The Fender Stratocaster: The Life & Times of the World's Greatest Guitar & Its Players Kindle Edition

It might seem that with the plethora of books about the legendary Strat that there's nothing new to be said. Dave Hunter is so meticulous and detailed in his research that you will undoubtedly learn more about this fine guitar. Hunter's series of books for Voyaguer set a high standard for photography and throughout the book are so many quality images that you can spend hours just looking. This is an essential purchase for your guitar library, as are the other two books in the series.

After having bought Dave Hunter's campanion book -The Fender Telecaster - I was eagar to receive this addition to my 'all things Fender' library. I also have a couple of other publications authored by Mr Hunter so I assumed his effort on the Stratocaster would be of similar depth. Certainly, the photography is outstanding and his ability to source so many rare and vintage instruments is testimony to his dedication. However, Dave's latest effort is, surprisingly, riddled with typos (careless proof reading) and even some factual errors, or certainly information that conflicts with other Fender officionados. I also deducted a Star, as much of the final part of the book was 'cut and pasted' from his Telecaster effort. Perhaps that made sense but it gave the impression that the book has a 'knock off' flavour to it which the price tag didn't reflect. Anyway, despite my 'nit picking' I still enjoyed it and some of the profile info on many of the featured 'Strat' exponents was enlightening.

Well written history of strats. I’ve owned and played many and find the USA made are the best.

Nice easy read with a good mix of history on the guitar and snippets of info on a wide variety of artists and how they tweak ... Or in some cases almost reengineer ... Their strats for the tone. Enjoyed the little extra pieces of info on the artists. Easy way to pass a few hours on a topic that any fan of the Fender strat will love.

It's about Stratocasters nuff said

This was a gift. I was told that the recipient really enjoyed it

Great reference for the strat and a great read!

Good.

Interesting facts and stories about the Strat.

Lovely book, with a lot of interesting details and good storys from the spade of rock!

Ein wirklich sehr interessantes Buch über die Geschichte der Fender Stratocaster. Auch wenn ich selbst nicht so arg viel damit anfangen kann (habe es meinem Mann zu Weihnachten geschenkt, der war maßlos begeistert!).Fast am schönsten sind mitunder die Bilder im Buch, aber auch sonst ist die Geschichte dieser berühmten und historischen Gitarre einfach wundervoll dargestellt.

Très content, état presque neuf, livraison rapide sera très utile pour mon choix d une stratocaster photos nombreuse,

Excellent book about one of the most famous guitars with a lot information about history, bands and musicians. With lots of great photos.