The Bass Book
- ISBN-10
- 0879309245
- ISBN-13
- 9780879309244
- Series
- The Bass Book
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation
- Authors
- Tony Bacon, Barry Moorhouse
Description
The first full-color, comprehensive history, tracing the entire development of one of the 20th century's most important musical instruments. Based on firsthand interviews with primary inventors and makers of past and present bass guitars, this new book examines the birth of the instrument, its popularization during the 1960s and 1970s, and modern variations of the instrument.
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