Fender Bass for Britain

by Barry Matthews

The book "A Fender Bass for Britain" tells the story of a rare bass guitar made in 1966, the heyday of classic rock bands.

Fender Bass for Britain

Author: Barry Matthews

Publisher:

ISBN: 9781438946627

Page: 56

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The book "A Fender Bass for Britain" tells the story of a rare bass guitar made in 1966, the heyday of classic rock bands. Only a few of this particular bass with it's unique combination of features were ever made, and they mostly came to Britain. There are many Pictures of John Entwistle and others, with the bass, never been seen or published before. This book tells of the man that made them, the men that played them and where some of them ended up. The book features interviews with the stars that used the bass, such as John Entwistle of The Who, Chip Hawkes of The Tremeloes and a number of others. The author, Barry Matthews, came across this bass in the Seventies and was intrigued. Then, in the Nineties, he started a systematic search to track them down and write the story behind them. He has travelled to the USA and to a number of places in England in the process of compiling this fascinating account.

Pretend You re In A War

by Mark Blake

The Shadows' Jet Harris owned the first Fender electric bass in Britain. But that was beyond Entwistle's budget. Instead, he started to make one of his own.

Pretend You re In A War

Author: Mark Blake

Publisher: Aurum

ISBN: 1781313180

Page: 400

View: 820

'A definitive tome for both Who fans and newcomers alike’ ***** Q Magazine Pete Townshend was once asked how he prepared himself for The Who’s violent live performances. His answer? ‘Pretend you’re in a war.’ For a band as prone to furious infighting as it was notorious for acts of ‘auto-destructive art’ this could have served as a motto. Between 1964 and 1969 The Who released some of the most dramatic and confrontational music of the decade, including ‘I Can’t Explain’, ‘My Generation’ and ‘I Can See For Miles’. This was a body of work driven by bitter rivalry, black humour and dark childhood secrets, but it also held up a mirror to a society in transition. Now, acclaimed rock biographer Mark Blake goes in search of its inspiration to present a unique perspective on both The Who and the sixties. From their breakthrough as Mod figureheads to the rise and fall of psychedelia, he reveals how The Who, in their explorations of sex, drugs, spirituality and class, refracted the growing turbulence of the time. He also lays bare the colourful but crucial role played by their managers, Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp. And – in the uneasy alliance between art-school experimentation and working-class ambition – he locates the motor of the Swinging Sixties. As the decade closed, with The Who performing Tommy in front of 500,000 people at the Woodstock Festival, the ‘rock opera’ was born. In retrospect, it was the crowning achievement of a band who had already embraced pop art and the concept album; who had pioneered the power chord and the guitar smash; and who had embodied – more so than any of their peers – the guiding spirit of the age: war.

From Britain With Love

by Robert A Webster

The following day, Boomer again joined Charles, Wayne, and Elvin in the rec room and Elvin his first lesson on his Fender bass. Boomer looked shocked by ...

From Britain With Love

Author: Robert A Webster

Publisher: Robert A Webster

ISBN: 1792992785

Page: 663

View: 131

Fossdyke Retirement Home has seen its fair share of quirky characters, but it’s never seen the likes of these four geriatric rockers! To outsiders, they are sweet, funny, if not a tad bit ornery. To those in the know, they are meddlesome, rebellious, and in way over their heads. When chaos erupts, they’re not far behind. What begin as ordinary days, where others their age would spend their time chatting up a friend or family member, these four spend their days and nights making music, performing for their legion of fans, globetrotting to exciting destinations, and of course, getting mixed up in perilous situations. Between outrunning the press and persistent record companies, coming face-to-face with ISIS rebels, and the occasional death or two, it’s all they can do to keep their wits about them and escape injury. Follow the madcap adventures of Britain’s most irreverently lovable elderly rockers as they trip, stumble, and fall into one situation after another and have a few laughs along the way in From Britain with Love, a hilarious action-packed thriller! Getting old doesn't mean you can't have fun. It just means you know how to get away with it!

The Bass Book

by Tony Bacon

That tour started in September 1953 in Sweden, and Britain's Melody Maker ... Monk playing his Fender Precision Bass at the concert alongside the guitarist.

The Bass Book

Author: Tony Bacon

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

ISBN: 1476850984

Page: 108

View: 219

ÊThe Bass BookÊ offers a complete illustrated history of bass guitars from Fender's first in the 1950s through the models of the next 40 years that formed the foundation for modern music. The bass guitar is undoubtedly one of the most significant instruments of this century yet this book is the first to study its history. Features original interviews with bass makers past and present dozens of unusual specially commissioned color photos and a reference section that provides a wealth of information on every major manufacturer.

