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HENDRIX JIMI VALLEYS OF NEPTUNE Guitar Recorded Version TABLATURE SPARTITI CHITARRA

HENDRIX JIMI, VALLEYS OF NEPTUNE. Guitar Recorded Version. SHEET MUSIC BOOK WITH GUITAR TABLATURE.

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Jimi Hendrix - Valleys of Neptune

Series: Guitar Recorded Version
Format: Softcover - TAB
Artist: Jimi Hendrix
Inventory #HL 00691033
ISBN: 9781423492504
UPC: 884088500382
Width: 9.0"
Length: 12.0"
168 pages
Cover Photo: Linda McCartney

 

Valleys Of Neptune is the newly compiled album of 12 fully realized studio recordings, and more than 60 minutes of music never commercially available. Centered around tracks recorded during a pivotal and turbulent four-month period in 1969, Valleys Of Neptune unveils the original Jimi Hendrix Experience's final studio recordings, as the group lays down the foundation for its follow-up to Electric Ladyland, alongside the guitar superhero's first sessions with bassist Billy Cox, an old army buddy he'd recruited into his new ensemble.

Valleys Of Neptune provides an essential, compelling, and up-til-now largely unseen view of what Jimi Hendrix was up to musically in the critical period between the release of Electric Ladyland in October 1968 and the 1970 opening of his own Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, the state of the art facility where he would begin his final project, the ambitious double album First Rays Of The New Rising Sun.

 

Valleys of Neptune is originality electrified, offering more than 60 minutes of previously unreleased Jimi Hendrix music, originally recorded, and newly mixed for this historic release, by Hendrix's longtime engineer Eddie Kramer, who first worked with the guitarist on Are You Experienced in 1967. Valleys Of Neptune is produced by Janie Hendrix, John McDermott (who contributes detailed liner notes to the album) and Eddie Kramer.

 

"Valleys of Neptune" has long been one of the most sought after of any commercially unavailable Jimi Hendrix recording and sees it's debut nearly forty years after Jimi finished recording the track at New York's Record Plant in May of 1970.

 

Other highlights on Valleys Of Neptune include blazing studio covers of Elmore James' classic "Bleeding Heart" and Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love" as well as premier performances of original Hendrix compositions like "Ships Passing Through The Night," "Lullaby For The Summer" and The Jimi Hendrix Experience's the original un-dubbed rendition of "Hear My Train A Comin'." Also included in Valleys Of Neptune is "Mr. Bad Luck," a Jimi Hendrix Experience track, produced by Chas Chandler during the 1967 Axis: Bold As Love sessions.

 

TRACK LISTINGS:

 

Stone Free

Recorded: Record Plant, New York, April 7, 9, 14, May 17,1969

Producer: Jimi Hendrix

Vocal, Guitar: Jimi Hendrix

Bass: Billy Cox

Drums: Mitch Mitchell

Backing Vocals: Roger Chapman, Andy Fairweather Low

 

Valleys Of Neptune

Recorded: Record Plant, New York, September 23, 1969, May 15, 1970

Producer: Jimi Hendrix

Vocal, Guitar: Jimi Hendrix

Drums: Mitch Mitchell

Bass: Billy Cox

Percussion: Juma Sultan

 

Bleeding Heart

Recorded: Record Plant, New York, April 24, 1969

Producer: Jimi Hendrix

Vocal, Guitar: Jimi Hendrix

Bass: Billy Cox

Drums: Rocky Isaac

Tambourine: Chris Grimes

Maracas: Al Marks

 

Hear My Train A Comin'

Recorded: Record Plant, New York, April 7, 1969

Producer: Jimi Hendrix

Vocal, Guitar: Jimi Hendrix

Bass: Noel Redding

Drums: Mitch Mitchell

 

Mr. Bad Luck

Recorded: Olympic Studios, London, May 5, 1967

Producer: Chas Chandler

Additional bass and drum recording, Air Studios, London, June 5, 1987

Vocal, Guitar: Jimi Hendrix

Bass: Noel Redding

Drums: Mitch Mitchell

 

