The Serious Guitarist: Essential Book of Gear
A Comprehensive Guide to Guitars, Amps, and Effects for the Dedicated Guitarist
By Tobias Hurwitz
Guitar Book & CD
Item: 00-40650
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The Serious Guitarist: Essential Book of Gear is an invaluable source for everything you need to know about guitar equipment. With tons of photographs and illustrations, real-world explanations on how to achieve signature tones in a variety of genres, helpful tips on gear maintenance, and an in-depth overview of the landmark innovations in guitars and guitar-related technology from the 1930s to the present, this comprehensive book provides all the tools you need to gain a rich understanding of the evolution of electric guitar gear. Apply this knowledge to your own rig to unlock a signature sound that will set you apart from the crowd. The included companion CD features demonstrations of the equipment and setups covered in the book.
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Contents
| Title | |
| About the Author | |
| Introduction | |
| Part 1: The History of Guitar Gear | |
| The1930s | |
| The First Electric Guitars | |
| The First Amplifiers | |
| Early 7-String Guitar | |
| Early Talk Box | |
| The 1940s | |
| "The Log" by Les Paul | |
| The Myth of the First Electric Guitar | |
| Leslie Rotating Speaker | |
| Flanging | |
| Leo Fender | |
| The Transistor | |
| The 1950s | |
| Fender Broadcaster | |
| Fender Precision Bass | |
| Gibson Les Paul | |
| Tremolo and Vibrato | |
| The Origins of Fuzz | |
| Tape Echo | |
| Gibson Flying V | |
| The 1960s | |
| Fuzz Boxes | |
| Ring Modulation | |
| Marshall Amps | |
| Marshall JTM 45: Beginning of the Marshall Stack | |
| Compression | |
| Fender in the 1960s | |
| The Wah-Wah | |
| Innovations in the Late 1960s | |
| The 1970s | |
| Mesa/Boogie | |
| Talk Box | |
| Phase Shifter | |
| MXR Phase 90 | |
| Other Phasers | |
| Morley | |
| Replacement Guitar Pickups: DiMarzio | |
| Roland | |
| Compressors and Limiters | |
| Ibanez | |
| Innovations in the Late 1970s | |
| The 1980s | |
| Paul Reed Smith | |
| Bradshaw Switching System | |
| Rockman X-100 | |
| Floyd Rose Tremolo System | |
| MIDI | |
| Tube Preamp | |
| Tube Power Amp | |
| Eventide H3000 | |
| Customizing Marshalls | |
| Double and Quad Guitars | |
| SansAmp | |
| The 1990s | |
| Pro Tools | |
| Matchless | |
| Digitech Whammy Pedal | |
| Parker Fly | |
| Grunge Pedal | |
| Sovtek | |
| Innovations in the Late 1990s | |
| 2000 and Beyond | |
| Amp Modeling | |
| Guitar Apps | |
| 8- and 9-String Guitars | |
| Guitar-Based Video Games | |
| Look, Ma, No Amp! | |
| Fractal Audio Systems Axe-FX II | |
| Looking Ahead | |
| Part 2: A Close Look at the Electric Guitar | |
| Understanding the Electric Guitar | |
| Strings | |
| Gauge | |
| Types of String Windings | |
| Roundwound | |
| Flatwound | |
| Half Roundwound and Quarter Roundwound | |
| Materials | |
| Ball End | |
| Coated Strings | |
| Pickups | |
| Single-Coil Pickups | |
| Humbucking Pickups | |
| Active Pickups | |
| Handwound Pickups | |
| Electronics | |
| Fender Stratocaster Setup | |
| Gibson Les Paul Setup | |
| Series and Parallel Pickup Wiring | |
| Coil Tapping and Splitting | |
| In and Out of Phase | |
| Kill Switches | |
| Tone Woods | |
| Plywood in Electric Guitars | |
| Wood Setup for Gibson SG Standard | |
| Wood Setup for Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 | |
| Wood Setup for Fender Stratocaster | |
| Wood Setup for Carvin Custom 7-String | |
| More About Guitar-Building Materials | |
| The Truss Rod | |
| Fretboard Radius | |
| How Radius Affects Playability and Performance | |
| Compound or Conical Fretboard Radius | |
| Scale Length | |
| Conventional Scale Lengths | |
| Frets | |
| Fret Maintenance | |
| Fret Type and Size | |
| Number of Frets | |
| Neck Profile | |
| Tuning Pegs (Machine Heads) | |
| The Nut | |
| The Locking Nut | |
| The Compensated Nut | |
| The Bridge | |
| The Whammy Bar | |
| How to Live in Peace with Your Double-Locking Trem | |
| Locking Down a Trem (Blocking) | |
| Part 3: The Technical Stuff | |
| The Science of Sound | |
| Vibrations | |
| Amplitude and Types of Waves | |
| Overtones (Harmonics) | |
| Modulation | |
| The Order of Effects | |
| Understanding Guitar Amps | |
| Tube Amps | |
| Solid-State Amps | |
| The Combo Amp | |
| Amp Heads and Stacks | |
| Basic Amp Features | |
| Boutique Amps | |
| Point-to-Point Wiring | |
| How to Chain Amps Together | |
| Understanding Speaker Cabinets | |
| Cabinets | |
| Speaker Cones | |
| Open Back or Closed Back? | |
| Ohmage and Impedance | |
| Tubes | |
| Inside a Vacuum Tube | |
| Preamp Tubes | |
| Power Amp Tubes | |
| Biasing | |
| Rectifiers and Rectifier Tubes | |
| Signal Flow and Level | |
| Flow | |
| Guitar Gear Levels | |
| More About Effects Loops | |
| Noise | |
| Noise Reduction | |
| Noise Is Everywhere | |
| Scrubbing the Noise | |
| Other Ways to Reduce Noise in Your Rig | |
| Physical and Virtual Effects | |
| Cabling | |
| Cable Test | |
| Part 4: Real Rigs and What They Can Do | |
| Real Rigs | |
| Small Rig | |
| Medium Rig | |
| The "Real" Rig | |
| Setups for Different Musical Styles | |
| The Blues Sound | |
| The Country Sound | |
| The Jazz Sound | |
| The 1970s Classic Rock Sound | |
| The Funk Sound | |
| The Heavy Metal Sound | |
| The 1980s Hair Metal Sound | |
| The Djent Sound | |
| Over the Top Madness | |
| Setups of Legendary Players | |
| The Eddie Van Halen Sound | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Sound | |
| The Tom Morello Sound | |
| The Michael Angelo Batio Sound | |
| The Joe Satriani Sound | |
| The Randy Rhoads Sound | |
| The Charlie Christian Sound | |
| Conclusion | |
| Additional Reading |
Additional Information
| Series: | The Serious Guitarist |
| Author: | Tobias Hurwitz |
| Instrument: | Guitar |
| Format: | Book & CD |
| Page Count: | 128 |
| Item Number: | 00-40650 |
| ISBN 10: | 0-7390-9444-0 |
| ISBN 13: | 978-0-7390-9444-0 |
| UPC: | 038081455471 |
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