Do-It-Yourself Projects for Guitarists: 35 Useful, Inexpensive Electronic Projects That Help You Unlock Your Instrument's Potential

By Craig Anderton

34 Useful, Inexpensive Electronic Projects That Help You Unlock Your Instrument's Potential

This unique book features step-by-step projects for guitarists who want to maximize and personalize electric sound quality, and minimize electronic problems. It includes how-to instructions for 34 different projects, and guidelines for reading schematics, plus construction tips. Projects include installing a de-hisser to create vintage effects, a great-sounding tube preamp, a cord tester that catches intermittent problems, adapters to interface with studio gear, and more. These and other hands-on projects give electric guitarists the necessary edge in today's competitive music scene - a distinct personalized sound, plus the satisfaction of knowing they achieved it themselves.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087930359X
• ISBN13: 9780879303594
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.4" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

"Still the Best"

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.

Excellent book!

This book is great. a lot of information is in it and i recommend it to everyone interested in guitar electronics.

Great Projects and Very Informative

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.

A good start, but not great

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 techniquesOverall, it's ok...

A useful one

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.