Sunshine Of Your Love

Recorded: Olympic Studios, London, February 16, 1969

Producer: Jimi Hendrix

Guitar: Jimi Hendrix

Bass: Noel Redding

Drums: Mitch Mitchell

Percussion: Rocki Dzidzornu

 

Lover Man

Recorded: Olympic Studios, London, February 16, 1969

Producer: Jimi Hendrix

Vocal, Guitar: Jimi Hendrix

Bass: Noel Redding

Drums: Mitch Mitchell

 

Ships Passing Through The Night

Recorded: Record Plant, New York, April 14, 1969

Producer: Jimi Hendrix

Guitar, Vocals: Jimi Hendrix

Bass: Noel Redding

Drums: Mitch Mitchell

 

Fire

Recorded: Olympic Studios, London, February 17, 1969

Producer: Jimi Hendrix

Vocal, Guitar: Jimi Hendrix

Bass, Backing Vocal: Noel Redding

Drums: Mitch Mitchell

 

Red House

Recorded: Olympic Studios, London, February 17, 1969

Producer: Jimi Hendrix

Vocal, Guitar: Jimi Hendrix

Bass: Noel Redding

Drums: Mitch Mitchell

 

Lullaby For The Summer

Recorded: Record Plant, New York, April 7, 1969

Producer: Jimi Hendrix

Mixed By Eddie Kramer

Guitar: Jimi Hendrix

Bass: Noel Redding

Drums: Mitch Mitchell

 

Crying Blue Rain

Recorded: Olympic Studios, London, February 16, 1969

Producer: Jimi Hendrix

Additional bass and drum recording, Air Studios, London, June 5, 1987

Vocal, Guitar: Jimi Hendrix

Percussion: Rocki Dzidzornu

Bass: Noel Redding

Drums: Mitch Mitchell  

 

Track

Date(s)

Studio(s)

Details

"Stone Free"

April 7, 1969

Record Plant Studios, New York City, New York

Master recording

April 9, 1969

Guitar and vocal overdubs

April 14, 1969

Guitar and vocal overdubs

May 17, 1969

Additional recording

"Valleys of Neptune"

September 23, 1969

Record Plant Studios, New York City, New York

Master recording

May 15, 1970

Additional recording

"Bleeding Heart"

April 24, 1969

Record Plant Studios, New York City, New York

All recording

"Hear My Train a Comin'"

April 7, 1969

Record Plant Studios, New York City, New York

All recording

"Mr. Bad Luck"

May 5, 1967

Olympic Studios, London, England

All original recording

June 5, 1987

Air Studios, London, England

Bass and drum overdubs

"Sunshine of Your Love"

February 16, 1969

Olympic Studios, London, England

All recording

"Lover Man"

"Ships Passing Through the Night"

April 14, 1969

Record Plant Studios, New York City, New York

All recording

"Fire"

February 17, 1969

Olympic Studios, London, England

All recording

"Red House"

"Lullaby for the Summer"

April 7, 1969

Record Plant Studios, New York City, New York

All recording

"Crying Blue Rain"

February 16, 1969

Olympic Studios, London, England

All recording

June 5, 1987

Air Studios, London, England

Bass and drum overdubs

 

 

This compilation matches the highly anticipated album of 12 previously unreleased Hendrix recordings. Includes: Bleeding Heart • Crying Blue Rain • Fire • Hear My Train a Comin' (Get My Heart Back Together) • Lover Man • Lullaby for the Summer • Mr. Bad Luck • Red House • Ships Passing Through the Night • Stone Free • Sunshine of Your Love • Valleys of Neptune.
 