Coins of England the United Kingdom 2021

by Emma Howard

... the group's logo and singer's signature mic stick in centre and below 'Red Special' guitar, Fender Precision Bass and Ludwig bass drum decorated with ...

Coins of England the United Kingdom 2021

Author: Emma Howard

Publisher: Spink Books

ISBN: 1912667657

Page: 336

View: 533

The Coins of England and the United Kingdom Pre-Decimal and Decimal volumes together comprise the Standard Catalogue of British Coins, with the pre-decimal issues under Elizabeth II (and all previous coinage) listed in a separate volume. This volume of Decimal issues under Elizabeth II gives a comprehensive overview of all individual coins and sets issued by the Royal Mint since 1971 (and in circulation since 1968), offering an authoritative catalogue of modern British coins.

60 Years of Fender

by Tony Bacon

Now color me Jazz Fender's fine new electric bass guitar was the Jazz Bass model. ... while over in Britain the new Fender distributor published its first ...

60 Years of Fender

Author: Tony Bacon

Publisher: Backbeat Books

ISBN: 1476855501

Page: 144

View: 118

(Book). 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 , covering nine more years of the Fender story.

How the Fender Bass Changed the World

by Annette Carson

This book by the founding editor and former publisher of EBass PlayerE magazine not only celebrates the 50-year history of Fender's revolutionary Precision Bass it also a for the first time a illuminates the full scope of its profound ...

How the Fender Bass Changed the World

Author: Annette Carson

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

ISBN: 9781617744846

Page: 208

View: 879

This book by the founding editor and former publisher of EBass PlayerE magazine not only celebrates the 50-year history of Fender's revolutionary Precision Bass it also a for the first time a illuminates the full scope of its profound impact on music and"

Youth and Permissive Social Change in British Music Papers 1967 1983

by Patrick Glen

Just to be arbitrary, let's assume that the fifties began when Leo Fender invented the bass guitar and Elvis Presley plastered his hillbilly sneer over ...

Youth and Permissive Social Change in British Music Papers 1967 1983

Author: Patrick Glen

Publisher: Springer

ISBN: 3319916742

Page: 251

View: 919

This book is a work of press history that considers how the music press represented permissive social change for their youthful readership. Read by millions every week, the music press provided young people across the country with a guide to the sounds, personalities and controversies that shaped British popular music and, more broadly, British culture and society. By analysing music papers and oral history interviews with journalists and editors, Patrick Glen examines how papers represented a lucrative entertainment industry and mass press that had to negotiate tensions between alternative sentiments and commercial prerogatives. This book demonstrates, as a consequence, how music papers constructed political positions, public identities and social mores within the context of the market. As a result, descriptions and experiences of social change and youth were contingent on the understandings of class, gender, sexuality, race and locality.

Squier Electrics

by Tony Bacon

(Bass guitars are beyond the scope of this book and will only be mentioned occasionally and in ... Most important sales-wise was CBS/Fender Ltd in England, ...

Squier Electrics

Author: Tony Bacon

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

ISBN: 1476856419

Page: 160

View: 226

SQUIER ELECTRICS: 30 YEARS OF FENDER'S BUDGET GUITAR BRAND

The Ultimate Guitar Sourcebook

by Tony Bacon

BRITISH BASS MAKERS MORE BASS MAKERS 2008 Ibanez ad featuring Paul Gray ... This attitude reflects that of the inventor of the bass guitar, Leo Fender, ...

The Ultimate Guitar Sourcebook

Author: Tony Bacon

Publisher: Race Point Publishing

ISBN: 1610588428

Page: 288

View: 679

A stunning visual guide to the history and development of all types of guitars, packed with detailed information and profiling everything from the legendary Martin flat-tops to Gibson's arch-tops guitars and Fender's twelve-string electrics. The Ultimate Guitar Sourcebook is divided by type into nine chapters, each telling the full story of a major type of guitar. It is sub-divided geographically so the reader gets a global picture of guitar making from the United States to the Far East and from Europe to Australia. The introduction examines the development of the world's most popular instrument over the years.

60 Years of Fender

by 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.

60 Years of Fender

Author: Tony Bacon

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

ISBN: 147685551X

Page: 144

View: 398

60 YEARS OF FENDER: SIX DECADES OF THE GREATEST ELECTRIC GUITARS

Geddy Lee s Big Beautiful Book of Bass

by Geddy Lee

Written in Geddy's singular voice, this book reveals the stories, songs, and history behind the instruments of his inimitable collection.

