 | The Guitar Pickup Handbook The Start Of Your Sound by Dave Hunter Pickups are where it all starts. Wood, strings, hardware, and fingers all interact to produce the note, but the pickup translates it into the signal that makes it electric. The Guitar Pickup Handbook provides an exhaustive and authoritative tonal guide to this most essential of components. Dave Hunter traces the history and development of the pickup, from the 1920s to the present day, explaining magnet type, size, and structure, and the many different types of coils. The 'big four' manufacturers - Gibson, Fender, Rickenbacker, and Gretsch - are each profiled in detail, alongside overviews of more than 20 other specialist guitar- and pickup-makers, both new and long-established, including Alembic, Tom Anderson Guitarworks, Kent Armstrong, Joe Barden, Burns, Carvin, Danelectro/Silvertone, Fralin, Lollar, Rio Grande, T.V. Jones, and Bare Knuckle. With detailed specifications for each model discussed, this guide provides everything you need to know to choose the pickup that is right for you. Complementing the expert technical advice and opinion, the author has spoken at length to some of the major manufacturers, exclusively for this book, and his fascinating interviews with leading figures such as Kent Armstrong, Joe Barden, Seymour Duncan, and Fender's Mike Eldred make the volume especially readable not only for pickup specialists but all electric guitar enthusiasts. Also Included is a CD with sample sounds of the pickups scrutinized. Reviews of Dave Hunter's Books: "Authoritatively Written, exhaustively detailed, and providing a great reference. Highly Recommended." - GUITARIST "A must-read new take on the stuff we all want to know." - GUITAR BUYER "If this sounds like a godsend that'll save you many hours of time, money, and effort, you'd be absolutely right." -GUITAR 8.5" x 11", 256 pages | $16.35 |
 | Guitar Effects Pedals It's a golden age for guitar effects pedal users and makers right now, with over 40 years of design experience and musical experimentation to draw on. Your choice includes the original, pioneering 'vintage' models (if you can find and afford them), or souped-up 'clones' from more contemporary designers. Dave Hunter spells out the pros and cons of both in the uniquely comprehensive guide. In this guitarist-friendly style, the book explores: What each type of effect does, exactly - and the way it combines with your guitar and amplifier tone How pedals work - the basic internal components and wiring... explaining which parts matter (and why), and which ones might be over-hyped. The best order to connect pedals - should you distort your reverb or reverberate your distortion? How to make the most of the pedals you have... and which new ones you might add to expand your options PLUS: exclusive interviews reveal eight top pedal makers' radically diverse (at times controversial) approaches to building effects... the art of coloring your guitar sound. 8.5" x 11", 224 pages | $16.35 |
