Rickenbacker: The History of the Rickenbacker Guitar

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Summary: The definitive text on the definitive American guitar
Review: Richard Smith's book is simply the best available on Rickenbacker guitars. The Rickenbacker story is presented directly and simply. Of course there are lots of insanely cool pictures of Rickenbacker guitars. An invaluable source of information for the collector, or for the normal guitarist, a great book to just plain read. I gave this four stars instead of five because of the spelling errors that reoccur throughout the book. As opposed to the Bacon/Day Rick book, this is not just a quick gloss of the company's models but an indepth look at the company. I hope Smith updates this book every so often. As it stands it is the best reference on this subject in its field.

Rating:
Summary: The definitive text on the definitive American guitar
Review: Richard Smith's book is simply the best available on Rickenbacker guitars. The Rickenbacker story is presented directly and simply. Of course there are lots of insanely cool pictures of Rickenbacker guitars. An invaluable source of information for the collector, or for the normal guitarist, a great book to just plain read. I gave this four stars instead of five because of the spelling errors that reoccur throughout the book. As opposed to the Bacon/Day Rick book, this is not just a quick gloss of the company's models but an indepth look at the company. I hope Smith updates this book every so often. As it stands it is the best reference on this subject in its field.

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Summary: A great and professional book !!
Review: This book is a great help to all the people who love the Rickenbacker music instruments. In this book you can find informations and details about the history, the people behind this industry, a great selections and lots of pictures and info about almost all the models on guitars, bass, steels, etc, etc. Also you can know about the greatest musicians playing Ricky's since 1920 to the present. If you own a Rickenbacker this is your book. Congratulations to Richard R. Smith for this excellent work !!

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Summary: Please update this awesome book!
Review: This is a great book that needs to be brought up to date. There are a lot of Rickenbacker guitar changes, deletions, and additions that have occurred since 1992.