Book Description
The Silent Cinema Reader brings together key writings on cinema from the beginnings of film in 1894 to the advent of sound in 1927, addressing the development of film production and exhibition technologies, methods of distribution, film form, and film culture during this critical period on film history. Thematic sections address: film projection and variety shows; storytelling and the Nickelodeon; cinema and reform; feature films and cinema programs; classical Hollywood cinema and European national cinemas. Each section is introduced by the editors, and contains suggestions for further readings and film viewings.
Product Description
Whether you simply want to maintain your guitar or hot-rod it into a radical new incarnation, this book is the ideal guide. By the columnist of Guitar Player's popular Repairs & Modifications column, this comprehensive book is a must for any guitarist who needs information on beginning repairs through advance enhancements.
Customer Reviews:
Well, of course it isn't a "Chilton's"..........2007-09-21
I'm not going to waste your time by parroting the features so many other reviewers have covered, but I will waste your time by rebutting some of the naysayers. Anyone who spends a few minutes really looking at the sheer number of styles, parts and options the world of electric guitars has to offer will realize no single binding could possibly walk the reader step-by-step through all possible operations with all possible combinations. Guitar features can be nearly as expressive and unregulated as the music of the guitars themselves. With that said, if you want to learn to think about working on guitars, this is the book for you. Using this book as a reference and using your brain as a tool, you will find in the author and yourself an excellent team for bringing an old junker to life or maintaining your pride and joy.
Could have been better.......2007-07-22
This could have been a much better book if the author had designed it more like a Chilton's manual. It lacks a detailed, step-by-step walkthrough. Still, this book has its strengths, and I would recomend it to a new guitarist, or a guitar player that might not be so handy, but wants to a have a sweeping general knowledge of guitar maintenance.
I wouldn't use this book as a guide on how to paint a guitar, but it is useful in showing how guitars are painted, d'you know what I mean?
Don't waste your money.......2007-06-12
I've been playing guitar for quite a while and finally got the notion to learn how to set up and upgrade my guitars. The author skims over a lot of information. I agree with most of the other 3 stars or less reviews in that this is no way a step-by-step guide to doing anything. I surfed the net quite extensively and found instructions for exactly what I want to do.
too much detail in some areas and not enough in others.......2007-05-25
When setting up my guitar, I found myself looking for more information and pictures that this book does not have. However, it is very detailed and provides many great insights, such as, creating some of your own guitar tech tools and the tricks of professionals. Instead of simply having a section about adjusting the action on an acoustic guitar, I had to jump around throughout the book, and was still left with many unanswered questions. However, the sections on setting up an electric were much more detailed, all in one place, and easier to follow.
If you own or play guitar, you must own this book!!.......2007-05-09
This is a MUST OWN book for anyone who plays guitar, even casually. Step-by-step instruction how to do the simplest repairs like changing strings, to more difficult and technical like how to install new pickups and wiring...and everything in between.
Just the chapter on how to set-up your guitar makes the book worth buying!
You will NOT be disappointed!
Product Description
From shopping for a first electric guitar to setting customized action, this do-it-yourself player's primer for owning and maintaining an electric guitar explains the ins and outs of: choosing the right guitar; cleaning, tools and basic maintenance; personalizing and improving on a factory setup; trouble-shooting; basic guitar electronics; setups of the pros; and much more. Written by Dan Erlewine, author of the bestselling Guitar Player Repair Guide and the popular Repairs column in Guitar Player magazine, this book also includes a plastic sheet with specialized guitar tools you can snap-out!
Customer Reviews:
Essential for every guitar player.......2007-04-28
This book deserves a full on five stars despite any slight flaws it may have. I agree with another reviewer that the beginner who isn't used to the terms and common practices of the craft may have some difficult at first. The book isn't particularly well laid out in that sense.
However, all the information is there and very well explained. It provides guitar players with a better understanding of their instruments which leads to better evaluation of a potential purchase - including a priceless walk-thru a guitar evaluation. It also guides the guitarrist through the basic setup and maintenance that the instrument requires so often. All this is achieved with a minimum of tools (the pro jobs are left to pros) and there's plenty of suggestions for home made, "recycled" tools.
I like this book better than his earlier one and it's my main reference. His videos are also a good reference.
Review - How To Make Your Electric Guitar Play Great.......2007-04-14
A thorough walthrough of just about all steps for setting up your fave axe to
play properly.
Inspecting your guitar before buying it second hand or new,
cleaning and repair, setting up stringheight intonation trussrods etc,
adjusting tailbridges saddles and vibratos.
