Dave Hunter

<b>Celebrate of the history and significance of both the Fender Telecaster and Stratocaster for the company's 75th anniversary in this combined edition of Dave Hunter's two best-selling books!</b><br/><br/> The <b>Fender Telecaster</b>, created in Les Fender<b>'</b>s Fullerton, California, workshop and introduced in 1950, is a working-class hero and the <b>ultimate blue-collar guitar</b>. It wasn<b>'</b>t meant to be elegant, pretty, or sophisticated. Designed to be a utilitarian musical instrument, it has lived up to that destiny. In the hands of players from Muddy Waters to James Burton, Bruce Springsteen to Joe Strummer, the <b>Telecaster has made the music of working people-country, blues, punk, rock </b><b>'</b><b>n</b><b>'</b><b> roll, and even jazz</b>. <b>Fender's Stratocaster </b>is arguably <i>the</i> <b>number-one instrument icon of the guitar world</b>. When introduced in 1954, its offset space-age lines, contoured body, and three-pickup configuration set the music world on its ear-it was truly unlike any guitar that had come before. <b>In the hands of the world's most beloved players</b>, such as Buddy Holly, Eric Clapton, Ike Turner, and, yes, Jimi Hendrix, the Stratocaster has since become a popular instrument of choice among rock, blues, jazz, and country players and, not coincidentally, is also one of the most copied electric guitars of all time.<br/> <br/> In this authoritatively written, painstakingly curated, and gloriously presented combined edition to celebrate Fender's 75th anniversary, author Dave Hunter covers <b>both of the guitar's histories from concept, design, and model launch through its numerous variations and right up to the present</b>. The story is <b>richly illustrated</b> with archival images, musicians in action, studio shots, memorabilia, and profiles of over 50 Tele and Strat slingers through the ages.<br/><br/> With its unprecedented level of detail and stunning visuals,<i> Fender Telecaster and Stratocaster</i> is the only book tribute worthy of the world's two greatest guitars.