Download or read book Fender Stratocaster Manual written by Paul Balmer and published by Haynes Manuals. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leo Fender launched the Stratocaster electric guitar in 1954 as an upgrade to his revolutionary Telecaster. This title presents a practical how to manual to this electric guitar.
Download or read book Haynes Guitar Playing Manual written by Martin Hatwood and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New in paperback. Extensively illustrated and written in down-to-earth language, Haynes Guitar Playing Manual is designed to take the novice guitar player through from first steps to confident, competent playing, but each chapter can also be read as a self-contained tutorial in its own right by those who already have some knowledge and skill. During the writing of this book, the author has recalled his own problems from his early playing days, some of which have taken many years and frustrations to resolve, and aimed to provide the reader with answers to many common stumbling blocks.
Download or read book Build Your Own Electric Guitar written by Paul Balmer and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This all-color, fully illustrated practical book brings the unique Haynes ‘Build your own’ approach to a new audience. Comprehensive step-by-step procedures show both novice and experienced guitarists how to build their very own unique, high-spec custom S-type instrument, tailor-made for their needs, for far less than the cost of buying a factory-built equivalent. Various body, neck and hardware options are covered to suit all requirements, along with advice on how to build a guitar to give the desired sound. Details of fine-tuning, along with set-up advice, helps to ensure that the finished guitar will be a joy to own and play
Download or read book Guitar Playing Manual written by Martin Hatwood and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author's decision to write this book was based on one basic premise - this is intended to be the book that he would have liked to have had available when he was a beginner, some 25 years ago. "During my groundwork for the book, the task was to recall my own problems from those early days and to provide the reader with the answers, some of which have taken many years and frustrations to resolve. Added to these recollections were conversations with other guitarists in order to discover what their stumbling blocks had been. Perhaps not too surprisingly, many common factors began to emerge, and with the same mystified comment; ‘Why does nobody ever tell you about that?'"
Download or read book Gibson Les Paul Manual written by Paul Balmer and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduced in 1952, the Gibson Les Paul has become the world s second most popular electric guitar, favoured by legendary guitarists such as Gary Moore, Mark Knopfler, Joe Bonamassa, Jimmy Page and Slash. Today, while original models change hands for thousands of pounds, almost identical Epiphone and Gibson models are mass-produced for sale ......
Download or read book Brass Instrument Manual written by Simon Croft and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catering for trumpet, trombone, tuba, horn and cornet players, the Brass Instrument Manual presents a unique step-by-step guide with detailed illustrations showing how to maintain and repair your instrument like a professional technician. This manual also explains how your instrument works – what the valves do and what happens to the air – as well as the effects of different components on sound, tone and playing style. This valuable guide to caring for and understanding your brass instrument is completed by image galleries of iconic instruments past and present, along with the players associated with them.
Download or read book Ultimate Star Guitars written by Dave Hunter and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2017-04 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2010, Ultimate Star Guitars, the first illustrated history of ticonic guitars and their owners, is now expanded to include 32 additional instruments. Where other best-selling guitar histories look at the rank-and-file models, Ultimate Star Guitars is unique in profiling the specific favorites of famous players - oftentimes million-dollar babies, such as the 1968 Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix burned at Woodstock and which sold at Sotheby's in 1993 for $1.3 million. Guitar journalist Dave Hunter explains the stories behind each: the important sessions on which they were used, landmark tours and gigs on which they were played, modifications made by their owners, and more. From twangy country to scorching metal, from full-throttle punk to sophisticated jazz, and from gut-punch blues to lo-fi indie rock, Ultimate Star Guitars is illustrated with performance and candid photography of the artists with their star guitars, relevant memorabilia, and more often than not, studio shots of the guitars or signature models based on them. An information-packed visual feast for guitar enthusiasts!
Download or read book The Guitarist s Guide to Line 6 Studio Tools written by Chris Buono and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation This title introduces guitarists of any experience level to the vast array of innovative hardware and software products available from Line 6. The guide introduces readers to the most exciting gear advances, from Line 6 stalwarts to their groundbreaking stompboxes, amps, digital wireless solutions, and recording options!