Dan covers a range of different guitarmodels as a fulcrum
for bringing his point and knowledge home.
If you want to tinker experiment or
adjust your electric guitar to your own style and taste,
this book has a lot of useful information.
Personally I would love to see the pictures in the book with color
instead of just black and white, for clarity and contrast.
Some of the photos in this book look a bit washed out to me.
This would probably raise the price of this very useful book though.
home studio.......2007-03-20
This book was really helpful is setting up my Les Paul Standard. A good book to have on hand when making repairs.
One of the best I have read.......2007-02-28
It has everything for the guitar player that wishes to set his guitar himself.
Must have!
Excelent book for all guitar players.......2006-07-04
This book complement the other book from Dan Erlewine that I purchased. The explanations are very consistents and elucidative, helping the player to extract the maximum sound output and playability from the guitar.
Product Description
This is an essential survival guide for every guitar player and amp owner. Packed with concise, clearly written tips on troubleshooting and repairs using straightforward, step-by-step instructions. This guide teaches the secrets of maintenance and fixing it yourself using simple tools. Contains over 150 photos. Written by Richie Fliegler. 80 pages. Copyright: 1994. Net weight: 3/4 lb. Price WAS $14.95!
Customer Reviews:
Not very deep at all........2007-10-01
This book covers guitars and amps very broadly. How to keep them clean and set them up, with some tips on how to deal with solder in order to do a change of pickups. It doesn't go much further than that. In the amps section it is again very broad. Safety procedures for dealing with your amp electronics and some different methods of biasing amps are presented. There is also some discussion of tubes, transistors, and fuses.
I found the layout and organization of the information to be needlessly confusing. There is SOME info in here that could be useful to you if you want to take good care of your instruments and don't know where to start.
Still, there's gotta be something better out there. That's why I'm only giving it two stars.
Good basics: NOT for solid state amps!.......2007-08-12
First off, do not get this if you wish to repair a solid state amp. It has one page (62) and it has very little useful information. For me, it was not what I was hoping for.
Overall, the book has some great guitar maintenance and diagrams to give you some basic starting points. The price was inexpensive as books go. Some of the guitar wirings diagrams are a bit confusing as they are in black and white. The guitar diagrams vary from Fender to Gibson and others.
It has some good electronic diagrams in the back so you can get an idea about electrical schematics. There is a lot of tips for some visual repairs, too.
If you have a tube amp, this might be a better book for you. Either that or tube amps are designed to be fixed and solid stat one are designed to be tossed.
better than average.......2007-03-15
A good to the point, beyond the basics help guide. Offers different suggestions to try. I,m not even a player and I just enjoyed reading it.
Useful Tips...........2007-01-15
It does cover what it needs to cover....I found it useful when I bought my first used tube amp. I don't dare to try the guitar reparing tips yeat.
Guide to Guitar and Amp Maintenance.......2006-02-24
It's not bad for the price... I've referred to it a couple of times for simple stuff... really this book is ideal for a beginer who know nothing of working on guitars..... as for amps its a little more detailed but still novice at best..... mostly contains how to clean do very minor repair (removing scratches) how to intonate your guitar, etc etc etc....... all in all I felt it was worth the nine bucks......
Book Description
The first comprehensive book on American-made electric and acoustic bass guitars, American Basses offers a wealth of well-researched information about all of the important builders, from one-man shops to the biggest manufacturers. Hundreds of full-color photos illustrate the wide range of instruments available, and special insider essays take you step by step through the bassmaking process, from concept and design to final setup. Includes how-to tips from top builders and designers on topics such as: neck and bridge setup; active vs. passive pickups; bolt-on vs. neck-through design; tonewood characteristics; defeating hum and buzz; string angle and tone; and more. "What a book! I feel much closer to my bass guitar after having read American Basses." - Will Lee, Bass Player for The Late Show with David Letterman
Customer Reviews:
Good book.......2007-09-20
Full of interesting information for a bass player. Also some interesting techniocal information on care and maintenance of basses.
American Basses: An Illustrated History and Player's Guide.......2005-10-19
The book presented very well with good information supplied. The book does however, double up on certain manufacturers if they were involved with more than one company. The pictures are good quality. My only grief is that the author could have focused more on construction techniques than just an encyclopedia of american basses.
Product Description
This is a new kind of manual that helps electric guitarists adjust easily from the music shop to the workshop without demanding great technical skills. This accessible guide describes key procedures for applying the right adjustment at the right time, offering simple and straightforward advice and setting realistic targets for understanding and improving every electric guitar. 220 color photos, including nine fold-out spreads. Hardcover.
