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Guitar Player Presents Do-It-Yourself Projects for Guitarists (Book)

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This fellow does a good job for what the book is, but I was hoping for more. Many of the items presented here are a little too simple and needless, and many are duplicated in other items bearing his name. I was hoping for more sophisticated items, and the sophisticated items here are available elsewhere. If you have never heard of Craig, then this is an excellent place to start, but if you know PAIA, or have Craigs other book on stomp boxes, you will feel as I do.

I just wanted to say that this book is nothing like what it's advertised as. i bought this book a few months ago and i'm still confused. There are no helpful drawings of suggestions for curcuit boards. most of the ic chips in the parts list are outdated and almost impossible to find. to make it worse, there are only a few useful projects. this book should be regarded as a failure and avoided.

If you know nothing about electronics, it will help as an introduction.
The projects vary from dumb-easy to newbie threatening (rocktave divider)....and only few were *really* useful.
Each project has a 'how it works' section, wich helps understanding the electronics behind the projects. This is basic, but VERY GOOD.
With such a basic aproach in the introduction, the book lacks PCB design, or breadboarding techniques
Overall, it's ok...

I found the book to be quite handy with some good projects. I would have liked more detail on how the tone controls worked on the more complicated op-amp circuits, but other than that, I liked it. I had no difficulty finding the ICs at any real electronics supply store, they are all standard parts. (Don't bother looking for them at Radio Shack or the like, they are out of their depth...)

If you are looking to build some audio projects, this is a decent book. The projects are pretty solid. My biggest problem is the book has not been updated since it's last publishing in 1995, rendering much of the book irrelevant. Like the chapter on how to find parts, which suggests what you needed to do in the early 90's, but doesn't every mention the internet, which is by far the easiest way to find parts.

Still has some good projects, and great information, but needs to be updated to look less like a 1960's text.

Craig Anderton's circuits work. They're easy to build, sound really good and are even useful in HiFi applications. If you like to acquire a firm basic knowledge about music electronics, this is the right book for you.

I work with CB radios and mining equiptment so I know my way around electronics, but at the beginning of this book it does an awsome job of explaining things to newcomers, such as schematics, which I had previously had no idea how to read. The projects in here are quite simple aswell. Every guitarist who is looking for their own sound needs this book.

I just got the book so haven't built any of the projects yet but I've read it all the way through and the instructions as well as theory of operation are very well written. Now I want to get his other book - Projects For Musicians.

Craig Anderton is still the best guy in this field for musicians,this is an updated version of his old book with new parts lists,but not as good as the first two.

The book is very usefull and it makes easy understand its contents. Easy for beginners, great for initiateds , good graphics.
Laks on exemples of circuit boars (even if it was only a picture), and in the guitar eletrics charpter itself. There are few examples for the inumerous possibilities at this field. Varitone idea does not have a citation for instance.