Download or read book Gibson SG Manual Includes Junior Special Melody Maker and Epiphone models written by Paul Balmer and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduced in 1961, the Gibson SG is Gibson’s biggest-selling guitar of all time, and is synonymous with Angus Young (AC/DC lead guitarist), Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) and Robby Krieger (The Doors). The SG was originally produced as a more easily manufactured ‘mass-production’ version of the Les Paul, sales of which were diminishing at the time, but the solid-bodied SG (‘Solid Guitar’) soon became a revered instrument in its own right. Superbly illustrated and designed, this manual includes case studies of key models – everything from a vintage SG ‘Les Paul’ to a 2011 SG 50th Anniversary model – but also gives appropriate attention to today’s affordable Epiphone versions, Specials, Juniors and Melody Makers.
Download or read book Saxophone Manual written by Stephen Howard and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The saxophone is arguably the most iconic of all instruments, but with its graceful form and soulful tone it's easy to forget that it's still a machine. It's a complicated machine, too, and even a slight fault in the mechanism can affect the way it feels and plays. This innovative manual explains clearly and simply how the mechanism functions and what can be done to maintain it, as well as to improve its performance with professional set-up techniques, with few or no specialist tools. This manual is essential reading for everyone who plays the saxophone.
Download or read book Men s Cooking written by Chris Maillard and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2010-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of sensible advice and focused on techniques rather than just recipes, this book is about teaching people how to cook absolutely anything, rather than just a set of predetermined dishes. It shows the short-cuts and straight-forward skills that will make cooking a simple, enjoyable activity instead of a terrifying mystery.
Download or read book Standard Tuning Slide Guitar written by Greg Koch and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Guitar Educational). Standard Tuning Slide Guitar is a compilation of slide guitar techniques accumulated by author and uber-guitarist Greg Koch for over 30 years. With detailed notation and tablature for over 100 playing examples and video demonstrations, Koch demonstrates how to play convincing blues, rock, country, and gospel-tinged slide guitar while in standard tuning by using techniques and approaches that emulate common altered slide tunings, such as open E or open G. Drawing from a well of influences, from Blind Willie Johnson and Elmore James to Duane Allman and Sonny Landreth, Greg will show you how to create these slide guitar sounds in standard tuning while also providing ideas to inspire the development of your own style.
Download or read book Fender Bass Manual written by Paul Balmer and published by Haynes Manuals. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: by Paul Balmer This manual covers the Fender Bass guitars in detail, explaining how to maintain them, set them up to get the best sound, and repair them when things go wrong or damage occurs. Leo Fender s design concept based on his own Telecaster guitar was the first large-scale production bass guitar and changed the sound of popular music forever. Superbly illustrated and designed, this manual includes case studies of key models everything from the Bass VI to a Fretless Jaco Pastorious Jazz model.
Download or read book Fender 75 Years written by Dave Hunter and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gorgeously illustrated and authoritatively written, Fender 75 Years is the officially licensed celebration of the legendary brand's landmark anniversary, covering all of Fender's iconic guitars, amps, and basses.
Download or read book Guitar Chords Scales Music Instruction written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2003-02-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Guitar Educational). This book for both acoustic and electric guitarists is designed to be a handy guide to the two most important components of playing: chords and scales. More than just a reference, it will also help you understand how chords and scales are created, named and used, and how they are related to each other. Includes over 1,400 chord diagrams; major, minor, pentatonic, blues and diminished scales; and modes. Teaches how to understand intervals and build major, minor, augmented, diminished and extended chords.
Download or read book The Electric Guitar Handbook written by Paul Balmer and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2011-09-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first hands-on how-to manual devoted to all electric guitars. This guidebook shows owners and dreamers the basics of selecting and buying electric guitars; maintenance and repairs such as tuning, setting intonation, fret repairs, bridge and nut adjustments, troubleshooting; spur-of-the-moment stage-side fixes; and some basic “performance” enhancements, like adding aftermarket pickups, locking tremolos, and more.
Download or read book Electric Guitar Manual written by Paul Balmer and published by Haynes Manuals. This book was released on 2011 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual offers tips, specialist advice and tricks of the trade that can be used to transform an off-the-shelf entry-level guitar to provide feel, performance and sound to rival much more expensive instruments.
