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# Complete Guitar Wiring: Everything you need to understand, modify, and troubleshoot your guitar's wiring

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Review: Comprehensive, Clearly-Written, Well-Organized Reference - I'd recently become familiar with Mr. Hayes' work from his Sketchy Setups book series, his website, and his newsletter. I appreciate his work because, although he's an experienced luthier, he writes in an accessible conversational style and addresses people of all experience levels and budgets. I wasn't disappointed. This book is easily one of the best organized, well-written, and illustrated technical books I've ever bought. It's laid out and color-coded in a way in which you can easily jump around topics or start from the beginning, whether you need a refresher or it's completely new information to you. Each chapter builds on the concepts covered in the previous one, so you could treat it like a course if you wanted to. The book also isn't just about electric guitars but also has sections and wiring diagrams specific to electric bass, acoustic, and electro-acoustic guitars. He also gives left-handed players some love with special considerations for the lefty. It's nice to have all of this information from a single proven source, in one place, clear and consistent, and genuinely teaching in a way that the reader can apply to practically any guitar instead of mimicking others' designs and modifications with no real understanding of the how and why. This book empowers you with the knowledge to do most anything you can imagine. The book should be useful to all, whether you're wiring guitars on a fresh build, replacing electronics, emulating the electronics of another guitar, or you want to modify certain components for specific performance needs. One could easily imagine a book twice this length that still wouldn't be able to cover every single variation there is or has ever been used for wiring, switches, pickups, etc. But he does such a great job of covering what's most important that you should be able to adapt to just about any scenario. He's got stuff in there from 1950s guitars to MIDI-equipped to 21st-century models. He covers a lot of different pickups, switches, jacks, sockets, and electronic components. While you won't deep dive into reading actual schematics, the book does show how to interpret wiring layout diagrams. Before giving his own diagrams, he shows you the orientation of components as you will see them, leaving no confusion as to which lugs should be used for a particular connection. In fact, if you're fairly new to wiring, I'd recommend thumbing through the appendix before working on any diagrams from Chapters 6 and 7. There are even more illustrations and details about different switches, pots, and components there. This book is a must-have for anyone who wants to really understand what's going on under the hood and/or how to add or improve the electronics for your specific needs.
Review: Excellent resource - Overall this book is fantastic and easily the best put together and cohesive resource for electric guitar and bass wiring I've come across. I am a huge nerd when it comes to this stuff and to anyone who is interested I highly recommend getting this instead of spending years of your life digging through old forum posts rife with misinformation. If you have absolutely zero experience with electronics Gerry Hayes does a great job of introducing how guitar circuits work by slowly adding components and explaining what each part does until a full circuit is created. Explanations and diagrams are very clear and beginner friendly, and the book is organized in a way that if you started at the beginning and read it cover to cover you would have pretty much all the knowledge you would ever need. I have a background in electronics and I feel that concepts were never oversimplified, while also never becoming overtly technical to the point of becoming confusing to those unfamiliar with circuits. If you are on the fence about buying this book I assure you it is worth every penny to have all of this knowledge cohesively laid out in one place.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #85,697 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #52 in Music Reference (Books) #133 in Guitars (Books) #880 in Encyclopedias & Subject Guides |
| Customer Reviews | 4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars (620) |
| Dimensions  | 8.5 x 0.96 x 11 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 1919649425 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1919649429 |
| Item Weight  | 2.34 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 408 pages |
| Publication date  | February 15, 2022 |
| Publisher  | Crooked Nails |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Comprehensive, Clearly-Written, Well-Organized Reference
*by J***T on December 9, 2025*

I'd recently become familiar with Mr. Hayes' work from his Sketchy Setups book series, his website, and his newsletter. I appreciate his work because, although he's an experienced luthier, he writes in an accessible conversational style and addresses people of all experience levels and budgets. I wasn't disappointed. This book is easily one of the best organized, well-written, and illustrated technical books I've ever bought. It's laid out and color-coded in a way in which you can easily jump around topics or start from the beginning, whether you need a refresher or it's completely new information to you. Each chapter builds on the concepts covered in the previous one, so you could treat it like a course if you wanted to. The book also isn't just about electric guitars but also has sections and wiring diagrams specific to electric bass, acoustic, and electro-acoustic guitars. He also gives left-handed players some love with special considerations for the lefty. It's nice to have all of this information from a single proven source, in one place, clear and consistent, and genuinely teaching in a way that the reader can apply to practically any guitar instead of mimicking others' designs and modifications with no real understanding of the how and why. This book empowers you with the knowledge to do most anything you can imagine. The book should be useful to all, whether you're wiring guitars on a fresh build, replacing electronics, emulating the electronics of another guitar, or you want to modify certain components for specific performance needs. One could easily imagine a book twice this length that still wouldn't be able to cover every single variation there is or has ever been used for wiring, switches, pickups, etc. But he does such a great job of covering what's most important that you should be able to adapt to just about any scenario. He's got stuff in there from 1950s guitars to MIDI-equipped to 21st-century models. He covers a lot of different pickups, switches, jacks, sockets, and electronic components. While you won't deep dive into reading actual schematics, the book does show how to interpret wiring layout diagrams. Before giving his own diagrams, he shows you the orientation of components as you will see them, leaving no confusion as to which lugs should be used for a particular connection. In fact, if you're fairly new to wiring, I'd recommend thumbing through the appendix before working on any diagrams from Chapters 6 and 7. There are even more illustrations and details about different switches, pots, and components there. This book is a must-have for anyone who wants to really understand what's going on under the hood and/or how to add or improve the electronics for your specific needs.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent resource
*by B***. on April 15, 2024*

Overall this book is fantastic and easily the best put together and cohesive resource for electric guitar and bass wiring I've come across. I am a huge nerd when it comes to this stuff and to anyone who is interested I highly recommend getting this instead of spending years of your life digging through old forum posts rife with misinformation. If you have absolutely zero experience with electronics Gerry Hayes does a great job of introducing how guitar circuits work by slowly adding components and explaining what each part does until a full circuit is created. Explanations and diagrams are very clear and beginner friendly, and the book is organized in a way that if you started at the beginning and read it cover to cover you would have pretty much all the knowledge you would ever need. I have a background in electronics and I feel that concepts were never oversimplified, while also never becoming overtly technical to the point of becoming confusing to those unfamiliar with circuits. If you are on the fence about buying this book I assure you it is worth every penny to have all of this knowledge cohesively laid out in one place.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic book on guitar electronics!
*by T***N on August 17, 2025*

This is the best book I've ever found on guitar electronics. Easy to understand for beginners, some tips&tricks that even experienced guitar techs and luthiers will find useful and absolutely SUPERB quality wiring diagrams. The nice collection of wiring diagrams alone is worth the asking price and will be a great asset and a huge time saver at the workshop. My only complaint is that some of the diagrams use white lettering on orange background for some of the cap values. This is quite difficult to read. Maybe this is something to think about for the next edition. But I'm nitpicking, this is a fantastic book for anyone interested in guitar electronics. Highly recommended!

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