The Ultimate Guitar Tone Handbook
A Definitive Guide to Creating and Recording Great Guitar Sounds
By Bobby Owsinski and Rich Tozzoli
Guitar Book & Online Video/Audio
Item: 00-36620
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For all guitarists, the quest to finding the guitar tone you hear in your head and then recording it is a never-ending journey. The Ultimate Guitar Tone Handbook is your definitive guide to discovering that great, elusive guitar sound and making sure it's recorded well. This book features a series of interviews with expert players, guitar technicians, recording engineers, record producers, and gear manufacturers to give you an inside look into the business of guitar tone. The included online media provides both audio and visual reference points to help you achieve the classic sounds you hear on records.
"The Ultimate Guitar Tone Handbook offers quality information that will serve as a solid base for development of any guitar player or guitar recording artist's imagination."
- Mateus Tebaldi, MusicGearReview.com
"The Ultimate Guitar Tone Handbook offers quality information that will serve as a solid base for development of any guitar player or guitar recording artist's imagination."
- Mateus Tebaldi, MusicGearReview.com
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Contents
| Title | |
| FOREWARD | |
| PART ONE: ELECTRIC GUITARS AND AMPLIFIERS | |
| CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS TONE? | |
| Studio Ears | |
| It's All in the Fingers | |
| Other Factors in the Search for Tone | |
| The Room | |
| The Microphone | |
| Change Your Tone | |
| Tone Killers | |
| Distortion | |
| Effects Pedals | |
| CHAPTER 2: THE EVOLUTION OF THE ELECTRIC GUITAR AND AMPLIFIER | |
| The 1890s: Development of Steel Strings | |
| The 1930s: Picks and Pickups | |
| The 1930s: Birth of the Electric | |
| The 1940s: The Instrument Evolves | |
| The 1950s: Breakthrough Developments | |
| The 1960s: Amps and Distortion | |
| The 1970s: Big Amps and Boutiques | |
| The 1980s: Mass Production, Improved Effects | |
| The 1990s: Wireless Goes Mainstream, Amp Modelers Debut | |
| The 2000s: Modelers, Reissues Recreate the Classics | |
| CHAPTER 3: TONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ELECTRIC GUITAR | |
| The Guitar Body | |
| The Wood | |
| The Finish | |
| The Neck | |
| Neck Attachment | |
| The Fretboard | |
| Hardware | |
| The Bridge | |
| The Tailpiece | |
| Pickups | |
| Types of Pickups | |
| Factors Affecting Pickup Sound | |
| Intangible Factors | |
| Other Types of Pickups | |
| Strings | |
| The Guitar Pick | |
| Cables | |
| Capacitance | |
| Conductor Material | |
| Strand Interaction | |
| Conductor Size | |
| Shielding | |
| Cable Length | |
| Vintage Versus Modern | |
| Evaluating a Guitar | |
| CHAPTER 4: TONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GUITAR AMPLIFIERS | |
| Tube Amplifiers | |
| Tubes | |
| Tube Amp Circuitry | |
| Three Ways to Tweak your Tube Amp | |
| Bad Signs | |
| Why Do Vintage Amps Sound So Good? | |
| Solid-State Amplifiers | |
| Amplifier Modeling | |
| Sonic Attributes | |
| Hybrid Amps | |
| Boutique Amplifiers | |
| CHAPTER 5: SPEAKERS AND CABINETS | |
| Speaker Cabinets | |
| Types of Speaker Cabinets | |
| Cabinet Components | |
| Cabinet Size | |
| Construction Materials | |
| Construction Methods | |
| Manufacturing Inconsistencies | |
| Cabinet Buzzes | |
| Speakers | |
| Speaker Parameters | |
| Speaker Manufacturers | |
| CHAPTER 6: ELECTRIC GUITAR MIKING TECHNIQUES | |
| Microphone Technique 101 | |
| Choosing the Best Place in the Room | |
| Choosing the Right Mic | |
| Mic Placement | |
| Electric Guitar Miking Set-Ups | |
| Single-Mic Techniques | |
| Two-Mic Techniques | |
| Three-Mic Techniques | |
| More Complex Techniques | |
| Recording Direct | |
| Using a DI | |
| Recording Through an Effects Box | |
| Recording | |
| The Signal Path | |
| Recording Levels | |
| CHAPTER 7: ELECTRIC GUITAR PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES | |
| Production from a Player's Perspective | |
| The Reason for Tone Controls | |
| Using a Variety of Guitars and Amplifiers | |
| The Importance of Well-Maintained Equipment | |
| Laying In with the Rhythm Section | |
| Common Guitar Production Techniques | |
| Doubling | |
| Layering Guitars | |
| Battle of the Guitar Tracks | |
| Clean Guitars | |
| Reamping | |
| Guitars in the Mix | |
| Compression | |
| Equalization | |
| Studio Effects |
Additional Information
| Author: | Bobby Owsinski |
| Instrument: | Guitar |
| Format: | Book & Online Video/Audio |
| Page Count: | 228 |
| Item Number: | 00-36620 |
| ISBN 10: | 0-7390-7535-7 |
| ISBN 13: | 978-0-7390-7535-7 |
| UPC: | 038081405155 |
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