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Guitar Pedals – Mastering Guitar Effects
$19.99
• Get the best out of your effects pedals and nail your dream tone
• Set up your effects rig properly to nail the tone you’ve always wanted
• Licks to accompany each type of pedal, as well as insights into the rigs of pro guitarists
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Description
Nail Your Killer Tone With This Complete Guide to Guitar Effects Pedals
All guitar players are on a never-ending quest for the perfect tone, and are constantly trying to discover the right combination of effects to achieve the sound we hear in our heads. Will getting a specific pedal solve our tone problems, or is it simply the way our rig is configured?
Guitar Tone Guru Rob Thorpe Gives a complete rundown on every type of guitar pedal, and answers all these questions and more in Guitar Pedals: Mastering Guitar Effects.If you have ever wrestled with your tone, this book is for you.
Solve these Common Guitar Tone Problems:
- What’s the best order to chain your effects together?
- Should distortion come first or last? What about modulation?
- Certain pedals should sound great but kill my tone? What am I doing wrong?
- What are the best reverb/delay pedals on the market?
- What’s the difference between a Big Muff, a Tubescreamer and a Reaper Pandemonium?
Much more than “this pedal does that”…
Guitar Pedals: Mastering Guitar Effects is much more than a simple guide to the types of guitar effects.
You’ll go in-depth to discover:
- The types of pedals available and how each one sculpts your guitar tone
- How to use each guitar pedal properly
- How to configure your guitar pedal board to correctly get the sound you want
- The best distortion, compression, modulation and delay pedals to use… and when!
- How guitar pedals should really sound and what you can achieve with them
- How to get those “special effects” you’ve heard the pro guitarists use
Bonus one: Interviews with three touring/recording guitarists about how they created and use their rig for gigs and in the studio, revealing some great insights, including Cradle of Filth’s Richard Shaw
Bonus two: Effects physics for the curious, a dedicated section to show you how a guitar pedal does what it does!
Learn how to master delay to double-up riffs and even create backwards solos … in harmony! And much more.
Here’s what you get:
Guitar Pedals: Mastering Guitar Effects includes studio quality recordings todemonstrate how each stomp boxes sound and you’ll learn dozens of useful guitar licks appropriate to each effect.
It’s not just theory, this is a practical guidewith great examples and individual chapters dedicated to:
- Fuzz, Distortion, Overdrives and Boosts
- Delay
- Modulation
- Wah-Wahs and Envelope Filters
- Compression
- Reverb
Plus, an all-important chapter on how to chain effects togetherand build up your pedalboard!
Hear it!
Each type of effect is demonstrated with some great licks. Studio quality audio is FREE to download. You’ll actually hearthe difference between a Big Muff and a Tubescreamer; an Astrospurt and an MXR Phase 90, and many more.
Not only will you learn how to build your rig for maximum tone, you’ll learn some cool licks that highlight the best qualities of each effect.
Above all, this is a practical guide that teaches you to use guitar pedals to create the perfect tone.
Buy it now…
It’s time to master your guitar effects and nail your dream guitar tone!
Reasons to Buy From Us
Over 1,000,000 happy customers.
No joke – and not a word of a lie, we’ve sold over a million music tuition methods on Amazon.
Over 10,000 5* Reviews
Our books are consistently the best-selling music titles on Amazon and have received tens of thousands of positive reviews.
Get every example in your book as an audio file – for free!
Reading from your screen is one thing, but learning music is all about hearing it in action. Every book contains a link to download every example and backing track right to your computer
Instant Delivery
Every book is delivered via download and email as soon as you hit buy now.
Learn from legendary musicians
We publish books by the greatest and most influential musicians in the world.
“Whenever I teach students, I ask them about what books they have and they always like the books from Fundamental Changes. You guys have a great reputation! And, of course, I thank you for the opportunity to publish my own book – you did it so well!”
Mike Stern
“I’ve published eight books with Fundamental Changes and each one beautifully teaches a different element of my musical voice on guitar”
Dr Martin Taylor MBE
“The artists you work with, and the quality of your work speaks for itself.”
Tommy Emmanuel
“Wow! You guys work hard and the material you produce is great!”
John Patitucci
“I wish these books had been available when I was learning to play. I can’t recommend them highly enough!”
Ulf Wakenius
“I can’t believe all the great books you’ve published!”
Jennifer Batten
“These books are great! You guys really know your s**t!”
