Guitar Amp Handbook - Updated Edition

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THE GUITAR AMP HANDBOOK: UNDERSTANDING TUBE AMPLIFIERS AND GETTING GREAT SOUNDS UPDATED The Guitar Amp Handbook: Understanding Tube Amplifiers and Getting Great Sounds, Updated Edition brings fresh information to the table to help guitarists understand everything about what makes their amps tick and how to use them to sound better than ever. It builds on the popular original edition of the book, first published in 2005.Central to the book's success is the way it walks musicians through the significance of each crucial circuit stage and component of a great number of classic and modern tube amp designs, helping guitarists get the most from the amps they already own or choose new amps that are best suited to their needs.The Guitar Amp Handbook reveals many of the tips and tricks used by today's top designers and builders, and it debunks the hype used by the marketing departments at large manufacturers keen on selling specific amps that might not be right for particular players. The book is designed to help guitarists understand what really goes on inside tube amps and where the tone comes from. This new updated and expanded edition adds further knowledge to the foundation, ensuring it continues as the most thorough and authoritative publication on the subject to be found anywhere.

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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 a including Ken Fischer Mark Sampson and Michael Zaite a and even provides full instructions on how to construct your own high-quality tube guitar amp from scratch.

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Pages: 296, Edition: herziend, Paperback, Backbeat