1967 - Fire - parole e musica: Jimi Hendrix
1965 - Bleeding Heart - parole e musica: Elmore James, Marshall Selhorn
1969 - Valleys Of Neptune - parole e musica: Jimi Hendrix
1969 - Lullaby For The Summer - parole e musica: Jimi Hendrix
1969 - Ships Passing Through The Night - parole e musica: Jimi Hendrix
1969 - Crying Blue Rain - parole e musica: Jimi Hendrix
1969 - Hear My Train A Comin' (Get My Heart Back Together) - parole e musica: Jimi Hendrix
1969 - Lover Man - parole e musica: Jimi Hendrix
1967 - Mr. Bad Luck - parole e musica: Jimi Hendrix
1967 - Red House - parole e musica: Jimi Hendrix
1966 - Stone Free - parole e musica: Jimi Hendrix
1969 - Sunshine of Your Love - parole e musica: Jack Bruce, Pete Brown, Eric Clapton

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BLUES INSTRUMENTALS Guitar Play-Along Volume 91 CD TABLATURE The Stumble SPARTITI CHITARRA

BLUES INSTRUMENTALS, Guitar Play-Along Volume 91. Sheet Music Book with CD & GUITAR TABLATURE. 

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Guitar Play-Along Volume 91

Series: Guitar Play-Along
Format: Softcover with CD - TAB
Artist: Various

The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer users, the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!

8 songs: Blue Guitar • Honky Tonk (Parts 1 & 2) • Just like a Woman • Okie Dokie Stomp • Scuttle Buttin' • Steppin' Out • The Stumble • Wham.

Blue Guitar
Honky Tonk (Parts 1 & 2)
Just Like A Woman
Okie Dokie Stomp
Scuttle Buttin'
Steppin' Out
The Stumble
Wham

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AEROSMITH CLASSICS Guitar Play-Along Volume 48 CD TABLATURE SPARTITI CHITARRA BASI

AEROSMITH, CLASSICS Guitar Play-Along Volume 48. SHEET MUSIC BOOK WITH CD & GUITAR TABLATURE. 

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Aerosmith Classics

Guitar Play-Along Volume 48
Series: Guitar Play-Along
Format: Softcover with CD - TAB
Artist: Aerosmith

The Guitar Play-Along series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player, and also enhanced so PC & Mac users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!

8 songs: Back in the Saddle • Draw the Line • Dream On • Last Child • Mama Kin • Same Old Song and Dance • Sweet Emotion • Walk This Way.

Back In The Saddle - Words & Music: Steven Tyler, Joe Perry - 1977
Draw The Line - Words & Music: Steven Tyler, Joe Perry - 1980
Dream On - Words & Music: Steven Tyler - 1973
Last Child - Words & Music: Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford - 1977
Mama Kin - Words & Music: Steven Tyler - 1973
Same Old Song And Dance - Words & Music: Steven Tyler, Joe Perry - 1977
Sweet Emotion - Words & Music: Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton - 1975
Walk This Way - Words & Music: Steven Tyler, Joe Perry - 1975

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72 pages

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VENTURES Guitar Play-Along Volume 116 CD TABLATURE SPARTITI CHITARRA LIBRO BASI PIPELINE

VENTURES the, Guitar Play-Along Volume 116. SHEET MUSIC BOOK WITH CD & GUITAR TABLATURE

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The Ventures

Guitar Play-Along Volume 116
Series: Guitar Play-Along
Format: Softcover with CD - TAB
Artist: The Ventures

The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player, and also enhanced so PC & Mac users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!

8 songs: Diamond Head • Hawaii Five-O Theme • James Bond Theme • Perfidia • Pipeline • Secret Agent Man • Walk Don't Run • Wipe Out.

Diamond Head

Hawaii Five-O Theme

James Bond Theme

Perfidia

Pipeline

Secret Agent Man

Walk Don't Run

Wipe Out

Width: 9.0"
Length: 12.0"
32 pages

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ALLMAN DUANE, Guitar Play-Along Volume 104. Hal Leonard CD TABLATURE

DUANE ALLMAN, Guitar Play-Along Volume 104. CD TABLATURE

Duane Allman

Guitar Play-Along Volume 104
Serie: Guitar Play-Along
Formato: Softcover with CD - TAB
Artista: Duane Allman

La serie Guitar Play-Along ti aiuteranno a suonare le tue canzoni preferite in poco tempo e facilmente! Segui semplicemente le tablature, ascolta il CD per sentire come dovrebbe suonare la chitarra e poi suoni tu con le basi usando backing tracks separate. Nel libro sono incluse anche voce e parole in caso vorresti cantare o semplicemente ti aiuterà a seguire da solo. CD audio è compatibile con qualsiasi CD player. Per chi usa il PC o Mac, il CD è potenziato e permette di aggiustare la registrazione per il tempo senza cambiare la tonalità.

