Customer Reviews
Exhaustively detailed and comprehensive! A must have! 
2008-07-23
This is a fabulous book. I have been building and customizing electric guitars for years and I got my money's worth in the first 20-30 pages of this book. It really expanded my understanding of different wiring and switch configurations as well as the use of capacitors to adjust the tone. Futhermore, I have much better understanding of how all the parts come together to create various sounds from vintage to modern, bell-like to growl. This book is overflowing with useful diagrams and photos as well. If you build, or customize guitars, this is an invaluable resource.
Excellent for non-tech types 2008-07-04
My wife bought this book for me as a surprise gift. I've been doing some minor repairs and setup on a few of my axes for a while and she thought this book might help. She was right. A wealth of information for novices who wants to do more of their own basic wiring, repair, and hot rodding. The illustrations and step by step instructions are detailed enough for anyone willing to give wiring a go. All aspects of wiring and a great introduction to basic soldering should get you started and on your way to proficiency in no time.
A Must Have Book for anyone working on Guirars 2008-06-30
This book is invaluable if you want to understand the "Voodoo" that is Guitar Electronics, this is the only Book that covers everything, from soldering iron skills, diagram reading, equipment choice, how to work safely on vintage equipment, and even the how to work on the new electronic "mod" pots/switches, skills that can make any guitar project super simple and save you a bunch of Time and Cash..!!!!
This Book has a section for the top Guitar model, a section for every electronic part in those models, filled with great pictures and info, to make you a pro.
The great benefit of an E-Book, is you can print the pages you need for the project on hand, if you've ever tried to work with a 'Book" in a workshop trying to keep it open to the right page, trying not to ruin your book, trying to turn the page with a pick-up in one hand and a hot Iron in the other.... well let me just say its no fun!!
This is a must have Book for anyone, if you're just starting to work on your own guitar, or if you're a pro Luther...
excellent coverage 2008-06-24
Here is a book...finally...that covers many, many, types of guitars, and more importantly, different kindf of switches. If anyone has worked on wiring a guitar from a stock diagram, the switches and pots always look different, this book takes this into account and offers varying diagrams for many different switches and pots. THANKS!
A great guide 2008-06-07
This guide is very helpful and easy to use. It has pics and illustrations to help give some understanding to the task at hand, as well as a lot of useful information on how to get it done. I found it helpful after 5 minutes of reading time. Anyone who is looking to undertake the task of rewiring a guitar or just to learn a bit more about how it works, should read this!
Worth a read, but dont expect huge things!! 
2008-06-05
THIS IS THE ONLY WIRING GUIDE YOU WILL EVER NEED TO BUY. Learn step by step how to completely wire Telecaster, Stratocaster, Esquire, and Les Paul guitars and all of the potentiometers, capacitors, switches, ground wires, hot wires, pickups, output jack, and bridge ground. Even if you dont have a Fender or Gibson, this guide will teach you how to wire a guitar with 1, 2, or 3 pickups. Also learn where you can get the complete wiring kits for dirt cheap, and learn essential soldering tips. Why not learn how to change your pickups, tone or volume controls, switches, and capacitors yourself? There are a ton of modifications you can do to your guitar for dirt cheap. This book will also show you some secret "hot rod" techniques that the pros use. This book will teach you how to do coil tapping, coil cutting, phase switching, series wiring, parallel wiring, bridge-on switching, mini toggle switching, varitone switching, mega switching, yamaha switching, blend pots, and much more !!!
The basics plus more!!!! 2008-06-04
When I received this book, I thought it was just going to cover how to solder pickup wires to pots and nothing more. While it did cover that, it covered so much more. The author was very detailed in explaining how different capacitor values can change your tone as well as the different kinds of switches. This book is well-written and I enjoyed learning about different wiring techniques. This book is ideal for someone who has little or no experience at all when it comes to wiring.
- Truman Steffens
Guitar Electronics Understanding Wiring and Diagrams 2008-06-04
If you build guitars or repair guitars there is no other book you will need. I build and repair guitars and have used many different sources for wiring diagrams and nothing has come close to this book. Excellent step by step diagrams and directions. Even if you are just a guitar owner this book is a must. Why pay for repairs when you can accomplish most on your own. This book will help you figure out wiring and in the long run save you money. There is no better book on wiring than this book. Highly recommended.
A must have for the guitar builder 2008-06-03
I am building my own guitar and I find this book to have the most precise information with excellent diagrams. It has how to wire a telecaster, strat, and les paul along with a lot of other information. I did not want to try with just trial and error so I bought this book. Now I am sure I can do all the electronics myself. If you are into building or just want to replace electronics this is the book to buy.
Great information for the novice! 2008-06-01
I've played the guitar for almost 30 years. I've learned most of what I know about the "internals" from trial and error. I purchased this book because I have several guitar projects in various stages that I wanted to complete.
This is an excellent resource for those folks that don't want to stumble around in the dark when it comes to re-wiring and repairing your guitar.
I would recommend this book to anyone who plans on dissassembling their axe! It saved me hours of time and grief!
