Do-It-Yourself Projects for Guitarists: 35 Useful, Inexpensive Projects That Help You Unlock Your Instrument's Potential

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Summary: A useful one
Review: Craig Anderton's circuits work. They're easy to build, sound really good and are even useful in HiFi applications. If you like to acquire a firm basic knowledge about music electronics, this is the right book for you.

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Summary: Handy, but could be more technical.
Review: I found the book to be quite handy with some good projects. I would have liked more detail on how the tone controls worked on the more complicated op-amp circuits, but other than that, I liked it. I had no difficulty finding the ICs at any real electronics supply store, they are all standard parts. (Don't bother looking for them at Radio Shack or the like, they are out of their depth...)

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Summary: if i'd known better i wouldn't have bought this book
Review: I just wanted to say that this book is nothing like what it's advertised as. i bought this book a few months ago and i'm still confused. There are no helpful drawings of suggestions for curcuit boards. most of the ic chips in the parts list are outdated and almost impossible to find. to make it worse, there are only a few useful projects. this book should be regarded as a failure and avoided.

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Summary: A good start, but not great
Review: If you know nothing about electronics, it will help as an introduction.
The projects vary from dumb-easy to newbie threatening (rocktave divider)....and only few were *really* useful.
Each project has a 'how it works' section, wich helps understanding the electronics behind the projects. This is basic, but VERY GOOD.
With such a basic aproach in the introduction, the book lacks PCB design, or breadboarding techniques
Overall, it's ok...

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Summary: Almost complete
Review: The book is very usefull and it makes easy understand its contents. Easy for beginners, great for initiateds , good graphics.
Laks on exemples of circuit boars (even if it was only a picture), and in the guitar eletrics charpter itself. There are few examples for the inumerous possibilities at this field. Varitone idea does not have a citation for instance.

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Summary: Good Information but I expected more.
Review: This fellow does a good job for what the book is, but I was hoping for more. Many of the items presented here are a little too simple and needless, and many are duplicated in other items bearing his name. I was hoping for more sophisticated items, and the sophisticated items here are available elsewhere. If you have never heard of Craig, then this is an excellent place to start, but if you know PAIA, or have Craigs other book on stomp boxes, you will feel as I do.

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Summary: Good for hands on experience, but offers few explanations
Review: You're not going to read this book and go off and start designing your own effects. In fact, it doesn't really help you understand how the circuits many of the standard effects work. So, if you'd like to tweak the performance of a circuit by changing components, this is not so helpful.