The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer users, the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!

8 canzoni: Blue Sky • In Memory of Elizabeth Reed • Littlea  Martha • Midnight Rider • Revival • Statesboro Blues • Trouble No More (Someday Baby) • Whipping Post.

Blue Sky
In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
Little Martha
Midnight Rider
Revival
Statesboro Blues
Trouble No More (Someday Baby)
Whipping Post

Larghezza: 9.0"
Lunghezza: 12.0"
72 pagine

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BON JOVI-Guitar Play-Along Volume 114-Ritchie Sambora CD TABLATURE SPARTITI CHITARRA BASI

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Guitar Play-Along Volume 114

Series: Guitar Play-Along
Format: Softcover with CD - TAB
Artist: Bon Jovi

The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player, and also enhanced so PC & Mac users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!

8 songs: Bad Medicine • Have a Nice Day • In and Out of Love • It's My Life • Lay Your Hands on Me • Livin' on a Prayer • Runaway • Wanted Dead or Alive.

ANNO - Titolo - Autore
1988 - Bad Medicine - Jon Bon Jovi, Desmond Child, Richie Sambora
2005 - Have A Nice Day - Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, John Shanks
1985 - In And Out Of Love - Jon Bon Jovi
2000 - It's My Life - Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Martin Sandberg
1988 - Lay Your Hands On Me - Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora
1986 - Livin' On A Prayer - Jon Bon Jovi, Desmond Child, Richie Sambora
1984 - Runaway - Jon Bon Jovi, George Karakoglou
1986 - Wanted Dead Or Alive - Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora

Width: 9.0"
Length: 12.0"
64 pages

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MCKEE ANDY JOYLAND Guitar Recorded Version TABLATURE SPARTITI LIBRO CHITARRA TAPPING

Andy McKee - Joyland

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Tapping acoustico
Series: Guitar Recorded Version
Format: Softcover - TABLATURE
Artist: Andy McKee

Andy McKee has become known as one of the world's best acoustic guitar players, through millions upon millions of views on YouTube. At one point he held the three top spots in the Top-Rated Videos section of the website! Joyland is his third release, and our matching folio features note-for-note transcriptions supervised by Andy himself of 10 songs: Away • Blue Liquid • Everybody Wants to Rule the World • For Now • Hunter's Moon • Joyland • Layover • My Life As a CPA (Parallel Universe #43) • Never Grow Old • Upward Mobility. 58 pages

Away
Blue Liquid
Everybody Wants To Rule The World
For Now
Hunter's Moon
Joyland
Layover
My Life As A CPA (Parallel Universe #43)
Never Grow Old
Upward Mobility

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JOHNSON JACK-TO THE SEA-Play It Like It Is-TABLATURE-LIBRO SPARTITI CHITARRA-PENTAGRAMMA NOTE ACCORDI

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Jack Johnson - To the Sea
Series: Play It Like It Is
Publisher: Cherry Lane Music
Format: Softcover - TAB
Artist: Jack Johnson

Johnson says the title of his fifth studio CD is “a reference to a father leading his son to the sea – with the water representing the subconscious, so it's about trying to go beneath the surface and understand yourself.” The 2010 album dropped in June and debuted at #1. Our folio features notes & tab for all 13 tunes: Anything but the Truth • At or with Me • From the Clouds • My Little Girl • No Good with Faces • Only the Ocean • Pictures of People Taking Pictures • Red Wine, Mistakes, Mythology • To the Sea • Turn Your Love • The Upsetter • When I Look Up • You and Your Heart.

