Category Archives: Guitar Books

In this book, “Amped – The Illustrated History of the World’s Greatest Amplifiers”, Dave Hunter explores 60 of the greatest guitar amplifiers created over the past 75 years starting with the 1937 Rickenbacker MIII all the way through to the 2011 Dr.Z Carmen Ghia. Hunter understandably concentrates on amps from the 1950′s and 1960′s with… continue reading

When I started to play guitar back in 1988 all I cared about was turning everything up to 10 and turning on a distortion pedal (Boss MZ-2) with the gain cranked until the amp started to squeal, I became immune to hiss. The older I get the more obsessed I get about guitar tone to… continue reading

Following up on the success of his first ebook “30 Days to Better Jazz Guitar,” guitarist and educator Matt Warnock has just released his latest work, “Modern Time,” which brings to light the exciting possibilities that rhythmic study can open up for musicians of all instruments and all levels of experience. “Modern Time’s” focus is… continue reading

If you’re a regular reader of Guitar Noize you may have seen Brian Tarquin’s guest posts on guitar recording techniques, if not check out the Brian Tarquin category here – http://www.guitarnoize.com/category/brian-tarquin/. Here is a quick overview of why Brian is such a great source of recording knowledge: Brian Tarquin is a Multi Emmy Award winning… continue reading

I’ve been recording my guitar playing pretty much ever since I have played guitar, my first forray into the home recording realm was a Yamaha Four Track cassette recorder, I then moved to DAT Tapes in the late 90′s before finally technology started to make home recording on a Computer viable with high quality, low… continue reading

This looks like an interesting book, I already have a couple of great Amp books including The Soul Of Tone (an amazing book about Fender amps), but I like how this one covers all the classic amps. Might have to get this now too! Press Release World-famous guitar and amp historian Dave Hunter tells the… continue reading

Yes you read that correctly just $5, now that’s a bargain in my opinion and this offer is going to run for a week so tell all your mates to get in quick! Here’s a little taster of the video content that accompanies this ebook: And here’s a free TAB example that never made it… continue reading

Back in May 2008 I reviewed a book called ‘The Guitar Lesson Companion’ by Susan Palmer, since then Susan’s books have been used worldwide by guitar teachers and students so Susan set about creating a second volume as a continuation of the first book divided up into three parts: Part One: Music Theory, Part Two:… continue reading

Good news everybody I have switched from using the very pricey e-junkie to host my ebook files to a much cheaper AWS solution which has lowered my costs considerably so I would like to pass on this saving to you. I have dropped the price of ‘Shred Master Exercises & Studies‘ from $12.99 to just… continue reading

So what is it?! It’s a big book covered in lovely orange velvet. It’s made up of two books back to back, depending on which way up you decide to look at it. It certainly demands attention and gets picked up by almost anyone that walks by it. And I mean anyone! The Book of… continue reading