Strat in the Attic (eBook)

Thrilling Stories of Guitar Archaeology

Deke Dickerson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
256 Seiten
Voyageur Press (Verlag)
978-1-61058-804-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Guitar sleuth and music-history detective Deke Dickerson tells the true tales of 50 thrilling rare guitar finds that will make guitarists green with envy. A golden Fender Stratocaster hidden away in an attic for 30 years. A sunburst Gibson Les Paul worth $100,000. Jimi Hendrix's Strat burned by the guitarist during a concert—and then mysteriously lost for decades. The mint Fender Broadcaster forgotten under a bed in a neighbor's house. The 1960s Rickenbacker bought for $50 at a garage sale!

These days, classic vintage guitars can bring Ferrari and Porsche prices. Baby boomers who wish they'd been rock 'n' roll stars have shot the market into the stratosphere for classic models. As with automobiles, finding that classic guitar stashed away beneath a bed, in a closet, hidden away in an attic, or in the dusty corner of a guitar shop is the Holy Grail.

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Guitar sleuth and music-history detective Deke Dickerson tells the true tales behind 48 rare-guitar and amplifier finds that will make any player or collector green with envy. Finding that holy grail of a guitar stashed away beneath a bed, in a closet, in the dusty corner of a guitar shop, or up in an attic is something that all guitar aficionados dream of. Strat in the Attic shares some of those real-life stories, related in spine-tingling detail by the author and illustrated with new and old images of the rare finds and the people who made music with them. Savor these and more believe-it-or-not stories of guitarchaeology: A hoarder's attic stuffed with nearly 600 vintage guitars still in their boxes. A mint 1954 Fender Telecaster tucked under a bed in a family friend's house. Jazz legend Charlie Christian's Gibson ES-250, spotted in a magazine ad. A rare-as-hen's-teeth Shoreline Gold '56 Fender Stratocaster hidden in attic for 30 years! For guitar collectors, players, and admirers alike, these stories provide a satisfying way to scratch that rare guitar itch.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.6.2013
• Vorwort: JONATHAN KELLERMAN
• Zusatzinfo: 146 color & 44 b-w photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenunterrricht
• Schlagworte: acoustic • acoustic guitars • american pickers • amplifiers • Amps • Antique • Arcane • attic • barn finds • Behind the Scenes • Bob Dylan • Book • chord charts • Chuck Berry • collectible • Collecting • Country • Culture • curly boyd • danelectro • doubleneck • electric • electric guitars • Elvis Presley • enthusiast gift • Eric Clapton • Estate • FACTS • Fan • Fender • Fender guitars • Fender Stratocaster • Firebird • Garage • Geek • Gibson • gibson guitars • Gibson Les Paul • gino king • grand letar • guitar amplifiers • guitar amps • guitar barn finds • guitarcaeology • guitar collecting • Hidden • hollow bodies • hollow-bodies • hollowbodies • hollow-body • hollow body guitars • hollow-body guitars • how to play guitar • Hunting • Inside • Instrument • Jazz • Jimi Hendrix • junk • learn • Learn to play guitar • left-handed coral sitar • legendary • Les Paul • Lore • Lost • Maker • Market • Martin • martin guitars • Music History • musician • Oddball • Old • old guitars • pawn stars • Performer • Player • Quest • Rare • Rickenbacker • Rock n Roll • Sale • Shop • solid-bodies • solidbodies • Solid Bodies • solid body • solid body guitars • Strat • Tale • Trailer • Treasure • Under the bed • vibro lap steel • vintage amplifiers • vintage guitar collector stories • vintage guitars • vivi-tone • VOX • Weissenborn • Western
• ISBN-10: 1-61058-804-5 / 1610588045
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61058-804-1 / 9781610588041