Geddy Lee s Big Beautiful Book of Bass

Author: Geddy Lee

Publisher: Harper Design

ISBN: 9780062747839

Page: 408

View: 316

"It's not surprising that sooner or later I'd dive down the proverbial rabbit hole into the world of vintage bass guitars."—Geddy Lee From Rush frontman Geddy Lee's personal collection of vintage electric bass guitars, dating from the 1950s to the 1980s, comes the definitive volume on the subject. Geddy's love of the bass has been nurtured over a lifetime spent in the limelight as one of the world's premier rock bassists. For the past seven years, he's dedicated himself to studying the history of the instrument that's been so essential to his career, collecting hundreds of basses from around the globe. Written with arts journalist Daniel Richler, gorgeously photographed in breathtaking detail by Richard Sibbald, and with insight from Geddy’s trusted bass tech and curator, John "Skully" McIntosh, Geddy Lee’s Big Beautiful Book of Bass profiles over 250 classic basses from Geddy’s extensive collection. Representing every tone in the bass palette, every nuance of the rock and roll genre as well as blues, jazz, pop, and country, this one-of-a-kind collection features so-called "beauty queens"—pristine instruments never lifted from their cases—as well as "road warriors"—well-worn, sweat-soaked basses that proudly show their age and use. Complete with personal commentary from Geddy that showcases his knowledge both as a musician and an aficionado, this luxuriously produced volume is a revelatory look at the heavy hitters in the world of bass—Fender, Gibson/Epiphone, Rickenbacker, Höfner, Ampeg—and lesser known but influential global luthiers such as Antonio Wandr Pioli, Dan Armstrong, and Tony Zemaitis. The book also features interviews with John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin); Adam Clayton (U2); Robert Trujillo (Metallica); Jeff Tweedy (Wilco); Bill Wyman (The Rolling Stones); Les Claypool (Primus); Bob Daisley (Rainbow); Fender expert and owner of the legendary Gibson Explorer, Bass Ken Collins; veteran guitar tech for The Who, Alan Rogan; plus comments from many other great players across three decades of rock and roll. Written in Geddy's singular voice, this book reveals the stories, songs, and history behind the instruments of his inimitable collection. Complete with an index and a graphically designed timeline of the history of the bass, as well as an up-close look at Geddy's basses on Rush's final R40 Tour, his stage and recording gear from 1968 to 2017, and forewords by author and respected vintage expert, Terry Foster, and Rush band member, Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass is the ultimate compendium for the consummate collector, musician, Rush fan, and anyone who loves the bass guitar.

The Beatles as Musicians

by Associate Professor of Music in Music Theory Walter Everett

... Bruce Welch (matching Strat for rhythm, though he sometimes played an acoustic for recordings), Jet Harris (salmon pink electric Fender bass), ...

The Beatles as Musicians

Author: Associate Professor of Music in Music Theory Walter Everett

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN: 9780195141054

Page: 452

View: 650

This volume is a comprehensive, chronologically-ordered study of every aspect of the musical life of the Beatles - composition, performance, recording and reception histories - from the group's beginnings in 1956 through to 1965.

Yeah Yeah Yeah The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyonc

by Bob Stanley

remained in the background, a rarely mentioned influence on British pop that ... Hank played a Fender Stratocaster, Jet Harris had the first electric bass ...

Yeah Yeah Yeah The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyonc

Author: Bob Stanley

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

ISBN: 0393242706

Page: 640

View: 528

"[Stanley is] as clear-eyed about music as he is crazy in love with it." —Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times A monumental work of musical history, Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! traces the story of pop music through songs, bands, musical scenes, and styles from Bill Haley and the Comets’ “Rock around the Clock” (1954) to Beyoncé’s first megahit, “Crazy in Love” (2003). Bob Stanley—himself a musician, music critic, and fan—teases out the connections and tensions that animated the pop charts for decades, and ranges across the birth of rock, soul, R&B, punk, hip hop, indie, house, techno, and more. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! is a vital guide to the rich soundtrack of the second half of the twentieth century and a book as much fun to argue with as to quote.

Canyon of Dreams

by Harvey Kubernik

Do you think if I asked him to give me more bass , he would do it ? ... due to our celebrated pot busts in Britain , along with The Rolling Stones .

Canyon of Dreams

Author: Harvey Kubernik

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

ISBN: 9781402765896

Page: 368

View: 738

Traces the musical legacy of the California neighborhood of Laurel Canyon, and the artists who lived there.

The Beatles Encyclopedia Everything Fab Four

by Kenneth Womack

... of the Rock 'n' Roll Music compilation on June 25, 1976, in the United Kingdom. ... Fender bass; Harrison on his Fender Telecaster and Fender Jazz Bass; ...

