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Table of Contents<br />
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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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