LEE`S, GEDDY
Indice
CONTENTS
Foreword by Terry Foster
Backword by Alex Lifeson
Introduction:
Falling Down the Rabbit Hole
Chapter One:
Fender
Fender Precision Bass
Interview with Jeff Tweedy
Fender Jazz Bass
Interview with Alan Rogan
Fender Bass: Outliers and Oddities
Interview with John Paul Jones
Chapter Two:
Gibson and Epiphone
A Brief History of Gibson
Gibson Short Scale Solid Body
Epiphone Short Scale Solid Body
Gibson-Epiphone Short Scale Hollow Body
Interview with Adam Clayton
Gibson Thunderbird
Gibson Thunderbird Reverse
Gibson Thunderbird Non-Reverse
Interview with Ken Collins
Chapter Three:
Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker Solid Body
Rickenbacker Hollow Body
Interview with Robert Trujillo
Chapter Four:
Höfner
Höfner Violin Bass
Höfner Archtop Bass
Höfner Solid Body
Chapter Five:
Ampeg
Interview with Bill Wyman
Chapter Six:
Around the World in 80 Basses
(More or Less)
Interview with Les Claypool
Interview with Bob Daisley
Chapter Seven:
My Favorite Headaches:
Stage and Recording Gear, 19682018
A Kaleidoscope of Bassy Moments (and Other Historical Stuff)
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright
Leo Fender once said, I dont believe that any electric guitar improves with age. I think that is a myth. Was he right?
Great collections transcend the objects contained within them: they tell stories, relay information, create meaning, and convey purpose. The extraordinary and beautiful industrial designs thoughtfully showcased in this book range from pristine, virtually untouched examples to those played passionately night after night.
Years after the golden age of electric guitar manufacturing, Leo couldnt comprehend the desirability of the early output of his and his contemporaries factories. Throughout his life, he relentlessly pursued perfection through incremental improvement. This book is a testament to the insatiable drive of Mr. Fender and his peers.
In the early 1950s, the electrification and mass production of solid-body guitars and basses sparked a revolution. With amplification, bands became more efficient and mobile. Louder and smaller, guitars became an attentiongrabbing lead instrument capable of playing to ever-larger venues. Music changed forever. The most successful bands of every musical style toured locally and nationally, building the DNA of modern music. From honkytonks to hayrides, ballrooms to basements, garages to stadiums, high schools, and clubs, these stringed instruments evoked joy, passion, hysteria, angst, discord, and rebellion. The intimate relationship musicians forged with these tools helped write the soundtrack of the twentieth century.
Mr. Fender was wrong: electric guitars do get better with age. The presence of those who played them before us forever exists within these instruments. They are an extension of our collective musical identity and echoes of the past. Vintage guitar collections of this importance and magnitude rarely rest in the hands of a musician as accomplished as Geddy Lee. Geddys collection represents every important popular musical genre, every tone in the bass palette, and is, quite simply, one of the finest of its kind in the world.
Terry Foster
Co-author of Fender: The Golden Age 19461970
