"Pickup Questions" by Seymour Duncan 1999

"Customising Your Electric Guitar" by Adrian Legg 1981

"Guitar Electronics For Musicians" by Donald Brosnac 1983

"The Guitar Handbook" by Ralph Denyer 1992

"Guitar Player Repair Guide" by Dan Erlewine 1994

"The Guitar Book" by Tom Wheeler 1978

"The Fender Stratocaster Handbook" by Paul Balmer 2007

"The Fender Telecaster" by A.R. Duchossoir 1991

"The Fender Stratocaster" by A.R. Duchossoir 1994

"Guitar Identification" by A.R. Duchossoir 1990

"Old Guitar Mania" by Bill Blackburn Ph.D. 19?? Hal Leonard Publishing

"The Bass Book" by Tony Bacon/Barry Morhouse 1995

"The Fender Bass" by J.W.Black & Albert Molinaro 2001

"Brave New Bass" by Chris Jisi 2003

"The Bass Player Book" by Karl Coryat 1999

"How The Fender Bass Changed The World" by Jim Roberts 2001

ON PLAYING BASS:

"The Bass Grimoire" by Adam Kadmon 1996

"Bass Signature Licks"- "Jaco Pastorius" by Dan Towey 2002

"Bass Guitar Scale Manual" by Harvey Vinson 1985

The good stuff- I'm sure there are more books to add on this list. Read this stuff , play better, save money, know more!

ahja, good to know

cheers

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I thought I'd post those for the younger guys maybe. I've read posts where they (posters) will tell you they don't know about this or that- and some of it is pretty simple. Everyone has to start somewhere- so I figure books are where it's at. Of course I am not sure that people read books anymore. I know I've had a book in reading progress for at least 20 years-- meaning I am always reading. I've read all the books I posted. I can't remember everything in them but they made me repair shop literate. I can understand and convey whatever I need to when I take a guitar in. They also help when buying used guitars. And very important- I can do most of my own repairs..... I learned that to make a nut I have to make four!! HA!!! Anyway- I just thought I'd post the books to maybe help someone out a little .

iPod/iPhone + Guitarist Reference app + Gibson app

These are pretty good, especially Guitarist Ref. Such a good resource for everything. It's like a girmore + chord book + ... everything. Haha, kinda. No video lessons, just a resource, but an excellent one.

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did the wrong thing still."
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Thank you for posting stroker vance!

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

You're welcome sir.

It's been my observation that many on this forum (and others) prefer the "instant gratification" of suckling the internet teat rather than actually sitting down and reading a book......any book. Seems like the joy of independent research and discovery has taken a backseat to fraternal joviality and blissful ignorance when it comes to the history and technology of amplified electric guitars.

Your list is very good though, sir -- I commend you.

Arjay

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Another good book, for someone who's been playing a few years and really wants to step up their knowledge of notes and phrasing and patterns is Solo Guitar Playing by Frederick Noad. Pretty good; in-depth book for anyone that really wants to dig in and learn the technical aspects of playing the guitar. I'm working through it right now, and even after playing for 18 years, it's taking me a while, but I am making progress and already noticing improvements in my playing.

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Howdy!

I'll add this to the list...



T'is a good read.

Andy

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sweet list

After reading about pickups and how to wind them I decided to do it.Where I worked we had a computor winder . I made a jig to hold the flatwork and magnets (old strat pickup), selected the turns (8350), left turn,right turn, starting position,wire pitch,speed,acceleration,clockwise, stop-

I bought the correct wire - and away it went- soldered the leads-- took it to the guitar shop and the guy put it in a strat in the bridge position- it was 6.75 or something like that- it worked! Sounded good. A well know guitarist was there and played the strat and liked it.

Why don't I make pickups? Mainly because the winder I was using cost $10,000! HA! It was a great experiance and it came from reading the above books.

It's all the same- it's easy to learn but it's hard to be good.