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The Serious Guitarist -- Essential Book of Gear A Comprehensive Guide to Guitars, Amps, and Effects for the Dedicated Guitarist by Tobias Hurwitz Guitar - Sheet Music

By Tobias Hurwitz

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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Instrument:
Guitar
Composers:
Tobias Hurwitz
Publishers:
Alfred Music
UPC:
038081455471
ISBN:
9780739094440
Format:
CD Book and CD Collection / Songbook Textbook
Item types:
Physical
Instructionals:
Methods and More Texts, Reference
Artist:
Tobias Hurwitz
Usages:
Commitment
Number of Pages:
128
Shipping Weight:
1.25 pounds

Guitar

SKU: AP.40650

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

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    Artists:
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    Publisher:
    Alfred Music