Ins and outs of todayÂ’s elaborate guitar hardware. Complete instructions on adjusting and tweaking your electric guitar setup. Hundreds of pics.
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Clearly written for the do-it -yourself-er,
This review is from: Electric Guitar Setups (Guitar Reference) (Paperback)
This book not only covers electric guitar setups but also setups for acoustics, archtops, semi-acoustics and electric acoustics.
This book is written for the guitar player who wants to avoid costly and time consuming trips the guitar shop buy teaching the player how to setup a guitar at home. This is not a book on the physics of sound, nor is a book which teaches you how to build a guitar. This book deals purely with guitar setups. Hideo Kamimoto writes in clear and simple language. The author does not oversimplify nor does he go into unnecessary detail about what needs to be taught. If you already know how to setup a guitar you do not need this book, however if you have never setup a guitar before this book will teach you how to do it step by step. As a guitarist myself, I was shocked by how easy it is to setup a guitar with Kamimoto's method.
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This review is from: Electric Guitar Setups (Guitar Reference) (Paperback)
Basically despite all its pages the book can be summarized as follows: adjust the trus rod first, then the nut and then the bridge. It gives little more insight into the process. When the author does attempt to give more background, such as discussing string clearence etc, it is very poorly explained. Also most of the photographs are just of guitars and guitar hardware and don't really help explain anything.
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Excellent Book on Guitar Setups,
This review is from: Electric Guitar Setups (Guitar Reference) (Paperback)
This book although now a few years old is still the best book I have read about learning how to do proper professional guitar setups. I run a guitar repair shop and give a half day course on guitar setups. This book is pretty much the basis of that course, along with my experience as a repairman too of course.
It covers in detail setups and gives you charts and measurements you can use to get a guitar setup just right. The author is short on bragging about the famous people's guitars he has worked on(like other books on this topic...) and long on good info. Also covers specific issues on bass guitar setups and acoustics, fret milling, and has a great section on all the different kinds of bridges out there in world on guitars. The only drawback to me is that the pictures are all in black/white as opposed to color. Still doesnt detract from the info in this book. So to summarize, this book may not look as flashy as some newer releases on the topic of guitar setups but it still the most complete.
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A well-set up electric guitar plays in tune and with good intonation, responds smoothly and easily to your playing style, and sends out the amplified sound that you want. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fret buzzes, trussrod adjustments, trussrod nut, tremolo bridge, taper file, worn frets, intonation adjustments, string lock, strobe tuners, neck relief, vibrato tailpiece, string height, adjustable saddles, stop tailpiece, twelfth fret, archtop guitars, humbucking pickups, saddle height, tremolo arm, adjustable bridge, bridge height, neck pickup, bridge pickup, open first string, bridge base Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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A well-set up electric guitar plays in tune and with good intonation, responds smoothly and easily to your playing style, and sends out the amplified sound that you want. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fret buzzes, trussrod adjustments, trussrod nut, tremolo bridge, taper file, worn frets, intonation adjustments, string lock, strobe tuners, neck relief, vibrato tailpiece, string height, adjustable saddles, stop tailpiece, twelfth fret, archtop guitars, humbucking pickups, saddle height, tremolo arm, adjustable bridge, bridge height, neck pickup, bridge pickup, open first string, bridge base Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Les Paul, Floyd Rose, Fender Stratocaster, Precision Bass, The Badass New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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