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Table of Contents<br />

xiii<br />

21st-Century Soul .........................................................................................250<br />

John Mayer, new kid on the blues block .........................................251<br />

Allmans Redux: Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks,<br />

keepers of the flame .......................................................................251<br />

Part V: Gearing Up: Outfitting Your Arsenal................253<br />

Chapter 14: Shop Till You Drop: Buying the Right Guitar for You . . .255<br />

Before You Begin Shopping.........................................................................256<br />

Deciding On a Make and Model..................................................................256<br />

Evaluating a Guitar.......................................................................................257<br />

Construction .......................................................................................258<br />

Materials..............................................................................................259<br />

Workmanship ......................................................................................262<br />

Appointments (aesthetic options)...................................................263<br />

Welcome to the Jungle: Shopping ..............................................................263<br />

Bringing a friend .................................................................................263<br />

Money matters: Deal . . . or no deal .................................................264<br />

Protecting Your Guitar.................................................................................265<br />

Hard cases...........................................................................................265<br />

Soft cases.............................................................................................266<br />

Gig bags ...............................................................................................266<br />

Chapter 15: Choosing Your Amp and Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267<br />

Getting Started with a Practice Amp .........................................................268<br />

Shopping for a practice amp.............................................................268<br />

Playing with a practice amp..............................................................269<br />

Powering Up to a Larger Amp.....................................................................271<br />

Choosing among different amp formats ..........................................271<br />

Feeling the power ...............................................................................274<br />

Dissecting the Amplifier..............................................................................274<br />

Input jack.............................................................................................275<br />

Preamp.................................................................................................275<br />

Tone......................................................................................................276<br />

Effects ..................................................................................................277<br />

Power amp ..........................................................................................277<br />

Speakers ..............................................................................................278<br />

The flexibility of having separate channels ....................................278<br />

What’s That Sound? Checking Out Your Amp Choices ...........................279<br />

Tube amps...........................................................................................279<br />

Solid-state amps .................................................................................281<br />

Hybrid amps........................................................................................281<br />

Digital-modeling amps .......................................................................282<br />

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