Customer Reviews:
Perfect Starter.......2005-11-02
Dan Erlewine is great, but can be daunting when you are just starting to work on your own guitar. This is a perfect book for that player who wants to undertake that first guitar project; the guy who's been playing for a while, and decided it's time to finally change those pickups / that neck / those tuners / etc.
A good book on guitars.......2001-08-17
In this book Burrluck gives the reader the opportunity to learn more about guitar maintenance. I believe it covers most aspects of guitar maintenance, from easy things like changing strings to not so easy things like electronics and so on. My overall opinion is that it is a good book and i don't regret buying it. I can recommend it to people who are beginners (like me). The book covers both Fender and Gibson style guitars, so the book should be helpful to you no matter what guitar you're playing. I haven't read any other books on this topic so I can't compare the book to others.
Good, but Erlenwine is Much Better.......2001-06-27
When I began shopping for a book to learn how to do basic guitar set-ups and basic maintenance, I was stuck deciding between this book and Dan Erlenwine's book. I ended up with this one because of the reviews here and the prospect of good color photos. Also, I had the impression that it was Strat focused, and I have two strats. First off, this book is very small...84 pages. The pictures are excellent... very high quality glossy photos. The problem with them is that many of them are useless. For instance, the entire first 10-15 pages or so are about the history of various guitars and very, very general guitar basic layouts. The photos are great, but if you don't know where the bridge on your guitar is, or what a Les Paul looks like, you should not be attempting to adjust things like truss rods. Another example is the intro to the bridge section, which features multiple pages of great pictures of bridges, all types. I know what my bridge looks like, I want to know hoe to work on it. I feel like this book scraches the surface of maintenance, but leaves out a good deal of the details that make for a thorough understanding of how to maintain your guitar. Take the section on cleaning...it is one page. One! Erlenwine's book has a whole chapter. The section on pickups and electronics has some good diagrams, but I think the sections in the other book ae far superior. Lastly, there is no informaion in this book on acoustics, which I knew before I bought it, but is still a mistake in my opinion. Erlenwine's book has entire sections dedicated to acoustic maintenance/repair. I ended up returning this book and buying Dan's book, which is excellent. If you have the money, I would suggest buying both, but if you only have the money for one book (or if you only want to buy one), but the Erlenwine book! Hope this helps!
The Player's Guide to Guitar Maintenance.......2000-07-05
A definite five star rating. If I had to choose two books to own for guitar repair and general info, it would be this one and the Earlewine book. The first thing you'll notice is the quality of the illustrations and the photos. The pages are coated stock and all the photos are in color and incredibly detailed, unlike many other guitar books that have "cheezy" grey scale photos and crude hand drawn diagrams.
What really amazed me was how current and relevant the information is. Many of the pickups and bridges mentioned for example, are the newest models available. The wiring diagrams and modifications are very easy to understand and are quite useful.
If you're looking for info on setting up your Gibson or Fender, this is the book. It's well laid out and written, informative without being boring, and has incredible photographs, illustrations, and diagrams.
Once again, five stars and a definite keeper.
Great book for starters.......1999-12-08
I have other books on the subject but this one helps me understand what on earth the other ones mean! If you have a lot of experiance in this field this will be mostly yesterday's news but i found it very useful as a beginner. Note: knoledge is required, someone who learned to play guitar yesterday will not profit from this otherwise great book.
Book Description
Return to Rokugan, where honor is a force more powerful than steel.
For one thousand years, the Empire of Rokugan has stood as a bastion of nobility, honor, and virtue. These lands are ruled by the samurai, powerful heroes who carry the katana and wakizashi as their badge of rank. Eight Great Clans vie with one another for supremacy over these lands, all under the eye of the mighty Emperor. And to the south, the Shadowlands, the eternal enemy of Rokugan, waits for the next opportunity to disrupt all that these foolish mortals have built. It is a land of intrigue, wonder, and adventure.
Welcome to the third iteration of the Legend of the Five Rings Role-Playing Game. This player's guide will provide players and GM's with all of the setting, culture, and rules needed to create characters in the Legend of the Five Rings world and stage ongoing campaigns in Rokugan. While this book contains an updated version of the familiar rules, conversion rules will be included so that none of the many previous volumes set in this world will ever be obsolete.
The best Asian style fantasy setting roleplaying game of this generation returns to its roots with its release this summer. Legend of the Five Rings 3rd Edition returns focus to the Roll and Keep(R&K) system originally released in 1996. Conveying a deeper sense of realism, the R&K system best simulates the tension, reality, and lethality of Samurai drama. Look for it more information in the coming weeks here at L5R.com.
