People have been talking about the long-delayed new Rickenbacker Electric 12 String book by Tony Bacon, but no one has been saying what's in it. I read it cover to cover last night on the plane headed home from the East Coast and can attest to its virtue. It goes into intimate detail of the history of Rickenbacker guitars and especially its crowning glory, the 360/12. I am sure that even the hard-core fans out there will learn new facts of interest and drool, as I did, over the lovely Rick photography. It has great detail on what groups and artists used Rick 12-strings (or competitor models ) to produce those lovely jangles. The back section has a nice method of naming models based on profile and hardware. It was well worth the long wait.
Additionally, a new Jefferson Airplane Guitar Tab Anthology arrived yesterday and is quite impressive. I spent about a month last year sitting down with old videos, and recordings painstakingly trying to do better than the available tabs and chords online, which are very poor or non-existent in most instances, and am pleased to say I did pretty well prior to the release of the book. After all, this was not an ensemble likely to base their songs on simple 3-chord riffs, but rather one prone to flights of minor chords, 9ths and use of Dorian mode (Lather). The book has proven far superior to me in trying to figure out what Jorma Kaukonen was doing 90% of the time.
Both tomes are highly recommended and worthy purchases for the fan seeking greater knowledge of favorite artists and their music.
A Tale of Two Books
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Re: A Tale of Two Books
It's an outstanding book, especially the section on the evolution of 12-stringed instruments. Fans of Bacon & Day should be aware that considerable portions of this new book are recycled from their earlier The Rickenbacker Book. That said, The Rickenbacker Electric 12-String is still very much a worthy purchase on it's own. We also appreciated the brief mention of JangleBox on page 106.ethanrusso wrote:People have been talking about the long-delayed new Rickenbacker Electric 12 String book by Tony Bacon, but no one has been saying what's in it. I read it cover to cover last night on the plane headed home from the East Coast and can attest to its virtue. It goes into intimate detail of the history of Rickenbacker guitars and especially its crowning glory, the 360/12. I am sure that even the hard-core fans out there will learn new facts of interest and drool, as I did, over the lovely Rick photography. It has great detail on what groups and artists used Rick 12-strings (or competitor models ) to produce those lovely jangles. The back section has a nice method of naming models based on profile and hardware. It was well worth the long wait.
