Pedalmania: The Complete Guide to Stompboxes and Pedalboards — Vinnie DeMasi & Tom Pecoraro (Hal Leonard)

An 80-page beginner-friendly guide to guitar effects and pedalboard building, with access to online video demonstrations. It covers overdrive, distortion and fuzz; compression and EQ; delays, echoes and reverb; modulation effects (chorus, phaser, flanger, tremolo); wah and filters; multi-effect and rack units; building signal chains; maintenance and troubleshooting; and recreating iconic stompbox tones.