Anything But The Truth
At Or With Me
From The Clouds
My Little Girl
No Good With Faces
Only The Ocean
Pictures Of People Taking Pictures
Red Wine, Mistakes, Mythology
To The Sea
Turn Your Love
The Upsetter
When I Look Up
You And Your Heart

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68 pages
 

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FENDER PRECISION BASSES 1951-1954 Detlef Schmidt LIBRO HAL LEONARD CENTERSTREAM-BASSO ELETTRICO

FENDER PRECISION BASSES 1951-1954. Detlef Schmidt

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Series: Guitar

Publisher: Centerstream Publications
Format: Hardcover
Author: Detlef Schmidt

Introduced in 1951, the Fender Precision Bass is the precursor of all modern electric basses. This book takes a look at the history of the “slab body basses” and the most famous players. In addition to many historical photos, the full color book lists many basses with beautiful pictures, detail shots, and anecdotes. This book is a must-have for every bass player and enthusiast or collector.
162 pages

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FENDER 60 YEARS OF SIX DECADES OF THE GREATEST ELECTRIC GUITARS Tony Bacon STRATOCASTER-TELECASTER

60 Years of Fender Six Decades of the Greatest Electric Guitars. Tony Bacon

Series: Book
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Format: Softcover
Author: Tony Bacon

The latest addition to Tony Bacon's acclaimed series of guitar books, 60 Years of Fender gives a year-by-year history of the most successful electric guitar maker. In 1950, Leo Fender introduced to the world the solidbody electric guitar – the instrument known as the Telecaster. He soon added two more classics: the Precision Bass (1951) and the Stratocaster (1954). Fender's sleek, adaptable guitars have since fueled modern music – from country to rock – and have been heard in the hands of virtually every guitarist of note, from Buddy Holly to Kurt Cobain, from Eric Clapton to John Mayer. Illustrated with an unrivaled gallery of color photographs of instruments, players, and memorabilia, this revised and updated edition expands upon 50 Years of Fender (published in 2000), covering nine more years of the Fender story.

“A must-have for any Fender fan. Highly entertaining.”

– Guitar Player

Inventory #HL 00332861
ISBN: 9780879309664
UPC: 884088401597
Width: 8.5"
Length: 11.0"
144 pages

 

Leo Fender listened hard to players' comments about the
Telecaster and Esquire models, and during the early 1950s he and
Freddie Tavares began to devise the guitar that would become the
Stratocaster (seen in stylized form on the 1954 catalog cover,
right). At first other makers had merely mocked Fender's new
solid body guitars, but soon Gibson had joined in with its Les
Paul, Gretsch with the Duo Jet, Kay with its K-125. Competition
was looming - and Fender needed to up the stakes. This they
most certainly did.

The Stratocaster was launched during 1954. Samples
around May and June were followed by the first proper
production run in October. The new Fender guitar was
the first solidbody electric with three pickups, meaning
a range of fresh tones, and featured a new-design
vibrato unit that provided pitch-bending and
shimmering chordal effects.
The new vibrato - often called a "tremolo" by
Fender and many others since - was troublesome in
development. But the result was the first self-contained
vibrato unit: an adjustable bridge, a tailpiece, and a
vibrato system, all in one. It wasn't a simple mechanism
for the time, but a reasonably effective one. It followed
the Fender principle of taking an existing product (in
this case, the Bigsby vibrato) and improving it.
Fender's new vibrato had six bridge-pieces, one for
each string, adjustable for height and length, which
meant that the feel of the strings could be personalized
and the guitar made more in tune with itself. The
complete unit was typical of Fender's constant
consideration of musicians' requirements and his
application of a mass-producer's solution.
The Strat came with a radically sleek, solid body,
based on the outl ine of the 1951 Fender Precision Bass.
Some musicians had complained to Fender that the
sharp edge on the Telecaster's body was uncomfortable
- the dissenters included musician/entertainer Rex
Gallion and Western Swing guitarist Bill Carson - and
so the Strat's body was contoured for the player's

