kristinaelias Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I've got a birthday coming up, (along with an urge to build my own bass), & need to do some research. History & lots of bass porn photos is what I'm after! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagsieblue Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Shameless plug but I've got this: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/252097-the-bass-book-a-complete-illustrated-history-of-bass/page__pid__2654742#entry2654742 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 The above looks very good. The one I have - and which I`m keeping - is this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fender-Bass-Illustrated-History/dp/0634026402/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1420900631&sr=8-5&keywords=fender+bass+in+books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick's Fine '52 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 The Fender Bass-an Illustrated History by Black & Molinaro, as stated above is the best all bass book. The Fender Bass by Klaus Blasquiz is pretty poor, cheap....for a reason! Fender-The sound heard around the world by Smith, is a good Fender company history reference book Fender-The golden age by Kelly is really good book showing all of Fenders work from '46 -'70. Fender-The inside story by Forest White is another good Fender history book Fender Precision Basses '51 to '54 by Detlef is also great, but only covers the earliest models How the Fender Bass changed the World by Jim Roberts is good, but again lots of reference and history lots of others, but they are the mainstream ones I would recommend the top one, it pretty much covers everything you are likely to need, on Fender basses, great detail, reference, dating info, and of course some fine GAS inducing pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Don't bother with the Klaus Blasquiz book, it's a piece of sh*t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodney72a Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 [quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1420906230' post='2654850'] The Fender Bass-an Illustrated History by Black & Molinaro, as stated above is the best all bass book. The Fender Bass by Klaus Blasquiz is pretty poor, cheap....for a reason! Fender-The sound heard around the world by Smith, is a good Fender company history reference book Fender-The golden age by Kelly is really good book showing all of Fenders work from '46 -'70. Fender-The inside story by Forest White is another good Fender history book Fender Precision Basses '51 to '54 by Detlef is also great, but only covers the earliest models How the Fender Bass changed the World by Jim Roberts is good, but again lots of reference and history lots of others, but they are the mainstream ones I would recommend the top one, it pretty much covers everything you are likely to need, on Fender basses, great detail, reference, dating info, and of course some fine GAS inducing pics. [/quote] What Rick said. Bass Culture: The John Entwistle Bass Collection also features some tasty Fenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristinaelias Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 [quote name='rodney72a' timestamp='1420941476' post='2655397'] What Rick said. Bass Culture: The John Entwistle Bass Collection also features some tasty Fenders. [/quote] That sounds like an extremely interesting, if potentially horrendously expensive read - I already have a Thunderbird and a Longhorn because of that man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristinaelias Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 [quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1420906230' post='2654850'] The Fender Bass-an Illustrated History by Black & Molinaro, as stated above is the best all bass book. The Fender Bass by Klaus Blasquiz is pretty poor, cheap....for a reason! Fender-The sound heard around the world by Smith, is a good Fender company history reference book Fender-The golden age by Kelly is really good book showing all of Fenders work from '46 -'70. Fender-The inside story by Forest White is another good Fender history book Fender Precision Basses '51 to '54 by Detlef is also great, but only covers the earliest models How the Fender Bass changed the World by Jim Roberts is good, but again lots of reference and history lots of others, but they are the mainstream ones I would recommend the top one, it pretty much covers everything you are likely to need, on Fender basses, great detail, reference, dating info, and of course some fine GAS inducing pics. [/quote] Great list Rick, thanks! Good to know the Illustrated history is the way to go, I already have the Golden age book & it was more of the same I was after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telebass Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Rick's list nails it - I have them all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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