Fender: The Golden Age 1946 - 1970

Guitar fans idolise their gentle curves, Hendrix set fire to one, and greats like Beck, Townsend and Clapton (and Hendrix, of course) immortalised them. When one talks Fender guitars, one talks of iconic rock royalty that changed the course of musical history forever.

Fender: The Golden Age 1946 - 1970 is a sophisticated new read about these shapely instruments that were fondled and fretted by everyone from bedroom-based wannabes to stadium-strutting superstars. Featuring hundreds of never-seen-before images from recently unearthed archives, plus in-depth history and analysis of every style and design, it's probably the 'ultimate book about Fender guitars' ever.

An informative resource for every guitar fan, even if you're still fumbling the open chords to 'Wild Thing'.

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*Fender: The Golden Age 1946 - 1970 by Martin Kelly, Paul Kelly and Terry Foster, published by Cassell Illustrated, £25, out now. Visit www.octopusbooks.co.uk for more info*

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