The Strat in the Attic, Deke Dickerson
The Strat in the Attic, Deke Dickerson
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The Strat in the Attic
Thrilling Stories of Guitar Archaeology

Author: Deke Dickerson, Jonathan Kellerman

Narrator: Deke Dickerson

Unabridged: 8 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Voyageur Press

Published: 10/25/2022

Synopsis

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. 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. Strat in the Attic shares some of those real-life stories, related in spine-tingling detail by the author. Savor these and more believe-it-or-not stories of guitarchaeology: 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!
For guitar collectors, players, and admirers alike, these stories provide a satisfying way to scratch that rare guitar itch.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steven on April 30, 2014

Deke Dickerson take you on a journey to uncover hidden vintage guitar gems through a series of essays. Each essay tells the tale of yet another guitar “find”. In truth, flipping to the next essay sometimes seemed as exiting as finding these six-string discovery one’s self; turning each page being so......more

Goodreads review by Rick on October 19, 2014

One for the guitar nerd but, if you are so inclined (and I am) it's a great read. This book does pretty much what it says on the cover; these are stories of rare guitar discoveries and they're all fascinating. The author has collected up a series of stories, including several of his own, that detail......more

Goodreads review by Sam on June 17, 2017

Guitar geeks rejoice An interesting collection of guitar archeology full of stories of detective work that would make Matlock proud. The history of the guitar builders who built these words of art and the virtuous legends as well as virtual unknowns who played them makes for a great read for the guit......more

Goodreads review by Nate on September 24, 2017

I'm just starting to learn guitar and I really enjoyed this book. It's a collection of essays about rare, vintage guitars almost lost to time and ledgend somehow found and enjoyed again. You can really feel the excitement and passion people have for their instruments or ones they wish they owned.......more

Goodreads review by Marios on October 25, 2021

A must for guitar nerds (like me), but not only. All the stories in Deke Dickerson's book are first of all, entertaining. In our digital/web era, those stories of a world that does not exist anymore, the people behind them, the cities, the stores, the attics, the passion to possess such precious pi......more

Quotes

"This marvelous book [is] a perfect amalgam of precisely the kind of juicy details and vivid descriptions of rare and idiosyncratic instruments that guitar freaks crave and the compelling stories of the people whose lives have become enmeshed with these six- (and four- and eight- and twelve-) string masterpieces. On top of that, it's a great read. Deke Dickerson's love for guitars and his genius for finding some of the rarest birds in the musical aviary is matched by his not inconsiderable writing chops. The man knows how to tell a great story." €” from the foreword by Jonathan Kellerman"(Deke Dickerson is) a gifted musician, writer, archivist and sleuth – clearly a hillbilly renaissance man – and knows how to spin an engaging yarn. The Strat in the Attic is a well written, high quality, full color book that will engage any active or armchair fan of electric guitars." - All Music Books.com

"Deke Dickerson... This guy is of an altogether 'nother breed. He coined the term for his particular case of severe OCD "Guitarchaeology." This man will track a guitar for literal years. He will fly to small towns on the basis of a rumor. He will pore over sales records from guitar manufacturers and retailers from decades ago, looking for a scrap of a clue, he will wait years for an owner to finally give in and sell. Okay, here's who Deke Dickerson is, encapsulated in just one of his dozens of amazing and thoroughly entertaining stories..." - HuffingtonPost.com

'A real treasure trove'

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