App Detail » eTipbook Electric Guitar and Bass Guitar LITE

App Description

The Best Guide to Your Instrument!

Note: this app doesn’t function properly in iOS 8. An update will be released soon!

eTipbook Electric Guitar and Bass Guitar LITE is a free 80-page preview of the 289-page full version. A buyer's guide and owner's manual in one, this book brings you the combined knowledge and experience of 30+ luthiers, guitar and bass techs, teachers and musicians, in a very readable format. Great stuff for beginners, an inspiring resource for advanced players, and a handy reference for pros.

Your favorite instrument
eTipbook Electric Guitar and Bass Guitar helps you make an informed purchase, explaining the effects of different types of wood on the sound of the instrument, neck profiles, cambers, fret shapes and sizes, different types of bridges, pickups, string materials and windings, and more. Gigbags, straps, and picks are discussed as well, and there are dedicated chapters on tuning, maintenance and guitar adjustment. The unique Tipcodes provide direct access to short movies and sound tracks.

Chord diagrams and more
As a generous extra, the book offers brief sections on the instrument's family, history, and production, as well as a glossary, a musical introduction to chords, and numerous chord diagrams, including power chords, movable chords, and more.


PRESS QUOTES:

'...highly desirable, and highly pocketable items; Packed with plenty of concise, relevant information; Written with the absolute beginner in mind, it's comprehensive enough to appeal to pros too.' Guitarist

'A great gift, easy to read, convenient to carry, and priced right; Boiled down to the absolute basics...; No more than one needs to know or remember, but enough to provide essential information. These guides really hit the mark for efficiency.' Vintage Guitar Magazine

'A wealth of information in a very compact form.' Guitar Digest

'...an incredibly thorough tome that covers everything from the acoustic’s basic anatomy to the proper care and feeding of fingernails.' Frets

'Each Tipbook is not only an excellent place for a beginner to start, it’s also an outstanding refresher course for musicians and songwriters at any level!' American Songwriter

'Very useful background information; [...] of benefit to all guitarists.' Classical Guitar Society Western Australia

'Comprehensive approach; easy-to-follow layout makes these Tipbooks a joy to read.' Music Trades

App Changes

• May 22, 2013 Initial release