Electric Guitar Handbook

Electric Guitar Handbook
Author: Richard Riley
Publisher: Cimino Publishing Group
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Electric guitar
ISBN: 9781878427618

If you need to know how to change a string or which order to chain your effects pedals, this book has the answers. Information ranges from the width of a Les Paul fingerboard to the origins of the mahogany in the body. Pickup configurations with wiring diagrams, tips on do it yourself repairs and maintenance are presented in clear jargon-free style.

The Electric Guitar Handbook

The Electric Guitar Handbook
Author: Paul Balmer
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-09-05
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780760341131

This is the first hands-on how-to manual devoted to all electric guitars. This guidebook shows owners and dreamers the basics of selecting and buying electric guitars; maintenance and repairs such as tuning, setting intonation, fret repairs, bridge and nut adjustments, troubleshooting; spur-of-the-moment stage-side fixes; and some basic “performance” enhancements, like adding aftermarket pickups, locking tremolos, and more.

The Electric Guitar Handbook (with Audio)

The Electric Guitar Handbook (with Audio)
Author: Rod Fogg
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2010-02-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1476855374

(Book). Backbeat's successful Handbook format is now applied to the world's most popular instrument! The Electric Guitar Handbook is the latest entry in Backbeat's best-selling handbook series, combining a two-part book with audio. Part one of the book examines how different types of electric guitars are made, and why varying construction methods influence the way guitars sound. It also looks at the role of various pieces of guitar hardware, including pick-ups, tremolo set-ups, and bridges. Part two is a comprehensive, user-friendly course in playing the electric guitar, from the basics of posture and hand positioning to music and tab reading and advanced performance. The comprehensive written exercises presented in the book and also on the accompanying audio take the learner through each step in the process, covering styles including rock, country, blues, soul/funk, indie/alternative, and metal. Author Rod Fogg also offers practical advice on everything from simple scales to complex chords, alongside short features introducing key performers and styles.

The Guitar Pickup Handbook

The Guitar Pickup Handbook
Author: Dave Hunter
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2008
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780879309312

In The Guitar Pick-Ups Handbook guitarist and author Dave Hunter explores the history of the transducer that captures mechanical vibrations, from its beginnings in the early 20th century through to the present day.

The Electric Guitar Handbook

The Electric Guitar Handbook
Author: Rod Fogg
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2010-02-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1476855382

Backbeat's successful Handbook format applied to the world's most popular instrument. The Electric Guitar Handbook is the latest entry in Backbeat's best-selling handbook series, combining a two-part book and audio tracks. Part one of the book examines how different types of electric guitars are made, and why varying construction methods influence the way guitars sound. It also looks at the role of various pieces of guitar hardware, including pick-ups, tremolo set-ups, and bridges. Part two is a comprehensive, user-friendly course in playing the electric guitar, from the basics of posture and hand positioning to music and tab reading and advanced performance. Newly written exercises – presented in the book and also the accompanying audio – take the learner through each step in the process, covering styles including rock, country, blues, soul/funk, indie/alternative, and metal. Author Rod Fogg also offers practical advice on everything from simple scales to complex chords, alongside short features introducing key performers and styles.

Electric Guitars

Electric Guitars
Author: Teja Gerken
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2018-02-13
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0760363609

Electric Guitars: The Illustrated Encyclopedia is a tour through pop-music’s most celebrated musical instrument. Covering several decades of iconic pieces, this guide describes electric guitars produced by every significant manufacturer from Alembic to Zemaitis. Alongside every model is detailed information and a host of action pictures of key players, from Chet Atkins to Joey Z. 1,200 photographs really bring each guitar to life. With 800 classic, rare and unusual instruments from all major manufacturers in studio-quality photographs, plus illustrations of key players, original ads, and memorabilia, it’s easy to get lost within these pages. Comprehensive and informative text with a unique A-to-Z guitar directory covers makers’ histories, great guitarists, and musical trends. This is the definitive guide to the electric guitar, written and researched by the world’s leading authorities on the instrument that has shaped over 50 years of popular music. In words and pictures, detailed descriptions of just why the electric guitar is the most exciting icon of modern pop music.

The Complete Illustrated Book of the Electric Guitar

The Complete Illustrated Book of the Electric Guitar
Author: Terry Burrows
Publisher: Lorenz Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-03-05
Genre: Electric guitar
ISBN: 9780754825364

This is a step-by-step guide to playing the electric guitar, shown in over 600 photographs, illustrations and exercises. It shows you how to master a range of diverse musical styles, such as funk and disco, heavy rock, indie rock, electric blues, country guitar, jazz, lounge and reggae.

Make Your Own Electric Guitar

Make Your Own Electric Guitar
Author: Melvyn Hiscock
Publisher:
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2021-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9780953104932

The first choice of aspiring guitar makers for more than 30 years For some, it is not enough to buy a guitar--the challenge of designing and hand-making a unique, customized instrument is the dream. Since 1986, these people have turned to one book: Make Your Own Electric Guitar. Written in a clear, relaxed style, it covers every facet of guitar design and construction, as well as electronic theory and practice, and full woodworking and wiring techniques--all supported with plenty of photos and diagrams. Now in a revised and expanded third edition, Make Your Own Electric Guitar will enable any musician or enthusiast with basic woodworking skills to create a uniquely valuable instrument.

The Guitar Amp Handbook

The Guitar Amp Handbook
Author: Dave Hunter
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2023-09-14
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1493083554

The Guitar Amp Handbook: Understanding Tube Amplifiers and Getting Great Sounds, Updated Edition brings fresh information to the table to help guitarists understand everything about what makes their amps tick and how to use them to sound better than ever. It builds on the popular original edition of the book, first published in 2005. Central to the book's success is the way it walks musicians through the significance of each crucial circuit stage and component of a great number of classic and modern tube amp designs, helping guitarists get the most from the amps they already own or choose new amps that are best suited to their needs. The Guitar Amp Handbook reveals many of the tips and tricks used by today's top designers and builders, and it debunks the hype used by the marketing departments at large manufacturers keen on selling specific amps that might not be right for particular players. The book is designed to help guitarists understand what really goes on inside tube amps and where the tone comes from. This new updated and expanded edition adds further knowledge to the foundation, ensuring it continues as the most thorough and authoritative publication on the subject to be found anywhere.