Tony Bacon
Author of The Ultimate Guitar Book
About the Author
Brian Priestley is a musician and writer. His books include biographies of Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Charles Mingus. He writes in The Sax & Brass Book about trumpets and trombones in jazz Dave Gelly is a musician and writer. He is jazz critic for the British Observer newspaper, and his show more books include a biography of Lester Young and a saxophone-playing method Paul Trynka is features editor of Mojo magazine, edited The Electric Guitar and wrote Portrait Of The Blues Tony Bacon co-founded Balafon, independent publisher of books about musical instruments, in 1992 show less
Works by Tony Bacon
Paul McCartney: Bassmaster: Playing the Great "Beatles" Basslines: Playing the Great "Beatles" Basslines (2006) 8 copies
Million Dollar Les Paul: In Search of the Most Valuable Guitar in the World (Genuine Jawbone Books) (2008) 7 copies
Six Decades of the Fender Telecaster: The Story of the World's First Solidbody Electric Guitar (1990) 5 copies
The Gibson 335 Guitar Book: Electric Semi-Solid Thinlines and the Players Who Made Them Famous (2016) 4 copies
The Telecaster Guitar Book: A Complete History of Fender Telecaster Guitars (Revised and Updated) (2012) 4 copies
50 Years of Gretsch Electrics: Half a Century of White Falcons, Gents, Jets, and Other Great Guitars (2005) 3 copies
Flying V, Explorer, Firebird - An Odd-shaped History of Gibsons Weird Electric Guitars (Guitar Reference (Backbeat… (2011) 3 copies
The Gretsch Electric Guitar Book: 60 Years of White Falcons, 6120s, Jets, Gents and More (2015) 3 copies
Rickenbacker Electric 12 String: The Story of the Guitars, the Music, and the Great Players (2010) 3 copies
The Ultimate Guitar Book by Bacon, Tony published by Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd (1991) 2 copies
Beatles gear―日本語翻訳版 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1954
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
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Albums the Story Behind 50 Years by Simon Smith
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50s jazz and skiffle, 60s folk and rock, 70s punk--and lots of terrific information on the club scene. Downside is a faded and small, almost unreadable font.
This coffee table book is incredibly popular in our library. It covers history of guitar that goes along with history of guitar music. Amazing story spins through the pages in words and pictures, captivating readers’ attention and giving new insight into the musical styles and guitar techniques. It contains the samples of popular musical pieces and explains how the instruments are designed to enable musicians to do the best in their performances.
Any time when the library is opened, one of the patrons checks out the book to sit at the library table and rediscover the popular guitar music.… (more)
Any time when the library is opened, one of the patrons checks out the book to sit at the library table and rediscover the popular guitar music.… (more)
A facinating look at the real musicial craftsmanship behind really good pop bass playing.
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Statistics
- Works
- 59
- Members
- 703
- Popularity
- #36,025
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 8
- ISBNs
- 118
- Languages
- 6