스케일과 음악 이론에서부터 트러스 로드 조정과 바람직한 레코딩 스튜디오 셋업까지 다양한 주제에 걸친 팁들이 101가지로 정리되어 있는 책입니다.
또한 저자가 했던 수많은 인터뷰들에서 발췌한 B.B. King, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Warren Haynes, Laurence Juber, Pete Anderson, Tom Dowd 등과 같은 거장들의 노하우가 곳곳에 소개되어 있습니다.


- Contents -

1. The Whole Neck Mapped Out
2. Scale Numbering System
3. Half Steps and Whole Steps
4. Modal Madness
5. Real Rock & Blues Soloing
6. Satch's Drone Tones
7. The Nashville System
8. Transposing
9. Two-Five-Ones
10. One-Six-Two-Five
11. Learning by Ear
12. When in Doubt, Play I - IV
13. Relative Major and Minor
14. The Blues Ain't All Sad
15. The C-A-G-E-D Theory
16. The ABCs and 123s of Chords
17. Arpeggio Road Maps
18. Four Fingers, Please
19. Warm-Ups Made Easy
20. Alternate Picking
21. Getta Tuna
22. Soundhole Solution .......
23. Electric vs. Acoustic, Pt. 1
24. Electric vs. Acoustic, Pt. 2
25. Heavier Strings, Better Tone
26. Tube Amps Sound Better
27. Amp Modelers
28. Small Amps, Big Sounds
29. Amp Up, Guitar Down
30. Gig Bags vs. Shells
31. Cable Quality
32. Gain and Sustain
33. Hear the Rig
34. Distortion vs. Overdrive
35. Clean and Compressed
36. Your Heroes All Cheat
37. Pedal Positioning
38. Tape 'Em Down
39. Pedal Boards
40. Carry That Weight
41. Keep Your Strap On
42. Loop It or Lose It
43. Don't Turn Up, Tilt Up
44. Heavy Picks
45. Practice for Perfection
46. Guitar TV
47. Video Teachers
48. Network News
49. Other Instruments
50. Analyze Your Originals
51. Singing and Playing
52. Simplify for Songwriting
53. Keep It Fun
54. Turnarounds for Everyone
55. Easy Funk Guitar
56. This Is Not the Blues
57. Alternate Voicings
58. Damp It
59. Get a Metronome
60. Inject Some Intervals
61. Open-String Soloing
62. Harmonics
63. Alternate Tunings
64. Exotic Scales
65. Live Experience Is Golden
66. Climatic Conditions
67. Fingertips and Nails
68. Change One String at a Time
69. Coricidin Bottle Blues
70. Get Tooled Up
71. Tube Replacement Schedule
72. Insure Your Investment
73. Hazardous Materials
74. Flying With Your Guitar
75. Even in a Flight Case
76. Shipping Your Guitar or Amp
77. Proof of Ownership
78. Winding New Strings
79. A Properly Strung 12-String
80. Sharpen Your Pencils
81. Grinds, Not Groans
82. SRV Broken-String Solution
83. Cleaning the Body & Neck
84. Cleaning the Fretboard
85. Truss Rod Adjustments
86. And... Action
87. Setting Intonation
88. Locking Tuners
89. Avoiding Broken Strings on a Floating Bridge
90. Changing Strings on a Floating Bridge
91. Keep It Level
92. More Floating Bridge Tips
93. Miking Amps in the Studio
94. Recording Acoustic Guitars
95. Save Your Studio Ears
96. Home Recording Necessities
97. Effects and Band Size
98. Cut Through on Solos
99. Speaker Placement at a Gig
100. Eliminate Hum
101. Stop Microphone Shock