foreword                                                                 6

early history .

lap steels                                                                14

woodie amplifiers                                                   22

table and pedal steel guitars                                    24

esquire and broadcaster                                         32

tv-front amplifiers                                                   42

telecaster                                                               44

wide panel amplifiers                                              58

precision bass                                                        60

catalogs                                                                 78

stratocaster                                                            80

narrow panel amplifiers                                         108

musicmaster and duo sonic                                   110

electric mandolin .                                                122

jazzmaster                                                            124

brown / brown grille amplifiers                              142

jazz bass .                                                            144

blond / oxblood grille amplifiers                            152

bass vi                                                                 154

brown / oxblood grille amplifiers                           162

jaguar                                                                  164

fenderfacts                                                           174

brown /wheat grille amplifiera                               176

fender acoustics                                                   178

fender reverb units                                                190

fender sparkle finishes .                                        192

blond /wheat grille amplifiers                                 194

mustang and mustang bass .                                  196

blackface amplifiers                                              206

cbs takeover                                                        208

marauder                                                             214

electric xii                                                             216

slab-body precision                                              226

coronado                                                             228

bass v                                                                  238

cbs changes                                                         240

jimi hendrix                                                          250

rosewood stratocaster and telecaster                    252

silverface amplifiers                                              254

telecaster thinline                                                  256

telecaster bass                                                      260

ltd and montego                                                   264

bronco                                                                 266

swinger                                                                268

custom                                                                 270

end of a golden era                                               272

index and credits                                                  276

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