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Publisher: Backbeat Books
Authors: Tony Bacon, Barry Moorhouse

In California in the early '50s, the Fender company introduced the world's first electric bass guitar. They couldn't have known known it then, but the Precision Bass would start a revolution in the sound of popular music. This book explains how that revolution happened and how its reverberations are still felt today.

In the coming decades, the bass guitar provided the solid foundation upon which much modern music is still built. "The Bass Book" is the first to study its story, the most important bass players that played. Brands featured in the book include Alembic, Danelectro, Epiphone, Fender, Fodera, Gibson, Hofner, Ibanez, Lakland, Line 6, Music Man, Peavey, Rickenbacker, Sadowsky, Spector, Squier, Steinberger, Wal, Warwick, and Yamaha.

Original interviews with makers of bass guitars from the past and present, an exclusive interview with Paul McCartney and other bassists including Stanley Clarke, Flea, James Jamerson, Jaco Pastorius, and Robert Trujillo.

Dozens of unusual, desirable, and rarely seen basses are presented in high-quality photos. The Bass Book has all you need to know about the story of the bass guitar.