Contents (final version). 

Foreword

Introduction

Guitars
   Early Guitars
   The First Telecaster
   Fender Jazzmaster
   Gibson ES-5 Switchmaster
   Hagstrom Viking Deluxe
   Gibson Les Paul Goldtop
   The ‘Bath Festival’ Gibson SG Special
   Gibson ES-355TD-SV
   The ‘Rainbow Theatre’ Telecaster
   Jacobacci Studio 3
   Fender Stratocasters
   The ‘Roxy’ Gibson SG
   Acoustic Control Corporation Black Widow
   The Hendrix Strat
   Rex Bogue semi-acoustic
   Vox Wah-wah Guitar
   Baby Snakes SG
   Les Paul Custom
   Bouzouki
   D’Mini Guitars
   Coral Electric Sitar
   Rickenbacker 360 12-string
   Fender Electric XII
   Other 12-string Guitars
   Performance Blonde Stratocaster
   The Fretless Stratocaster
   Custom Stratocasters
   Custom Telecasters
   Ovation Acoustics
   Gibson Super Jumbo J-200N
   Guild ‘Aragon’ F-30R-NT Acoustic
   Martin D18S
   Gibson J-160E
   Candelas Classical Guitar
   Höfner 500/8 BZ Bass
   Fender Jazz Bass
   Picks
   Strings
   Floyd Rose Vibrato

Amplifiers
   Fender Champ
   Standel Combo
   Fender ‘Blackface’ Combos
   Acoustic Control Corporation 260 Series
   Acoustic Control Corporation 270
   Marshall Amplifiers
   Pignose 7-100
   Orange Matamp OR 200
   Oberheim Studio Practice Amp
   Mesa Boogie Mk I
   Acoustic 165 Combo
   Carvin X-100B
   Seymour Duncan 100 Watt Convertible
   Vox Beatle Amplifiers
   Vox 4×12 Cabinet

Effects Units
   Vox Wah-wah
   Maestro Boomerang and other wah-wah pedals
   Arbiter Add-A Sound
   Rack Systems
   Electro-Harmonix Big Muff
   Electro-Harmonix Small Stone
   Dan Armstrong Green Ringer
   Ibanez FL-303 Flanger
   MXR Flanger
   MXR Distortion+
   MXR Digital Delays
   DBX Boom Box
   Alembic F-2B Preamp
   Electro Wagnerian Emancipator
   360 Systems 20/20 Frequency Shifter
   Morley Rotating Wah Volume Pedal
   EBow
   Systech Harmonic Energiser
   Mu-tron III
   Mu-tron Bi-phase
   Mu-tron Octave Divider
   Oberheim VCF-200 Voltage Controlled Filter
   Roland GP-8
   MicMix Dynaflanger
   Pro Co Rat

Synthesizers and Keyboards 
   Farfisa Professional Organ
   Fender Rhodes
   RMI Electra Piano
   Wurlitzer 200A Electric Piano
   Hohner Clavinet and Pianet/Clavinet Duo
   Hammond B3 Organ
   ARP 2600
   Minimoog
   Moog Taurus
   Electrocomp 101
   EML Poly-Box
   EML SynKey 1500
   Korg VC-10 Vocoder
   E-mu Modular Synthesizer
   Yamaha CS-80
   Pollard Industries Syndrum
   Synclavier
   Roland PAD-8 Octapad
   Roland Super Jupiter
   LinnDrum
   Bösendorfer 290 Imperial Grand Piano
   Guitar Synthesizers

Studio and Recording
   The Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
   JBL 4311B Studio Monitors
   Allison/Valley People Kepex and Gainbrain
   DBX Compressors
   Ursa Major Space Station SST-282
   Lexicon 224-X
   Eventide Harmonizers
   Pal Studio 5-Track recording head
   Apostolic Blurch Injector
   Razor and Tape-Editing Block
   Sony Digital Tape Recorder
   Vintage Studio Microphones
   Crown PZM Microphones
   AKG Dummy Head Microphones
   Yellow Shark Microphone Hoop

Percussion and Other Gear
   Piccolo Snare
   Cowbells and Concert Bass Drum
   Bicycle
   Kazoo
   Haynes Mixer King
   Ludwig Octa-Plus Drum kits
   Maestro Sound System for Woodwinds
   La Peppina Coffee Machine
   Pen Paper and Thesaurus
   Conductors Baton

Post Script

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Index