Guitar Rigs: Classic Guitar and Amp Combinations | 
|  | | | Title: | Guitar Rigs: Classic Guitar and Amp Combinations | | Author: | Dave Hunter | | Publisher: | Backbeat Books | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 10 April, 2005 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0879308516 / 9780879308513 | | List Price: | $24.95 | | You Save: | $8.48 | | Amazon Price: | $16.47 | |
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The sound of rock, blues, country and jazz is not just the sound of electric guitars. It's the sound of electric guitars through amplifiers. For the first time, Guitar Rigs examines the great guitar/amp combinations that have created more than 50 years of fantastic music. Each section includes a full history of guitar and amps and details the construction, components, performance, qualities and drawbacks of each combination. Guitar Rigs is not just a celebration of the collectable treasures of the guitar and amp world. Along the way it evaluates many more instruments, amps and effects, offering alternatives for those trying to conjure great sounds from less-exalted equipment. And it comes with a CD that demonstrates these and many more combinations so you hear them for yourself.
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Customer Reviews:
• Tone And More Tone 27 May, 2008
Dave Hunter has written a complex yet very understandable way for readers to get to understand why classic guitar and amp combinations sounded and still sound so good. Dave is a tube man, yet gives very logical explanations why tubes sound better than solid state. I appreciate the fact that Dave Hunter talks about the entire sound chain that effects the tone we hear...from guitar scale length to strings Dave Hunter hits on all the ingredients that make us guitar players shiver when we lock in that great tone.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1D99KZAPF3C8N
• Understand Why Your Guitar Sounds Like It Does 30 September, 2005
A very interesting book. It takes you an an interesting journey through the history of this little darling of ours, the electric guitar with accessories.
It is not just a description of the classic guitar/amp combos, but an in-depth explanation of which elements in the sound chain that affects your output sound, and why.
Unfortunately most of the readers have already bought their guitars and amps before reading this book, but remember, there's always place for one more combo in your den.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1YEAN4KZI234I
• Can't Wait For The Second Edition... 28 February, 2006
This is a great book, particularly if you are interested in guitar music pre-1980 or so. I can't help but feel, though, as if something is missing from the book, because so many setups that are now considered "classic" are missing. The most obvious oversight is think is the complete lack of coverage of the Roland Jazz Chorus JC-120 amplifier, one of the most important guitar amplifiers ever manufactured.
A close second is the omission of any information on Mesa/Boogie amplifiers, whose most "classic" proponent would probably be Carlos Santana. If the combination of a Paul Reed Smith guitar and any Mesa/Boogie amp isn't "classic" by now, it never will be! PRS actually play-tests all their guitars before they ship through a Mesa/Boogie amplifier.
It would also be nice to see some bass guitars and amplifiers in here, say, the Ampeg SVT, Trace Elliot SMX, and others. Ah well, maybe if there's ever a second edition...I'm sure if I thought about for a little longer, I could come up with even more examples that should be included.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2PBXVUCVSOJ2D
• More Than I Expected 28 April, 2007
I read Hunter's tube amp book and found his style and focus both unique and useful to those of us who are looking for info that is in many cases, difficult to find in a clear, organized format. Guitar tone is something that is more than just amplifiers and pickups so Hunter covers the effects of first, the guitar then the amps. I'm sure that there is some chance that your favorite guitar or amp isn't in here but many seminal ones are. If you really want to examine the subject; this is the best book yet.
- Reviewed by customer ID: APOLFYN3JWP5X
• You Wanna Hear Some Magical Sounds? 23 May, 2005
This is a fantastic book. Dave Hunter is also a great writer. I personally have always dug the guitar/amp combinations of my favorite bands. If you are a "gearhead" this book is a must. Hunter really does a great job covering different generes of guitar music-surf, blues, british sound, jazz, and a fantastic chapter on garage sound. The CD that accompanies the book is killer in both dynamics and sound-goose bumps!!
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2KMKVJFF046C5
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