The Serious Guitarist -- Essential Book of Gear
A Comprehensive Guide to Guitars, Amps, and Effects for the Dedicated Guitarist
by Tobias Hurwitz
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A Comprehensive Guide to Guitars, Amps, and Effects for the Dedicated Guitarist. Composed by Tobias Hurwitz. Guitar Reference; Reference Textbooks. The Serious Guitarist. Book and CD. 128 pages. Alfred Music #00-40650. Published by Alfred Music (AP.40650).

ISBN 9780739094440. UPC: 038081455471. English.

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.

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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