50 Years of Gretsch Electrics: Half a Century of White Falcons, Gents, Jets, and Other Great Guitars

by Tony Bacon

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Introduced in 1954 as one of Gretsch's "Guitars of the Future" the White Falcon was an overwhelmingly impressive instrument. The influence of this spectacular new guitar spread to other models and guitar manufacturers. It was the dawn of a half-century of awe-inspiring guitars which are now favored by widely popular artists including Pete Townshend, Tom Petty, Alanis Morisette, Sheryl Crow, John Frusciante, Bo Diddley, and more. This book compiles the best of Gretsch's inventions over the show more past 50 years and tells the stories of their creation and the men who created them. Includes 100 photos! show less

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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 books include a biography of Lester Young and a show more 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

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Music, Nonfiction
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787.8719Arts & recreationMusicStringed instruments (Chordophones)Plucked Lute FamilyGuitarGeneral principles, musical forms, instrumentsInstruments
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ML1015 .G9 .B33MusicLiterature on musicLiterature on musicHistory and criticismInstruments and instrumental music
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