor bronze wrap wire) plus a unique dual-prong bridge pin design yield great sound and a slinky feel. Condensed fret spacing make it a breeze to play, and an inspiring tool to have on hand for writing, recording demos, and jamming with friends. The bass comes equipped with an ES-B onboard pickup and preamp, featuring tone and volume controls and a built-in tuner, plus a hard bag featuring adjustable backpack straps for easy portability.

www.taylorguitars.com

Yamaha SLG200NW Silent Guitar
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Yamaha SLG200NW Silent Guitar

Yamaha SLG200NW Silent Guitar Yamaha SLG200NW Silent Guitar is 90% quieter than a conventional guitar to provide quiet practice when unamplified or listened to through stereo earphones. Its elegant body design yields the tones of a high-end Yamaha acoustic, while its classical neck provides a comfortable feel. The detachable frame top section makes it compact enough to fit into an aircraft overhead compartment. Proprietary SRT powered pickup and microphone modeling system feature onboard reverb and chorus. It comes with a built-in chromatic tuner and an AUX input with dedicated volume control for connecting an external audio player, making it possible to play along with music.

www.yamaha.com

CinchFit
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CinchFit

CinchFitD’Addario’s new CinchFit is the acoustic guitar gadget you’ve been waiting for. CinchFit makes changing straps and dealing with acoustic guitar endpins a breeze. The device loops through the end of any instrument strap and then its magnetic clamping clasp attaches the strap to the instrument’s endpin. The weight of the instrument keeps the clasp locked onto the endpin, so the guitar is held securely in place.

Vintage Roger Williams’ Nylon Electro-Acoustic Crossover Guitar
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Vintage Roger Williams’ Nylon Electro-Acoustic Crossover Guitar

The Vintage Roger Williams’ Nylon Electro-Acoustic Crossover guitar, based on British luthier Roger Williams high-end models, delivers full-range classical tone but has the feel of a steel-string instrument. The VE9000RW features a solid A-grade cedar top with solid back and sides, mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard, and Fishman INK + pre-amp and pickup system. Bone nut and saddle makes it responsive and resonant. The guitar comes with a