DAVE HUNTER

365 GUITARS, AMPS & EFFECTS YOU MUST PLAY, The Most Sublime, Bizarre and Outrageous Gear Ever. Dave Hunter. 

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Series: Book

Publisher: Voyageur Press

Format: Softcover

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Guitarists love guitars. Few own just one, and most are dreaming of their next acquisition. To help them out, here is the ultimate bucket list of guitars – plus guitar amps and various guitar effects – that aficionados must play.

Included are the classics, such as the great Fender guitars, the Stratocaster and Telecaster, and the stylish Gibson Les Paul. Included as well are the dream creations – masterpieces from D'Angelico and Gretsch. And then there are the weird guitars – the outrageous, rare, and so-strange-they're-cool, and your beloved childhood guitar that you first learned on. Included as well are the guitar amps, from vintage to current, rare to essential, plus the stompboxes, foot pedals, and guitar effects that you simply have to take for a ride.

Each instrument is profiled along with a short description of its history, technical features, and what it's like to play. Photographs and rare memorabilia add the crowning touch, making this the perfect impulse buy or giftbook for any and all guitarists.

Width: 6.5"

Length: 8.25"

320 pages

PLAY ACOUSTIC, The Complete Guide to Mastering Acoustic Guitar Styles. DAVE HUNTER. 2 CD TABLATURE

Series: Book
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Softcover with CD - TAB
Author: Dave Hunter

The acoustic guitar is the instrument of the people and Play Acoustic tells the people how to play it. This detailed and beautifully illustrated book explores the history of the acoustic guitar, from the jazz age to the folk revolutions of the early 1960s and late 1990s to the current rebirth of bluegrass and the singer-songwriter boom of the past decade. Skilled professional musicians and experienced tutors coach the reader through 11 styles, using exercises suitable to novice players new to each style and working up to full pieces and advanced techniques. Entire chapters are devoted to folk, rock and pop, blues, country, bluegrass, jazz, and more, with detailed guidance through both musical notation and tablature, diagrams, and explanatory text. An accompanying CD also offers listening examples of the most crucial of these exercises, to help players master each style. 252 pages.

THE GUITAR AMP HANDBOOK, Understanding Tube Amplifiers and Getting Great Sounds, Dave Hunter.

Series: Book
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Medium: Softcover
Author: Dave Hunter

There's a huge amount of hype and mythology surrounding tube amplifiers in the guitar world. For years, experts have argued over the tiny details of exactly how they do what they do, and how their various components interact. What's undeniable is that, far more than being just a "loudness booster," the unique combination of tubes, capacitors, resistors, and transformers in these amps can contribute enormously to the quality of sound derived from any electric guitar. In this thorough and authoritative book, Dave Hunter cuts through the marketing hyperbole, and the blind faith, and supplies all the information you need to choose the right amp, and get the best from it. The book also features exclusively conducted, in-depth interviews with leading figures in the tube amp-building world - including Ken Fischer, Mark Sampson, and Michael Zaite - and even provides full instructions on how to construct your own high-quality tube guitar amp from scratch. 240 pages.

THE ELECTRIC GUITAR SOURCEBOOK, How to Find the Sounds You Like. Dave Hunter. CD TAB.

Series: Book
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Medium: Softcover with CD
Author: Dave Hunter

Why does an electric archtop sound so different from a solidbody guitar when they have the same strings and pickups? Why does Eric Clapton use a vibrato Stratocaster with the vibrato arm removed and the mechanism blocked off with a piece of wood? Why does a strings-though-body guitar sound brighter than an instrument with the strings anchored at the bridge? The sound of an electric guitar is the sum of many parts. Every component, from the wood in the neck to the metal in the tuners and everything in between - including the amount of air in the body - affects the overall tone of an instrument. In this book, Dave Hunter looks at the development of the electric guitar since the earliest instruments in the late 1930s, and how, since then, guitar makers and players have sought to define and refine all the elements that create a guitar's tone.

This book includes: analysis of the different components that make up a guitar and how each affects the sound of an instrument - chapter-by-chapter breakdown of the main body types, their characteristics, and their strengths and weaknesses - in-depth specifications of over 70 guitars - interviews with significant people in the guitar-making world - accompanying CD with examples of many of the guitar sounds described in the book.

By looking at all the variables involved, this book will set you, the player, on the road to achieving that sound you've always wanted. 207 pages