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Gizmos, Gadgets, and Guitars: The Story of Leo Fender

Author : Michael Mahin
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781250849649

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Gizmos, Gadgets, and Guitars: The Story of Leo Fender by Michael Mahin Pdf

The picture book biography of ingenious American inventor Leo Fender, creator of the world’s most iconic Fender electric guitars. For readers who love Iggy Peck, Architect. Leo Fender loved to thinker and tinker and take things apart and put them back together again. When he lost an eye in a childhood accident, he refused to think of himself as broken. With a new pair of magnifying glasses, Leo got back to doing what he loved, fixing machines big and small—even broken instruments. His inventions—which included the Telecaster and the Stratocaster—would inspire the rock ’n’ roll generation and go on to amplify the talents of legendary guitarists Muddy Waters, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Bonnie Raitt, among others. Fender’s brilliant engineering vision connected science and art forever. Christy Ottaviano Books

Fender

Author : Sara Green
Publisher : Bellwether Media
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9798886879025

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Fender by Sara Green Pdf

Fender instruments are responsible for some of the worldÕs most famous songs. Since its early days, this company has been at the cutting edge of music. This engaging title for young readers uses detailed text and photos to help readers discover the history of Fender, from its earliest creations to its modern innovations. Features map the companyÕs headquarters, highlight top products, profile the founder, call out charitable giving, and more.

The Crayon Man

Author : Natascha Biebow
Publisher : HMH Books For Young Readers
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781328866844

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The Crayon Man by Natascha Biebow Pdf

Celebrating the inventor of the Crayola crayon! This gloriously illustrated picture book biography tells the inspiring story of Edwin Binney, the inventor of one of the world's most beloved toys. A perfect fit among favorites like The Day the Crayons QuitandBalloons Over Broadway. purple mountains' majesty, mauvelous, jungle green, razzmatazz... What child doesn't love to hold a crayon in their hands? But children didn't always have such magical boxes of crayons. Before Edwin Binney set out to change things, children couldn't really even draw in color. Here's the true story of an inventor who so loved nature's vibrant colors that he found a way to bring the outside world to children - in a bright green box for only a nickel! With experimentation, and a special knack for listening, Edwin Binney and his dynamic team at Crayola created one of the world's most enduring, best-loved childhood toys - empowering children to dream in COLOR!

The Electric Guitar

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electric guitar
ISBN : 1728432669

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The Electric Guitar by Anonim Pdf

"For decades, the blasts and howls of the electric guitar have been some of the defining sounds of popular music. But more than a century of effort and innovation had to happen before this instrument went electric"--

The Story of the Fender Stratocaster

Author : Ray Minhinnett,Bob Young
Publisher : Backbeat Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Music
ISBN : 0879303492

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The Story of the Fender Stratocaster by Ray Minhinnett,Bob Young Pdf

Now recognized as the best electric guitar ever designed, Leo Fender's Stratocaster is a vital ingredient of American popular culture. Its completely unconventional design and construction have rendered it the most copied of all modern electric guitars. This unique book ties in to a cable TV special honoring the Fender Stratocaster.

The Birth of Loud

Author : Ian S. Port
Publisher : Scribner
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781501141737

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The Birth of Loud by Ian S. Port Pdf

“A hot-rod joy ride through mid-20th-century American history” (The New York Times Book Review), this one-of-a-kind narrative masterfully recreates the rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar’s amplified sound—Leo Fender and Les Paul—and their intense competition to convince rock stars like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton to play the instruments they built. In the years after World War II, music was evolving from big-band jazz into rock ’n’ roll—and these louder styles demanded revolutionary instruments. When Leo Fender’s tiny firm marketed the first solid-body electric guitar, the Esquire, musicians immediately saw its appeal. Not to be out-maneuvered, Gibson, the largest guitar manufacturer, raced to build a competitive product. The company designed an “axe” that would make Fender’s Esquire look cheap and convinced Les Paul—whose endorsement Leo Fender had sought—to put his name on it. Thus was born the guitar world’s most heated rivalry: Gibson versus Fender, Les versus Leo. While Fender was a quiet, half-blind, self-taught radio repairman, Paul was a brilliant but headstrong pop star and guitarist who spent years toying with new musical technologies. Their contest turned into an arms race as the most inventive musicians of the 1950s and 1960s—including bluesman Muddy Waters, rocker Buddy Holly, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Eric Clapton—adopted one maker’s guitar or another. By 1969 it was clear that these new electric instruments had launched music into a radical new age, empowering artists with a vibrancy and volume never before attainable. In “an excellent dual portrait” (The Wall Street Journal), Ian S. Port tells the full story in The Birth of Loud, offering “spot-on human characterizations, and erotic paeans to the bodies of guitars” (The Atlantic). “The story of these instruments is the story of America in the postwar era: loud, cocky, brash, aggressively new” (The Washington Post).

