The Story of the Fender Stratocaster
A Celebration of the World's Greatest Guitar

Ray Minhinnett & Bob Young

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128 pages, 9 x 11
Trade Paper
ISBN 0-87930-665-3, Order Code 0879306653, $19.95
August 2001

The definitive, finely illustrated study of an American pop icon and its greatest players is now in paperback.

Leo Fender's Stratocaster is known as the best electric guitar ever designed. Now in paperback, this colorful volume offers a model-by-model evaluation of the Stratocaster’s development, plus exclusive interviews with the "Stratpack"—Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Mark Knopfler, Keith Richards, Buddy Guy, and many other world-famous guitarists.

These outstanding players describe their first experiences with the Stratocaster, why they choose it over other guitars, the models they own, and playing techniques that maximize the Strat sound. Former Fender employees reveal some of the technical genius and musical magic behind this legendary instrument.

"My first wife said, 'It's either that guitar or me,' you know—and I give you three guesses which one went." —Jeff Beck

Ray Minhinnett and Bob Young are professional musicians. They co-wrote and produced the film Curves, Contours and Body Horns about the Fender Stratocaster, which inspired them to write this book.