Book: The Fender Bass (Blasquiz, 1990)

The Fender Bass

Blasquiz, K. (1990). The Fender Bass. Lausanne, Switzerland: Mediapresse
...or...
Blasquiz, K. (1990). The Fender Bass. Milwaukee, Wis: Hal Leonard.
ISBN 079350757X 9780793507573

Review
This book was released to complement similar works by A. R Duchossoir:

Duchossoir, A. R. (1983). Les Cahiers Practiques De D.I.S.C FENDER STRATOCASTER. Chatillon, France: Mediapresse.
ISBN: 2903648069 9782903648060
https://www.worldcat.org/title/fender-stratocaster/oclc/11698827

Duchossoir, A. R. (1985). The Fender Stratocaster, 1954-1984 - New Revised and Enlarged Edition. Milwaukee, WI: H. Leonard Pub. Corp.
ISBN: 0881883883 9780881883886
https://www.worldcat.org/title/fender-stratocaster-1954-1984/oclc/227190980
(USA First Printing 1985)

Duchossoir, A. R. (1988). The Fender Stratocaster - The Success Story of a Legendary Guitar Born and Made in California. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Pub. Corp.
ISBN: 088188880X : 9780881888805
https://www.worldcat.org/title/fender-stratocaster/oclc/20124742

Duchossoir, A. R. (1994). The Fender Stratocaster: A Complete Guide to the History and Evolution of the World's Most Famous Guitar. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation.
ISBN: 0793547350 9780793547357
In all the editions of the The Fender Stratocaster Blasquiz name is mentioned amongst the acknowledgements.

Duchossoir, A. R. (1991). The Fender
Telecaster: The detailed story of America's senior solid body electric guitar. Milwaukee, WI: H. Leonard.
ISBN: 0793508606 9780793508600
https://www.worldcat.org/title/fender-telecaster-the-detailed-story-of-americas-senior-solid-body-electric-guitar/oclc/27882727

Duchossoir, A. R. (1983). Guitar identification: How to date the guitars made by Fender, Gibson, Gretsch and Martin. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Publ. Co.

Of all the books in this "series" this is one of the shorter books. This may actually be a little surprising: because the text covers at least ten distinct families of basses from the early 1950's: Precision Bass (including Telecaster Bass); Jazz Bass; Bass VI; Bass V; Mustang Bass; Musicmaster Bass; Bullet Bass; Lead Bass; Coronado Bass; Katana Bass; and, Performer Bass. Despite providing only a brief description of each bass family and the variants within up to 1990, it does a good job of providing a thorough overview of each instrument and provides clear illustrations of most of the basses described.
It's a pity this text is not found in more librarys; but it is available online as a freely accessible document.
One final note: The Fender Bass book may be cited with the term "S.l.: Exclusively distributed by Hal Leonard". Thanks to the Collins Dictionary Online I have learned that "s.l." is a latin term: "sine loco". "Sine loco" means "without place (of publication)"; there is not much information within the book that relates to publication, so this may be correct. However, I have included as much information as I can from various sources: as well as my copy of the book. (The term "s.n." stands for "sine nomine": that means "without a name" and refers to the publisher's name not being known.)
Other reading of related texts
Reference List / In-Text Citation Styles in APA 6th
Please Note: I do not strictly follow APA style in these citations as I would like various technology and media to be able to access these pages.



Blasquiz, K. (1990). The Fender Bass. Lausanne, Switzerland: Mediapresse.

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