Fender Telecaster and Stratocaster

Author : Dave Hunter
Publisher : Voyageur Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780760370100

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Fender Telecaster and Stratocaster by Dave Hunter Pdf

Celebrate of the history and significance of both the Fender Telecaster and Stratocaster for the company's 75th anniversary in this combined edition of Dave Hunter's two best-selling books! The Fender Telecaster, created in Les Fender's Fullerton, California, workshop and introduced in 1950, is a working-class hero and the ultimate blue-collar guitar. It wasn't meant to be elegant, pretty, or sophisticated. Designed to be a utilitarian musical instrument, it has lived up to that destiny. In the hands of players from Muddy Waters to James Burton, Bruce Springsteen to Joe Strummer, the Telecaster has made the music of working people—country, blues, punk, rock 'n' roll, and even jazz. Fender’s Stratocaster is arguably the number-one instrument icon of the guitar world. When introduced in 1954, its offset space-age lines, contoured body, and three-pickup configuration set the music world on its ear—it was truly unlike any guitar that had come before. In the hands of the world’s most beloved players, such as Buddy Holly, Eric Clapton, Ike Turner, and, yes, Jimi Hendrix, the Stratocaster has since become a popular instrument of choice among rock, blues, jazz, and country players and, not coincidentally, is also one of the most copied electric guitars of all time. In this authoritatively written, painstakingly curated, and gloriously presented combined edition to celebrate Fender's 75th anniversary, author Dave Hunter covers both of the guitar’s histories from concept, design, and model launch through its numerous variations and right up to the present. The story is richly illustrated with archival images, musicians in action, studio shots, memorabilia, and profiles of over 50 Tele and Strat slingers through the ages. With its unprecedented level of detail and stunning visuals, Fender Telecaster and Stratocaster is the only book tribute worthy of the world’s two greatest guitars.

Guitar Genius

Author : Kim Tomsic
Publisher : Chronicle Books LLC
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781452176031

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Guitar Genius by Kim Tomsic Pdf

This is the story of how Les Paul created the world's first solid- body electric guitar, countless other inventions that changed modern music, and one truly epic career in rock and roll. How to make a microphone? A broomstick, a cinderblock, a telephone, a radio. How to make an electric guitar? A record player's arm, a speaker, some tape. How to make a legendary inventor? A few tools, a lot of curiosity, and an endless faith in what is possible. Featuring richly detailed, dynamic illustrations by Brett Helquist, this unforgettable biography will resonate with inventive readers young and old.

Guitar Legends

Author : George Fullerton
Publisher : Centerstream Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electric guitar
ISBN : 0931759692

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Guitar Legends by George Fullerton Pdf

The name Fender has become synonymous with guitars. The work of Leo Fender revolutionized the instrument and has influenced nearly every modern guitarist. This book by Leo's best friend and partner in GandL examines the life of the man behind these instruments. It features photos (including 16 pages of color!) never before published. You'll see the barn where Leo was born, the first Fender plant, the earliest instruments he created, and many other rare photos. 9 inch. x 12 inch..

Harry Hungry!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780152062576

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Harry Hungry! by Anonim Pdf

Harry is a baby so hungry that he eats all the food in his house, then goes outside to find more.

Bebé Goes Shopping

Author : Susan Middleton Elya
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780547537276

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Bebé Goes Shopping by Susan Middleton Elya Pdf

A quick trip to the supermercado? Not with Bebe in the shopping cart. Just as Mama is ready to throw up her manos, she gives sweet Bebe a box of animal cookies. A dulce, at last! Then they're off to the checkout line, smiling all the way. Includes a glossary of Spanish words.

