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Guitar Building Guides

Build Your Own Electric Guitarby Martin Oakham(Complete instructions & full-size plans)
	Every guitarist dreams of owning a superb quality custom-made instrument, but the cost of this is most often prohibitive. Building your own guitar is an extremely rewarding and satisfying way of realising your ambition without making a huge financial outlay. Complete with information on design, wood selection, hardware, tools and techniques, it allows you to select every element to create your own unique personalised instrument, and full size plans are included for ease of use. All aspects of construction are explained in detail, with step-by-step colour photographs, diagrams and clear instructions for each procedure. With professional tips from a master luthier, this comprehensive book takes the mystery out of guitar making.
	Omnibus Press, 144 pages. RRP: £19.95	# DGB003	£14.95

Making A Laminated Hollowbody Electric Guitarby Jim English
	If you think that making a guitar is impossible, then this book is for you. The only one of its' kind, this book will teach you how to make a laminated archtop guitar. It can be done in a relatively small space and does not require many tools or expensive machinery, just a desire to do it. The book came about as the result of a suggestion and urging of my friend, Bob Benedetto. Because no other book is available for this type on construction, it is written in an easy to understand format and is priced so that almost anyone can afford it. It contains drawings and pictures with step by step easy to follow instructions so as to eliminate any guesswork. This book took four years to complete and is designed to help someone who wants to make this kind of guitar. It should serve as an excellent guide.
	Published by AuthorHouse. 204 pages	# DGB001	£25.95
	Recommended Retail Price: £29.95

STEP-BY-STEP GUITAR MAKINGby Alex Willis(Full-size plans enclosed)
	Making an acoustic guitar is much easier than most people suppose, and this straightforward guide shows you how. With basic woodworking skills, a modest work space and only a few specialist tools, you too can make an instrument fit for the concert platform. All stages fully illustrated with colour photographs and clear drawings and detailed plans for every part of the instrument. The book helps with choosing materials, tuning the soundboard, placing the frets and adjusting the action – all steps which are crucial to the making of a top-quality instrument.
	Guild of Master Craftsman Publications, 144 pages	# DGB004	£14.00
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A Guitar Maker's Manualby Jim Williams
	Written by one of Australia's foremost luthiers, this manual is a straightforward, profusely illustrated guide to constructing nylon-string classical and steel-string guitars. Includes a useful section on creating the jigs necessary to make the job easier and more accurate, along with full-size template diagrams to assist in cutting out and marking the body shape and soundboard bracing patterns.
	Published by Guitar Craft, 112 pages	# DGB002	£11.00
	Recommended Retail Price: £14.95

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Guitar Maintenance & Setup Guides

How To Make Your Electric Guitar Play Great! by Dan Erlewine
	From shopping for a first electric guitar to setting customized action, this do-it-yourself player's primer for owning and maintaining an electric guitar explains the ins and outs of: choosing the right guitar; cleaning, tools and basic maintenance; personalizing and improving on a “factory setup”; trouble-shooting; basic guitar electronics; setups of the pros; and much more. Written by Dan Erlewine, author of the bestselling Guitar Player Repair Guide and the popular “Repairs” column in Guitar Player magazine, this book also includes a plastic sheet with specialized guitar tools you can snap-out!
	Published by Backbeat Books. 138 pages	# DGB005	£12.95
	Recommended Retail Price: £14.95

The Players Guide to Guitar Maintenance
	This is a new kind of manual that helps electric guitarists adjust easily from the music shop to the workshop without demanding great technical skills. This accessible guide describes key procedures for applying the right adjustment at the right time, offering simple and straightforward advice and setting realistic targets for understanding and improving every electric guitar. 220 color photos, including nine fold-out spreads. Hardcover.
	Published by Backbeat Books. Hardcover, 86 pages	# DGB006	£13.95
	Recommended Retail Price: £16.95

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Guitar Repair

Guitar Player Repair Guideby Dan Erlewine
	How to Set Up, Maintain, and Repair Electrics and Acoustics. One of THE most recommended books on guitar repair & maintenance! Whether you simply want to maintain your guitar or hot-rod it into a radical new incarnation, this book is the ideal guide. By the columnist of Guitar Player's popular Repairs & Modifications column, this comprehensive book is a must for any guitarist who needs information on beginning repairs through advance enhancements.
	Published by Backbeat Books. 310 pages	# DGB007	£13.95
	Recommended Retail Price: £16.95

DIY Guitar Repair
	Do-it-yourself repair is easy with this money-saving manual for acoustic and electric guitarists. Easy instructions plus 170 diagrams & photos show how to fix loose frets, adjust a bridge, and more. Compact enough to fit in your guitar case or tool box.
	Published by Amsco Publications. 64 pages	# DGB008	£3.50
	Recommended Retail Price: £5.95

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Amplifiers and Electronics

Guitar Electronics: Understanding Wiringby T A Swike
	THIS IS THE ONLY WIRING GUIDE YOU WILL EVER NEED TO BUY. Learn step by step how to completely wire Telecaster, Stratocaster, Esquire, and Les Paul guitars and all of the potentiometers, capacitors, switches, ground wires, hot wires, pickups, output jack, and bridge ground. Even if you dont have a Fender or Gibson, this guide will teach you how to wire a guitar with 1, 2, or 3 pickups. Also learn where you can get the complete wiring kits for dirt cheap, and learn essential soldering tips. Why not learn how to change your pickups, tone or volume controls, switches, and capacitors yourself? There are a ton of modifications you can do to your guitar for dirt cheap. This book will also show you some secret "hot rod" techniques that the pros use. This book will teach you how to do coil tapping, coil cutting, phase switching, series wiring, parallel wiring, bridge-on switching, mini toggle switching, varitone switching, mega switching, yamaha switching, blend pots, and much more !!!
	Published by Backbeat Books. 350 pages	# DGB010	£14.00
	Recommended Retail Price: £15.50

Do-It-Yourself Projects For Guitaristby 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.
	Published by Backbeat Books. 171 pages	# DGB009	£10.00
	Recommended Retail Price: £12.95

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