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AMERICAN BASSES - AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY & PLAYERS GUIDE
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AMERICAN BASSES - AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY & PLAYERS GUIDE
by Jim Roberts
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Comprehensive look at American-made electric and acoustic bass guitars. Offers a wealth of carefully researched information about all of the important builders, from one-man shops to the biggest manufacturers. Hundreds of full-color photos illustrate the range of instruments available, and special insider essays take you step by step through the bassmaking process. Includes how-to tips on topics such as: neck & bridge setup, active vs. passive pickups, bolt-on vs. neck-through design, tonewood characteristics, fretwork & fingerboard factors, more. Makers include A Basses, Acacia, Alembic, Ampeg, Axtra, Azola, B.C. Rich, Benavente, Bolin, Born to Rock, Breedlove, Brian Moore, Brubaker, Bunker, CA Guitars, Carl Thompson, Carvin, Chandler, Citron, Clevinger, Conklin, Curbow, Dammann, Dan Armstrong, Danelectro, Dave Maize, David J. King, De Lacugo, Dingwall, Don Grosh, Elrick, Epiphone, Ernie Ball Music Man, F Bass, Farnell, Fender, Fleishman, Fodera, Fury, G&L, G. Gould, Gibson, GMP, Godin, Gould, GR, Gretsch, Guild, Hamer, Harmony, Heritage, Jackson/Charvel, James Trussart, Jerry Jones, Johnson's Extremely Strange Musical Instrument Company, J.T. Hargreaves, Kay, Ken Bebensee, Ken Smith, Kenneth Lawrence, Kinal, Klein Electric, Kramer, Kubicki, KYDD, Lakland, Landing, Lieber, Linc Luthier, Little, Liutaio Mottola, Martin, Matt Pulcinella, Michael Dolan, Mike Lull, Mobius Megatar, Modulus, Moonstone, Moses, Mosrite, Mouradian, MTB (Michael Tobias Design), Mudge, Music Man, National/Dobro, New York Bass Works, Novax, NS Design, Ovation, Parker, Peavey, Pedulla, Pensa-Suhr, PRS, Rainsong, Ray Ramirez, Read, Reverend, Rick Turner/Renaissance, Rickenbacker, Rob Allen, Robin, Roscoe, Sadowsky, Schecter, Simpson-James, Spalt, Spector, Steinberger, Stevens, Stick, Suhr, Sukop, Surine, Tacoma, Taylor, Tobias, Travis Bean, Tyler, U.S. Masters, Vaccaro, Valley Arts, Veillette, ViolinGuitarMaker, Warr, Warrior, Washburn, Wechter, Wittman, Zeta, and Zon. 208 pp.
49-331070 ..
$29.95
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