The Beatles Encyclopedia Everything Fab Four

Author: Kenneth Womack

Publisher: ABC-CLIO

ISBN: 1440844275

Page: 621

View: 893

This condensed paperback encyclopedia documents the enduring cultural impact and musical legacy of the Beatles, providing readers with a one-stop resource to the Fab Four's compelling story and breadth of achievements. • Provides an easy-to-use, single-volume condensed version of the hardcover edition of Greenwood's The Beatles Encyclopedia: Everything Fab Four • Presents expansive, detailed information about the Beatles' lives and their iconic music that secured their place in history • Analyzes the Beatles' body of work, including collective efforts and solo releases, and identifies the significant people, places, and events that impacted their work • Includes a selected bibliography of print and electronic resources that are accessible and useful to students and general readers alike

Beat Instrumental International Recording

by

Beck refused to live in America and Bogert and Appice could not come to terms
with living in Britain , which meant , among other ... Backed by Max Middleton on
keyboards , Wilbur Bascombe on bass , and Bernard Purdie on drums , Beck
toured the States on a double bill ... As for amplification , the guitar went into a
post - CBS Fender Champ which was in turn run full blast into two Marshall 100
watt PA ...

Beat Instrumental International Recording

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Beat Instrumental Songwriting Recording

by

IVOR MAIRANTS MUSICENTRE 15 mins from the M5 5 mins from the station
Britain's Home of The Guitar WEST COUNTRY'S ... INCLUDING
COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF MUSIC MAN AMPS AND GUITARS COME AND
TRY OUR RANGE OF GIBSON , FENDER , WAL , GUILD ... at some of the other
top bass guitarists and guitarists who carry exclusively either ROTOSOUND
Swing Bass , Jazz Bass or ...

Beat Instrumental Songwriting Recording

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What Goes On

by Walter Everett

Britain came late to the rock 'n' roll party. ... drums, and bass (electric Fender bass for the Shadows, acoustic string bass for the Crickets), ...

What Goes On

Author: Walter Everett

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 0190213183

Page: 288

View: 813

In a stretch of just seven years, the Beatles recorded hundreds of songs which tower above those of their worthy peers as both the product of cultural leadership and an artistic reflection of their turbulent age, the1960s. Walter Everett and Tim Riley's What Goes On: The Beatles, Their Music, and Their Time blends historical narrative, musicology, and music analysis to tell the full story of the Beatles and how they redefined pop music. The book traces the Beatles' development chronologically, marking the band's involvement with world events such as the Vietnam War, strides in overcoming racial segregation, gender stereotyping, student demonstrations, and the generation gap. It delves deeply into their body of work, introducing the concepts of musical form, instrumentation, harmonic structure, melodic patterns, and rhythmic devices in a way that is accessible to musicians and non-musicians alike. Close readings of specific songs highlight the tensions between imagination and mechanics, songwriting and technology, and through the book's musical examples, listeners will learn how to develop strategies for creating their own rich interpretations of the potential meanings behind their favorite songs. Videos hosted on the book's companion website offer full definitions and performance demonstrations of all musical concepts discussed in the text, and interactive listening guides illustrate track details in real-time listening. The unique multimedia approach of What Goes On reveals just how great this music was in its own time, and why it remains important today as a body of singular achievement.

German speaking Exiles in the Performing Arts in Britain after 1933

by Charmian Brinson

... Fender's well-known deathbed scene: The bedroom scene was filmed in a very small room, where Jack Clayton wanted to start with a profile of Alfie Bass ...

German speaking Exiles in the Performing Arts in Britain after 1933

Author: Charmian Brinson

Publisher: Rodopi

ISBN: 9401209197

Page: 300

View: 943

This volume focuses on the contribution of German-speaking refugees from Nazism to the performing arts in Britain, evaluating their role in broadcasting, theatre, film and dance from 1933 to the present. It contains essays evaluating the role of refugee artists in the BBC German Service, including the actor Martin Miller, the writer Bruno Adler and the journalist Edmund Wolf. Miller also made a career in the English theatre transcending the barrier of Language, as did the actor Gerhard Hinze, whose transition to the English stage is an instructive example of adaptation to a new theatre culture. In film, Language problems were mitigated by the technical possibilities of the medium, although stars like Anton Walbrook received coaching in English. Certainly, technicians from Central Europe, like the cameraman Wolf Suschitzky, helped establish the character of British film in the 1950s and 1960s. In dance theatre, Language played little role, facilitating the influence in Britain of dance practitioners like Kurt Jooss and Sigurd Leeder. Finally, evaluating the reverse influence of émigrés on Germany, two essays discuss Erich Fried’s translations of Shakespeare and Peter Zadek’s early theatre career in Germany.