Complete Guitar Wiring eBook
Use code 4YC7VU4 at checkout to get 20% off the digital PDF version of Complete Guitar Wiring (and other wiring downloads).
“This book was made for goobers like me who don’t like to read or decipher obtuse hieroglyphs to get through a $20 guitar wiring project. Thank you Gerry Hayes for doing your part to get some of us out of abject poverty. You are the Prometheus of electrons.“
Ian Davlin, Contributing Partner of The Looth Group
Looth Group members can get a whopping 20% off the digital download version of Gerry Hayes’ Complete Guitar Wiring.
With a foreword from our very own Dan Erlewine, this ebook has over 400 digital, searchable pages of theory, practice, and reference. From the basics of how things work, to electric and acoustic pickup systems, through a succession of soldering and wiring projects, this book will walk you through step by step. There’s a huge library of reference diagrams, modifications, and lots of troubleshooting tips in case things go wrong.
This digital version is available for immediate download in PDF format. It looks great on a tablet.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
Chapter 1: Theory Learn about the parts and components in most guitars, how they work, and how they combine to build a circuit.
Chapter 2: Electric Guitar All about electric guitar and bass. A deep dive on pickups and considerations on choosing and installing them—body modifications, component choice, and pickup setup.
Chapter 3: Acoustic guitar Acoustic instruments can have pickups too. A look at the choices and practicalities on acoustic pickups and preamp installation.
Chapter 4: Wiring An introduction to soldering and the tools you’ll need is followed by step-by-step guides to a number of wiring projects. We start easy and work up to swapping pickups and rewiring guitars.
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting Learn what to do when things don’t work as planned. From basic troubleshooting and how to use a multimeter, to dealing with out of phase pickups, to hum problems. There’s even a section on acoustic pickup troubleshooting.
Chapter 6: Wiring Diagrams A huge library of common (and some hard to find) wiring diagrams. Over seventy guitar and bass reference circuits with accompanying notes.
Chapter 7: Modifications Dozens of wiring mods to change the tone, switching, or operation of an instrument to better fit the ideas in your head. From the everyday to the esoteric, there’s plenty of inspiration here.
Appendix: Reference A collection of specifications and reference materials for common components. Pickups, pots, switches, jacks, resistors, capacitors, and more… Even the screws used to hold things together.
And this discount is also good for the other downloadable wiring tools on Gerry’s site. You can also get his Switch Mapping Worksheets (to make it easier to plan those crazy switching projects that some customers insist on) and his Guitar Wiring Graphics (to make your own wiring diagrams). You can even bundle these with the Complete Guitar Wiring ebook to save even more.