Features:

Ever since the first effect pedals emerged in the mid-20th century, the race for creating the perfect guitar tone has continued strong, culminating in an industry with a wide variety of options for crafting sounds to fit every taste and need. Author Vinnie DeMasi and veteran pedalboard builder Tom Peck Pecoraro guide you through this complex and evolving world of tone in a beginner-friendly guide, covering topics such as: overdrive, distortion, and fuzz; compression and EQ; delays, echoes, and reverb; chorus, phasers, flangers, and tremolo units; wah-wah and filters; rack mounts and multi-effect units; building basic and advanced boards; signal path essentials and rig options; maintenance and trouble shooting; recreating iconic stompbox sounds; photos of professional players' boards; and more! The book also includes access to online video demonstrations that give you quick tips on how to put the knowledge within this book into practice!

Table of Contents:

• Signal Processors: An Introduction to Stompboxes, Effects Pedals, Rack Mounts, and Quantum Laser Teleporters
• Exploring Different Types of Pedals
• Boost, Compression, Volume, Overdrive, and Distortion
• Modulation Effects: Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Vibrato, and Tremolo
• Time Delay and Reverb Effects
• Wah and Filter Effects
• Harmonizers and Pitch Shifters
• Rack Mounts, Multi-Effect Units, and Tuners
• Building a Basic Board
• Purchasing Your First Pedals
• Order of Effects
• Choosing a Board Surface
• Mounting Pedals
• Connecting Your Pedals
• Examples of Custom Boards
• Advanced Concepts for Building Pedalboards
• True Bypass
• Buffers
• Split Signals and Dry Outs
• Custom Power Supplies
• Creating Patches
• Group-Loop Audio Noise
• Changing Parameters in Real Time
• Tap Tempos
• Maintenance, Troubleshooting and Pro Tips
• Maintenance
• Troubleshooting
• Twleve Pro Pedalboard and Performance Tips
• Creating Iconic Stompbox Sounds
• Sun Studio Slap Back
• Hazy Hendrix
• Star Spangled Spin
• Leslie in the Sky
• Peter Shows the Way
• Mike's Magic Mirror
• The Dark Side of Pink
• Matt's Musings
• Insta-Angus
• Heavenly Fuzz
• Streets on the Edge
• Eddie's Eruption
• Johnny's Jangle
• Jumping Through Loops
• Morello's Machines
• Thompson's Surface Tension
• Sounds Like Nirvana
• Lovell's Lap Tones
• Shield of Dreams
• Radio Ready
• Jr.'s Fuzz
• Pedalboards of the Pros
• Hamish Anderson
• Teddy Kumpel
• Gretchen Menn
• Vinnie Moore
• Jane Getter
• Suke Cerulo
• Jimmy Brown
• Jude Gold
• About the Authors
• Vinnie DeMasi
• Tom Peck

Catalog:	HL00360498
Publisher:	Hal Leonard
Composer:	Vinnie DeMasi
Artist:
Arranger:	Tom "Peck" Pecoraro
Voicing:	Electric Guitar
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Pages:	80