* Thrilling fantasy setting based on the myths and culture of Japan, China, and other Asian nations
* A new generation of the beloved Legend of the Five Rings roll and keep system.
* Streamlines existing rules without making previous products obsolete.
* Excellent sourcebook for Rokugani culture and history
Customer Reviews:
The Best of them yet!.......2007-02-05
I have to say, this is possibly the best L5R game to date that I have GMed. The game is fun and I love the roll & keep system. BTW the layout is not a problem, after reading all the negative reviews, i almost did not buy this game, but I took a chance and ordered it and am not disappointed for sure.... IT ROCKS! Compared to 1st edition L5R it is the best, fun and most enjoyable game to date, my only complaint is the NPC's section of the book is kinda slim and the GM gaming advice section is also slighted, but being a veteran GM for over 25+ years, its not a problem....You must also have the Creatures of Rokugan as well, this adds a whole lot more to the baddies, which the main book is slighted with....well you dont have to have it but its worth getting anyhow.
The Rokugan history is deep and keeps on getting bigger all the time, so get this game, its a great one.
I leave the boys alone..........2006-02-01
I think the best critique I can give is to say that this is the first game product I've purchased since I last saw my AEG buddies... GenCon of 2002. Probably 1/3 of the folks named on the front page of the book are known to me personally, though I dropped out of "the gaming scene" about 3 years ago. (OK, I'm a game junkie, and the itch finally came back.)
That being said, the book is beautiful. And I am THRILLED with the return to the original "roll & keep" system. (I hate d20 in all it's incarnations.) I have only 2 comments on the "con" side.
Like other reviewers, I have to say that this book suffers from an incredible lack of editing and proofing. Whole sections are missing, and I found places where proofing notes were made, and ADDED to the printed text. Additionally, you have to read the whole book... the book has 5 sections and 5 writers, and at times, it does read like they didn't talk to each other.
The other issue is the inclusion of "kata". At a glance, it's painfully unbalanced. I cringe at the thought of the actual play experience. I do not mean that kata are unbalancing, but rather, that they are not balanced amongst themselves. IE, no Crane player that wants to live should ever waste the points to purchase a Crane kata, and no Lion player should ever be without the kata available to the Lion.
Basic combat remains the same as it was in 1st edition, and the game adds a fair amount of complexity to character skills in this version. The most significant changes are in dueling and magic. The changes in dueling mean that the Kakita school is no longer the dueling juggernaut that they were previously, but this is probably a good thing. The only down side I see to it is that the Kakita bushi were not given a corresponding improvement in their skirmish combat, leaving the school diminished overall.
In the magic system, there's a notable shift. A lot of spells have changed, mostly to be reduced in power. This is off-set by the increase of 3 additional ranks in all shugenja schools. What this means is that shugenja are much weaker in the early levels than they were previously, but around 4th Rank, it balanaces out and shifts the other way. The only sad part is the loss of versatility, as most spells are now VERY restricted on the number of raises (a game mechanic for bettering your outcome) they may apply to a spell. Gone are the days of The Cresting Wave (one of the greatest feats of magic in the game world, which is now impossible to duplicate).
It is neither good nor bad, but there are a great deal of interesting choices for included information, vs. excluded information. In many cases, I hear that excluded info is scheduled for later releases; but quite often, the choices make me go "hmmm."
One of the things that I'm truly estatic about, however, is the information on Shadowlands Taint and Maho. These topics are vastly improved since 1st Edition, and are mostly laided out in an organized manner. And in the long-run, I think the history overviews will be a godsend. I've certainly gotten enough game ideas to torment my local players for years to come.
in my humble opinion,.......2005-11-23
Playing and loving L5R for almost a year now, I did have some expectations from the 3rd edition. The new version of the game is a mixed package so the review will be 2 sections: the good and the bad (no ugly =).
good: the book is gorgeous!! The art is classy and well done. The production value for this book is very high and at about 30 bucks it should be. Moving on, the content is dense and every page is filled with some sort of more or less useful or colorfull information about Rokugan(setting, the Empire) and its inhabitants. One of the highs (later a low) of this book is just how much of jam-packed info this tome contains, since you technically do not need any other book to start the adventures. Also a good index is definetely a plus as well as all the extra info on Rokugani life which make the game seem very colorful and deep.
