Rickenbacker Electric 12-String: The Story of the Guitars, the Music, and the Great Players

by Tony Bacon

Book Overview

The definitive history of the world's most famous 12-string electric guitar. When the Byrds recorded their hit version of Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man " they popularized a new sound in pop music: the electric 12-string guitar. Rickenbacker is the guitar maker that brought the electric 12-string to market and has since been almost single-handedly responsible for establishing what such a guitar should do. The California company gave one of its earliest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879309881
• ISBN13: 9780879309886
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Backbeat Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 10.9"