101 Guitar Tips - Stuff All the Pros Know and Use Book/Online Audio

by Adam St. James

Overview

(Guitar Educational). 101 Guitar Tips contains invaluable guidance on everything from scales and music theory to truss rod adjustments, proper recording studio set-ups, and much more. The book also features snippets of advice from some of the most celebrated guitarists and producers in the music business, including B.B. King, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Warren Haynes, Laurence Juber, Pete Anderson, Tom Dowd and others, culled from the author's hundreds of interviews.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780634053412
Publisher:	Hal Leonard
Publication date:	05/01/2003
Series:	Instrument Instruction: Electric and Acoustic Guitar Series
Edition description:	BOOK & ONLINE
Pages:	88
Sales rank:	579,988
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 12.00(h) x 0.22(d)

Table of Contents

1	The Whole Neck Mapped Out	4
2	Scale Numbering System	5
3	Half Steps and Whole Steps	6
4	Modal Madness	7
5	Real Rock & Blues Soloing	8
6	Satch's Drone Tones	9
7	The Nashville System	10
8	Transposing	11
9	Two-Five-Ones	13
10	One-Six-Two-Five	16
11	Learning by Ear	17
12	When in Doubt, Play I-IV	17
13	Relative Major and Minor	18
14	The Blues Ain't All Sad	18
15	The C-A-G-E-D Theory	19
16	The ABCs and 123s of Chords	20
17	Arpeggio Road Maps	22
18	Four Fingers, Please	24
19	Warm-Ups Made Easy	24
20	Alternate Picking	26
21	Getta Tuna	28
22	Soundhole Solution	29
23	Electric vs. Acoustic	29
24	Electric vs. Acoustic, Pt. 2	29
25	Heavier Strings, Better Tone	30
26	Tube Amps Sound Better	30
27	Amp Modelers	30
28	Small Amps, Big Sounds	31
29	Amp Up, Guitar Down	31
30	Gig Bags vs. Shells	32
31	Cable Quality	32
32	Gain and Sustain	33
33	Hear the Rig	33
34	Distortion vs. Overdrive	34
35	Clean and Compressed	34
36	Your Heroes All Cheat	34
37	Pedal Positioning	35
38	Tape 'Em Down	36
39	Pedal Boards	36
40	Carry That Weight	37
41	Keep Your Strap On	38
42	Loop It or Lose It	38
43	Don't Turn Up, Tilt Up	39
44	Heavy Picks	40
45	Practice for Perfection	40
46	Guitar TV	41
47	Video Teachers	41
48	Network News	41
49	Other Instruments	42
50	Analyze Your Originals	42
51	Singing and Playing	43
52	Simplify for Songwriting	43
53	Keep It Fun	43
54	Turnarounds for Everyone	44
55	Easy Funk Guitar	46
56	This Is Not the Blues	48
57	Alternate Voicings	49
58	Damp It	50
59	Get a Metronome	52
60	Inject Some Intervals	53
61	Open-String Soloing	56
62	Harmonics	58
63	Alternate Tunings	59
64	Exotic Scales	60
65	Live Experience Is Golden	61
66	Climatic Conditions	62
67	Fingertips and Nails	63
68	Change One String at a Time	63
69	Coricidan Bottle Blues	64
70	Get Tooled Up	64
71	Tube Replacement Schedule	66
72	Insure Your Investment	67
73	Hazardous Materials	67
74	Flying With Your Guitar	68
75	Even in a Flight Case	68
76	Shipping Your Guitar or Amp	69
77	Proof of Ownership	69
78	Winding New Strings	70
79	A Properly Strung 12-String	71
80	Sharpen Your Pencils	72
81	Grinds, Not Groans	73
82	SRV Broken-String Solution	74
83	Cleaning the Body & Neck	74
84	Cleaning the Fretboard	75
85	Truss Rod Adjustments	76
86	And... Action	77
87	Setting Intonation	78
88	Locking Tuners	79
89	Avoiding Broken Strings on a Floating Bridge	79
90	Changing Strings on a Floating Bridge	80
91	Keep It Level	82
92	More Floating Bridge Tips	83
93	Miking Amps in the Studio	84
94	Recording Acoustic Guitars	85
95	Save Your Studio Ears	86
96	Home Recording Necessities	86
97	Effects and Band Size	87
98	Cut Through on Solos	87
99	Speaker Placement at a Gig	87
100	Eliminate Hum	88
101	Stop Microphone Shock	88