bad: Actually some of the goods of this edition are also its own spoils (at least for me.) For example the art is indeed very good, however it feels exaggerated by showing the L5R world in a D&D-esque "super-fantasy" style. What makes L5R so captivating and engrossing is its vivid sence of realism, its griddy and very human life. The earlier edition had superb art in that respect which although being black and white showed very human samurai, and many times even delivered a mild culture shock as it had a very distinct oriental feel. That was the 1992's 1st edition though, and the 3rd version seems to have taken the fantasy, exaggerated pose, comic book feel approach to its art. Same goes for the rules however. After a careful study the book shows signs of catering to the bored-powergamer community. That is to say that gone is the focus on roleplaying and welcome is the emphasis on all those nifty, different, annoying and basicly the same ways to achieve some extraordinary combat result or "super-succeeding" in another way, instead of getting into your character or the story. The combat is somewhat prolonged as a result with more little tricks and quirks you can do which in my opinion just bog down the action and put your mind into the paper instead of the action. Also just as the amount of text is a plus it is also a minus as the player or the GM must weed through all the text just to find what they need (the poor organization of the chapters do not help either.)
So should one buy this book? Well, hard to say. If you like fantasy flare to your oriental RPG's and enjoy a combat and character system with loads of extras and peripherals, colorful art and somewhat spacy design, then by all mean the 3rd ed. is for you! If you are focused on a more realistic and story engrossing oriental RPG, with a simple combat and magic system, which puts the flexibility into your lap intead of into longer rules, the try the 1st edition L5R, "Legend of the Five Rings, Roleplaying in the Emerald Empire" (1992.) Its only 3-6 bucks right here on Amazon!!
Either way, L5R is a great rpg no matter what though so 1st or 3rd should just be a matter of preference. Too bad d20 has got the market on lockdown, there are a lot of whilting great rpgs out there...
Great!!!!.......2005-11-11
This is a great book. The L5R system is back, improved, and with no D20 present. The history is all here, although the summary is a bit brief (You'll probably want to get a more details from the 3 stroyline books, Time of the Void, Hidden Emperor, and Four Winds).
I would have given the book a 5, if not for the numerous typos. Mispellings and bad sentences are present throughout, and although they are not hard to figure out, they are annoying. What is a problem is the accidental retention (from an ealier phase of editing) of an entire section which not only was not supposed to be included, but outright contradicts info found elsewhere in the book. Shame on Alderac for skimping on quality control and copy checking.
Nevertheless, if you like RPGs, you should get this.
Mythic Samurai Roleplaying at it's Best (Pete Melbournian).......2005-10-31
This game is simply stupendous. The way it captures the magic of Samurai Cinema and anime action is uncanny (swordfighting, Duels of honour, bandit cheiftains, my Fu is better than your Fu battles in the streets, ghost-hunting, demon-hunting, evil-sorcerers, backstabbing politicians vieing for power, greedy and ambitious, and every truth is hidden behind a veil of lies).
The game mechanics are simple, easy to learn and fast flowing, using only a handful of ten sided dice. A characters skills and attributes are the basis for self improvement, increasing with use and experience. Additionally each Bushi (Samurai) school has techniques that are slowly learned to give the players characters an edge in combat, or in court. Shugenja (Priest-Wizards) pray to spirits, gods and ancestors to grain their magic, their magic can be as subtle as the breeze or as harsh as lightning, equally elemnental energies on their foes.
The Land of Rokugan is one steeped in tradtion. Their are strict rules of behaviour, honour is all important, and appearances are everything. The seven great clans are descended from gods. Thier childrens children vie for power and dominance across the land. There are ways of doing war, on the batlefiled, or in the halls of power withing the Imperial court. The courtiers are as feared and respected as teh generals of the great clans. Ninja are know to be a fable to scare children, yet black clad assassins stalk the night. Combat is swift and deadly.
To the south is the Shadowlands, a great blighted land ruled by a falled god Fu-Leng. Samurai remain ever vigilant for his legions of zombies, ogres, goblins and cthuloid horrors invading from the south. Shugenja remain ever prayerful, ever mindul of those of their number turning to corrupt, unspeakable magic in the quest for power.
Accross the Easter Seas, the Northern Mountains and Western Deserts are the land of the gaijin(foreigners). After a few missunderstandings, all foreigners are distrusted, feared and reviled as uncivlizied, traitorous and corrupt. The borders of Rokugan are closed to outsiders, by Imperial decree foreign cannon and muskets are outlawed, violations punichable by death.
All in all, this game, this world is one that can provide may years of satisfying roleplaying for any group. A understanding and passion for samurai fiction is a bonus, but not neccisary to enjoy this game.
THREE THUMBS UP.
Oh, and if you like this game, a must have additions is the "City of Lies" boxed campaign set.
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