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Summary: Might Be A Good Book???
Review: BUT I DON'T KNOW. I ORDERED IT IN DECEMBER 2003 AND THIS IS MID APRIL 2004!!!!!!!! I'LL PROBABLY CANCEL MY ORDER SOON!!!! AND ORDER IT FROM BARNES & NOBLE!!!! YES THAT'S RIGHT!!!! BARNES & NOBLE!!! WHO KNOWS, BARNES&NOBLE MIGHT EVEN DELIVER IT. I WONDER IF BARNES AND NOBLE, IN CONTRADISTINCTION TO AMAZON, WILL POLITELY, LET ME KNOW IF THEY REALY ""JUST CAN'T GET" "THE STRATOCASTER CHRONICLES: CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE FENDER STRATOCASTER""
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Summary: An absolute joy to read
Review: I bought this book at the end of 2004 as a complementary purchase of my 50th anniversary stratocaster. I am simply impressed by the incredible work that Tom Wheler has done with the help of Fender. This book, is proof that Leo Fender's Stratocaster needs to be considered one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. The books is both full of details about the guitar and those who made music with it and light to read. The pictures are simply a joy to look at and the CD recreates stratocaster sounds as a complementary treat to the reading. Truly a most have for music and guitar fans.
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Summary: waiting, waiting, waiting.....
Review: I finally cancelled my order and got it through Barnes and Noble and they have already shipped it. I have been waiting for 2 months through Amazon and checked the Barnes & Noble site, ordered it, and when I checked the next day they had already shipped it to me. The last time I checked my order before cancelling it Amazon said it should ship in 1-2 months! Forget it Amazon!
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Summary: waiting, waiting, waiting.....
Review: I finally cancelled my order and got it through Barnes and Noble and they have already shipped it. I have been waiting for 2 months through Amazon and checked the Barnes & Noble site, ordered it, and when I checked the next day they had already shipped it to me. The last time I checked my order before cancelling it Amazon said it should ship in 1-2 months! Forget it Amazon!
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Summary: Worth the wait
Review: I have been anxiously awaiting the release of this nearly as much as the 50th anniversary Stratocasters themselves. Full of beautiful photos and tidbits not present in previous stratocaster books, this is destined to be a classic in your library. The CD by Greg Koch is a fun item with Greg duplicating the sounds and styles of many classic Strat Heroes.
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Summary: Strat enthusiast, GET THIS BOOK!!
Review: The book is well written and many great phots, the cd on the otehr hand is really bad, the author of that cd is just plain childish, I threw mine out, the book is worth the price alone,
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Summary: A wealth of information.
Review: This book is well written, illustrated, and printed. An excellent tribute to a musical marvel: the Stratocaster. If you play one, this book will give you lots of insight into how and why it works and where it came from.
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Summary: Amazing book, the whole story in 264 pages
Review: This by far the best book I own in respect to the Stratocaster and its history. This hardcover, coffee table book is great from front cover to back cover. Carefully binded and in Matte black cover with color printings, The Stratocaster Chronicles is a must for guitar fans, strat players or not.There is not one of the 264 pages that doesn't include a great picture, from the first strats, to rare prototypes, to newer models, custom shops and stars' models. The book includes many excerpts with key memebers of the Fender factory in 1950's, including the man himself, Leo Fender, along with Bill Carson, Freddie Tavares and many others. The author dove into his archives to present the most accurate history of the Strat to date, from its inception, the two horns, the origin of the famous peghead and all the details of the most loved guitar. Rare pictures from the early 50's tell the tale along with narration from the author and dozens of interviews. This book includes an Audio CD with fragments of interviews with Leo Fender, plus 50 different sounds the Strat has become famous for, in the styles from player like Eric Clapton, Hendrix, Knopfler and Malmsteen, you can even learn to make your Strat sound like a Koto, from Japan! In all, just the pictures in this book are worth the price, the history, interviews and Cd are a great plus. Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the instrument that shaped modern music with this great book.
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Summary: The Stratocaster Chronicles
Review: Tom Wheeler has done it again !
This will become the "Bible" by which all others books
pertaining to Fender's most famous work of art, the Fender Stratocaster, will be judged. A must have book for 'Strat lovers everywhere!
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Summary: The Stratocaster Chronicles
Review: Tom Wheeler has done it again !
This will become the "Bible" by which all others books
pertaining to Fender's most famous work of art, the Fender Stratocaster, will be judged. A must have book for 'Strat lovers everywhere!
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