comfort. Also, it was finished in a yellow-to-black
sunburst finish.
Even the output-jack mounting was new, recessed in
a stylish plate on the body face. And the headstock?
Side by side with Paul Bigsby's guitar made for Merle
Travis in 1948 there is clearly influence from the earlier
instrument. But as a whole the Fender Stratocaster
looked like no other guitar around, especially the
flowing, sensual curves of that beautifully
proportioned, timeless body.
The Stratocaster's new-style pickguard
complemented the Jines perfectly, and the
overall impression was of a guitar where
all the components ideally suited
one another. The Fender
Stratocaster has since become
the most popular, the most
copied, the most desired, and
very probably the most played :
solid electric guitar ever.
On its 40th anniversary in
1994 an official estimate put
Strat sales at over a million
guitars. At its launch it wasn't such
a world-beater; later in the 1950s,
the Fender Stratocaster began to hint
at future glories, especially in the hands
of players such as Buddy Guy, Carl Perkins,
and Buddy Holly.

The amp Custom Shop offered the high-end, vintage-flavored Vibro-King and Tone-Master as its first products, while the existing guitar Custom Shop reflected on a 90th Anniversary Harley-Davidson Strat. Comings and goings among Fender players included a debut from Liz Phair (opposite) and the death at 61 of the great Texas bluesman Albert Collins (memorial ad, right). G-Vox (above) was Fender's ill-fated computer guitar-teaching system.

With the continuing success of the guitar Custom
Shop, this year saw the start at Scottsdale, Arizona, of
an amp equivalent, with ex-Matchless electronics
expert Bmce Zinky in charge. The intention was to
make limited quantities of expensive, high-quality
products. The amp Shop would not build far-out
made-to-order items, but generally would follow the
guitar outfit's increasingly important business in
defining a catalog of regular items.
Artists could collaborate on individually crafted
items, but broadly speaking the hand-built
line would be drawn from reinterpretations ofFender's
classic tube amps of the 1940s, 50s and early 60s. The
first models to appear from the amp Custom Shop
were the Vibro-King 60-watt 3xlO combo and the
1one-Master 100-watt piggyback amp, with a choice of
2x 12 or 4x 12 cabinet, all finished in cream Tolex. In
the meantime at the guitar Custom Shop, over in
Corona, a link was being forged with motorcycle
manufacturer Harley-Davidson.
The result was the Fender Harley-Davidson 90th
Anniversary Commemorative Stratocaster in a very
limited mn of 109 pieces. The stunning handengraved
aluminum body summoned up the shiny
exterior of a Harley, while the bird's-eye maple neck
and ebony fingerboard would please anyone who
actually got to play one of these creations.
The signature-guitar list continued to grow, this year
with the addition of two new models, for Clarence
White and Richie Sambora. The Clarence White
Telecaster was named for the brilliant Byrds and
Kentucky Colonels guitarist, tragically killed by a
dmnk driver in 1973. The White Tele was fitted with
his favored Scmggs banjo-style detuners for first and
sixth strings, and the B-bender string-pull device that
he developed with Byrds dmmmer Gene Parsons.
Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora helped devise a Strat to
respond to his fiery playing, with Floyd Rose double-locking vibrato,
a DiMarzio bridge humbucker plus
Texas Special single-coils, and a flatter, wider
fingerboard. A personal touch came with
the inlaid stars for position markers.
On a cultural note, the Fullerton
Museum Center - not far from
the site of Leo Fender's
original workshops
exhibited Five Decades Of
Feruler, organized by guitar
historian Richard Smith.
Included were instmments
and an array of special
memorabilia fi"omFender as
well as Music Man and G&L.
Remarkably, this was the very
first exhibition to feature Fender's
achievements. "Leo forever changed
the course of popular music," is how
Smith admirably summed it up .

 

CONTENTS
the fifties page
the sixties page
the seventies page
the eighties page
the nineties page
the new millennium page
chronology of models page
index page
acknowledgements page

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