TABLE OF CONTENTS
Some Citations Page Introduction “How Did You Get That Sound?” Page Sidebar 1 Terminology Page Sidebar 2 Who’s Doing What and Where to Learn More Page
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HOW TO PREPARE A GUITAR Page 9 Chapter 1 Foam Rubber Damping Page 11 Sidebar 3 Guitars Used in the Audio Samples Page 13 Chapter 2 Rattles on the Strings Page 14 Sidebar 4 Harmonic and Inharmonic Overtones Page 15 Chapter 3 Snared Strings Page 18 Chapter 4 Buzzing Bridges Page 19 Chapter 5 Weighted Strings Page 21 Chapter 6 Middle Bridges Page 24 Sidebar 5 Fret Spacing and Tunings Page 25 Sidebar 6 The Moodswinger Page 28 Sidebar 7 The Springtime and Twister Guitar Page 28 Chapter 7 Floating Bridges Page 30 Chapter 8 Crossed Strings Page 32 Chapter 9 Springs Page 34 Chapter 10 A Second Soundboard Page 36 Chapter 11 Rollers (Pipes or Rods Rolling on the Strings) Page 39 Chapter 12 Retuning or Detuning the Strings Page 40 Chapter 13 Sympathetic Strings Page 42 Chapter 14 Very High Capo Page 43 Chapter 15 Sounding the Strings: Lots of Possibilities Page 44 Sidebar 8 Electronic Effects Page 49 Chapter 16 Feedback Page 50 Sidebar 9 Pickups Page 52 Chapter 17 Ebow Page 53 Chapter 18 Using External Sources to Excite the Pickup Page 54 Chapter 19 Talk Box Page 56
PHYSICAL MODIFICATION OF THE GUITAR Page 57 Chapter 20 Percussion Elements Added to the Guitar Page 59 Chapter 21 Refretting for Non-Standard Tunings Page 63 Chapter 22 Going Fretless Page 64 Chapter 23 Scaloped Frets Page 64 Chapter 24 Rotated Pickups Page 65
Conclusion Page List of Sound Samples Page Biographies Page Acknowledgments Page
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