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Zusatztext 'A real treasure trove' Informationen zum Autor Deke Dickerson is a music historian and guitar sleuth who writes for Vintage Guitar ! Guitar Player ! and The Fretboard Journal . He is the leader of the renowned rockabilly and country band The Ecco-Fonics and lives in suburban Los Angeles. Deke is the co-author of The Strat in the Attic: Thrilling Stories of Guitar Archaeology (Voyageur Press! 2013) and the author of The Strat in the Attic II: More Thrilling Stories of Guitar Archaeology (Voyageur Press! 2014). myspace.com/dekedickerson! www.facebook.com/deke.dickerson! www.youtube.com/results?search_query=deke+dickerson! dekedickerson.tumblr.com Deke Dickerson (Los Angeles! CA) is a music historian who writes for Vintage Guitar! Guitar Player! and The Fretboard Journal. He is the leader of the renowned rockabilly and country band The Ecco-Fonics./www.dekedickerson.com Klappentext The renowned 'guitarchaelogist' tells the true tales of 50 thrilling rare guitar finds that will make guitarists green with envy Zusammenfassung Guitar sleuth and music-history detective Deke Dickerson tells the true tales behind 48 rare-guitar and amplifier finds that will make any player or collector green with envy. A hoarder's attic stuffed with nearly 600 vintage guitars still in their boxes. A mint 1954 Fender Telecaster tucked under a bed in a family friend's house. Jazz legend Charlie Christian's Gibson ES-250! spotted in a magazine ad. A rare-as-hen's-teeth Shoreline Gold '56 Fender Stratocaster hidden in attic for 30 years! These are just some of the stories to which Dickerson treats readers. These days! baby boomers who wish they'd been rock 'n' roll stars have shot the vintage guitar market into the stratosphere. And just as with classic valuable automobiles! finding that holy grail of a guitar stashed away beneath a bed! in a closet! in the dusty corner of a guitar shop! or up in an attic is something that all guitar aficionados dream of. Here are some of of those stories! related in compelling fashion by the author and illustrated with eimages of the rare finds. ...
