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Books about Guitars and Guitar Amplifiers

The History of Marshall; The Illustrated Story of 'The Sound of Rock'
[Purchase from Amzon books]
Author:
Michael Doyle
Publisher:
Hal Leonard
Pages:
248
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
0793525098

This book is a rare gem, in that it satisfies lots of curiosities in one volume.

It firstly offers an insight into the history of the Marshall company, how two men (Jim Marshall and Ken Bran) in collaboration produced a new British guitar amplifier, loosly modelled on the Fender Bassman, but with more power and a less clean tone. The result of this collaboration was heard by some up and coming stars of the day, including Pete Towsend of The Who, and from these early beginnings a legend was born. This book traces that legend in detail.

However that is not all. Besides documenting the literally hundreds of models of amplifier and speakers (plus some oddbals, such as rack mount PA tops, fuzz and reverb boxes, and the Disco equipment!) that were produced, there is some of the politics and real word issues, resulting in brands such as Park, CMI, and The Big M.

There are also hundreds of photos (many in full coulor on glossy paper) of almost every product, plus many collections and a few rarities (like a claimed Hendrix amp), plus a couple of early catalogues.

But the best is left to last - about 50 pages of Marshall schematics.

A unique work.
Projects For Guitarists : 35 Useful, Inexpensive Projects...
[Purchase from Amzon books]
Author:
Craig Anderton
Publisher:
Miller Freeman Books
Pages:
171
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
087930359X

Another book from the pen of Craig Anderton, this one intended for those with beginner to intermediate electronic skills.

The 35 projects are placed into 10 groups, namely
  • One evening projects (6)
  • Buffers and preamps (3)
  • Cool accessories (6)
  • Guitar rewirings (4)
  • Projects for the studio (3)
  • Vintage effects hepers (4)
  • Testers (4)
  • Advanced projects. (5)


Some of this stuff is trivial and has been well covered before, but there will be things that are almost certainly not on your bookshelf today. I'll definitely be building the QuadraFuzz unit, and may have a play with the "Stack in a box" preamp.

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