Good book for electronics basics?

PonchoGreg

I've dabbled with guitar electronics for a long time (and even built a simple amp from a kit) so I really should have a decent grasp by now, but I realise that I miss a lot of the basics (reading schematics, the basics of a circuit, series vs parallel, resistors vs capacitors, etc).

If you can't tell, electronics wasn't taught in my school!

So I'd like to have one handy resource for these basics, if only to figure stuff out for myself and stop badgering @ICBM ;
 

You may laugh, but having looked at the contents table of "Electronics for Dummies", it looks like it could do the job... But I don't know if it's any good.

Do you have any other recommendations for a good primer book? Or should I stick to online resources?

Thanks!

robinbowes

This is quite a good one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Practical-Electronics-Inventors-Fourth-Scherz/dp/1259587541

Oldbramwell

'Electronics for guitarists' is really good by the price does seem ridiculous.
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Oldbramwell

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Electronics-Guitarists-Denton-J-Dailey/dp/1461440866/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=electronics+for+guitarists&qid=1605705432&sr=8-1

PonchoGreg

Yikes - yeah, steep.

I think any book that goes in depth into actual building for specific applications is bound to be expensive. I'm actually just looking for knowledge of the fundamentals of electronics in general I guess.

thermionic

The Art of Electronics by Horowitz & Hill is a standard undergrad textbook which covers a lot.

Flip

Can't help with the specific request ie a book, but I do want to congratulate you on your good sense in taking this approach. On the evidence of almost all the You Tube 'how to make up this kit guitar etc there's very little attention given to doing a competent job of the wiring, especially the preparation of the bits to be soldered and the actual soldering. Time and again the results seem perfect contenders for dry joints or complete failures in a matter of months. Strictly speaking, almost all guitar electrics are just that, they're passive and therefore to my understanding not electronics. I'm also surprised why people generally shun throwing away the dodgy Chinese pots and buying (for not very m8ch money, decent branded substitutes. Many builders seem happy to flirt with Grover or Gotoh tuners but content to stick with cheap pots that will almost certainly affect the playing more than fancy machine heads..

Danny1969

The art of electronics is a good book that I learnt from back in the day and will cover all you need to know for just about all analog circuits and a fair bit of digital. 

Youtube wise check out Afrotechmods channel, there's some  great beginners videos
 

KDS

thermionic said:

The Art of Electronics by Horowitz & Hill is a standard undergrad textbook which covers a lot.

Still have my copy from 25yrs ago