The Telecaster Guitar Book: A Complete History of Fender Telecaster Guitars

This is a great book to add to your library, as well as a good read. If you want some electric guitar history, this is a wonderful book to have.

it got some pretty picture but it wasnt what I was looking for, oh its a great picture book, plenty of pretty picture, gonna take you about 12 minute to read the whole book

Wonderful book with a wide scope about the best electric guitar ever made. Tony Bacon kills it with sharp detail, historical significance, comments from and about Telecaster players old and new. This is the kind of book that you shake your head in wonder at; if it were food it'd be the thickest, juiciest steak, washed down with a heady brew. I already know I'll read it again, and keep it close-by like a faithful friend. How many guitar books can you say that about?

I was expecting production notes, interviews with people that have inside information, more information about the contemporary telecasters That were made in Japan in the 80s, production numbers, descriptions of the sound, I really came away not feeling enlightened. I don’t feel that they were his original research or anything groundbreaking in this book that we don’t already know. It could’ve been more pictures of the individual models and submodels released throughout the years. They could’ve been colors of all the telecasters in the pictures but no nothing like that was in this book. I enjoy helping people sell a product but I know the author Tony Bacon can do better than this ,he’s got the resources. It’s a pity that an opportunity like this was wasted and this book is something like the third edition. So watch out because there’s a whole series of books by this author that comes out in a new addition that will only add like approximately give or take 10 pages. There has to be a better book than this. That telecaster book by that French author is a real good one but it’s more of a technical book about measurements, the types of screws; that book there is from a scholarly approach but hasn’t been updated for well about 20 years and there any Information about the Mexican models. I’d like to know if it’s the same wood as the made in USA models because the author Tony Bacon has gone on record saying the Fender Prodigy was made in Mexico when in fact officially Fender says it’s made in the USA. Every since Tony Bacon lied about the Prodigy the the value has gone down and people believe this rumor.

Doesn't show everything about telecasters that I want to know

Great pics and information in this book for an excellent price. It's nice enough to leave out on a coffee table.

A good read and a decent amount of information. A little to much fluff in some areas. Great pictures.

Liked the chronology of the Telecaster development.

As a guitar player, repairer, maker and all-round enthusiast, I have a large collection of books on guitars. This one strikes a good balance between nerdy detail and more general information.The book, like the others in this series, follows a format of 'double spread of photos - double spread of text', which works well. While each page of photos has its own accompanying information, the main text isn't always syncronised with the pictures, which is sometimes a bit odd.The books in this series generally start with a walk through the history of the instrument, which in the case of the Telecaster is about as long as the history of the electric guitar itself. There are even references to the earliest inspirations for the Telecaster. Naturally, we have lots of pictures of Blonde Esquires and Broadcasters, the obligatory 'Nocaster' headstock and then a selection of Telecasters. While it's lovely to see these vintage guitars, it's fair to say that one Blonde Tele looks pretty much like another...As the book progresses through history, we enter the CBS era, and the appearance of custom colours, thinlines and paisley finishes.The journey through history is accompanied by short biographies of, and anecdotes from notable Tele players. There's a pretty big pool to fish in, and covers Andy Summers, Danny Gatton, Francis Rossi, John 5 to name just a few. This contrasts with some of the other books in the series where there are not actually that many famous players using some of the guitars. The SG being the prime example - Angus Young, Tony Iommi, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Clapton, me...At the end of the book there is a reference section containing details about of all the Telecaster models to date. Colours, general headstock and body shape, pickups etc., all grouped by date and model designation.It's useful if you are trying to work out the rough year of a guitar, but isn't really a detailed reference, and certainly shouldn't be used to determine the value or authenticity of a guitar. Its a good companion to the more detailed book by A. R. Duchossoir, which was my main reference when I drew up the templates I use when I build a T-type guitar.This is a nice book for any guitar enthusiast, especially one who is a Telecaster fan. I'm not - I only have one Fender in my collection of guitars, and it's the closest guitar Fender make to a Les Paul - a Jim Adkins JA-90. Nevertheless, the Telecaster is a very popular guitar - I have made more Teles than any other guitar - and I've found this book very useful.

If you want a concise history on the Fender Telecaster then you won't go far wrong with this book written by Tony Bacon.Like any books Tony has written this one is filled with info on the model and full of photos as well.Recommended to any Tele fan :-)

List of models at the back could be a bit more detailed

Everything you want to know about Leo's firstborn!Pages of statistics for the interested tele owner - beautifully collated, great pictures!

I am satisfied with the book but why was I charged £19:99 when the price printed on the cover is £16:99?