The Fantastic Ferris Wheel

Author : Betsy Harvey Kraft
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781627799126

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The Fantastic Ferris Wheel by Betsy Harvey Kraft Pdf

The World's Fair in Chicago, 1893, was to be a spectacular event: architects, musicians, artists, and inventors worked on special exhibits to display the glories of their countries. But the Fair's planners wanted something really special, something on the scale of the Eiffel Tower, which had been constructed for France's fair three years earlier. At last, engineer George Ferris had an idea-a crazy, unrealistic, gigantic idea. He would construct a twenty-six-story tall observation wheel. The planners didn't think it could be done. They called it a "monstrosity." It wouldn't be safe. But George fought for his design. Finally, in December 1892, with only four months to go until the fair, George was given permission to build his wheel. He had to fight the tight schedule, bad weather, and general disapproval. Against all odds, the Ferris Wheel turned out to be the talk of the Fair, and proof that dreaming big dreams could pay off. Today, George's Ferris Wheel is an icon of adventure and amusement throughout the world.

19 Girls and Me

Author : Darcy Pattison
Publisher : Philomel
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : PSU:000058705513

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19 Girls and Me by Darcy Pattison Pdf

John Hercules Po's kindergarten class is made up of 19 girls... and him. His older brother warns him not to let all those girls turn him into a sissy, but as John Hercules Po discovers, he needn't worry. As he and the girls let their imaginations run wild during recess, they end up digging all the way to The Great Wall of China, floating on the Amazon river, singing to the Man on the Moon, and racing a car 600 miles per hour. So... 19 girls and 1 lone boy? Nope, even better-20 good friends.

The Fender Stratocaster

Author : Dave Hunter
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781610588782

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The Fender Stratocaster by Dave Hunter Pdf

Fender’s Stratocaster is arguably the number-one instrument icon of the guitar world. When introduced in 1954, its offset space-age lines, contoured body, and three-pickup configuration set the music world on its ear—it was truly unlike any guitar that had come before. In the hands of the world’s most beloved players, the Stratocaster has since become a popular weapon of choice among rock, blues, jazz, and country players and, not coincidentally, is also one of the most copied electric guitars of all time In this authoritatively written, painstakingly curated, and gloriously presented tribute to the 60-year-old Fender Stratocaster, author Dave Hunter covers the guitar’s history from concept, design, and model launch through its numerous variations and right up to the present. The story is illustrated with archival images of Stratocasters and their players in action, studio shots of Stratocasters of varied vintage and provenance, memorabilia associated with famous players, and profiles of over 30 noted Strat slingers through the ages. Influential rock’n’ rollers like Buddy Holly, Hank Marvin, Ike Turner, and Dick Dale; blues players like Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Cray, Bonnie Raitt, and John Mayer; metal gods Richie Blackmore, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Dave Murray; esteemed rockers Jeff Beck, David Gilmour, Ronnie Wood, Robbie Robertson, Rory Gallagher, Mark Knopfler, and Wayne Kramer; and post-punk heroes The Edge, John Frusciante, and Billy Corgan are all included. And so, of course, is Jimi Hendrix. With its unprecedented level of detail and stunning visuals, The Fender Stratocaster is the only book tribute worthy of the world’s greatest guitar.

Guitars from George and Leo

Author : George Fullerton
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Music
ISBN : 0634069225

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Guitars from George and Leo by George Fullerton Pdf

(Book). Almost every guitarist knows the guitar companies Fender and G&L. Both these companies grew from the successful friendship and business partnership of George Fullerton and Leo Fender. George tells, in his own words, the amazing story of his celebrated collaboration with Leo that, for over 50 years, produced some of the world's most popular and treasured guitars and amplifiers, including the Telecaster, P-Bass and the Stratocaster. This complete history of the Fender organization and the G&L Guitar company, reveals through rare pictures and first-hand accounts, an insider's view of this amazing success story and the friendship that survived for a lifetime. Includes a 16-page photo section featuring George's rare guitars and prototypes. George Fullerton lives in Fullerton, California.