A blueprint for neurodivergent musicians: pattern clarity, technical confidence, and creative regulation.—from frustration to flow.
The Mission
Why these books exist
Learning guitar when you have ADHD isn’t about talent. It’s about architecture.This series was built for players who think fast, feel deeply, and get overwhelmed by cluttered tutorials and endless YouTube rabbit holes.
Each volume gives you a full landscape view of one part of the guitar ecosystem — amps, pedals, tone shaping, live setups — so you can zoom out, understand how it fits together, and dive in when you’re ready.
These aren’t just books.
They’re structured signal maps — with clear organization, no fluff, and plenty of white space to add your own notes, preferred channels, and hands-on references.Perfect for short sleepers, pattern matchers, and anyone trying to build clarity before chaos.
• No “just practice more” lectures
• No neurotypical discipline hacks
• No disorganized info dumpsThis series is built for how ADHD minds actually work:✅ ADHD-aware design — structured to reduce overwhelm
✅ Self-paced format for nonlinear attention cycles
✅ Reference-style layout — zoom out, then drill in
✅ Prompts for journaling, reflection, and custom learning paths
What You’ll Learn
You’ll find:
• Conceptual frameworks that help you reframe how you practice
• Strategies for managing frustration, building internal regulation, and recovering from burnout
• Techniques for maximizing your limited practice time
• Advice on gear, tone chasing, and building setups that serve your goals
• Personal anecdotes that validate the emotional experience of the self-taught musician⸻This book won’t fix your playing overnight — but it will anchor your thinking, refocus your energy, and help you build a guitar practice system that matches the way your brain actually works.Use it as a reference, a reset button, or a companion on the days you want to quit.
What You’ll Learn
• How to evaluate a guitar neck, bridge, nut, and frets — before and after you buy
• The right way to measure action, relief, and intonation (without getting lost in numbers)
• Pickup height, string spacing, and how to balance tone across your rig
• Maintenance strategies that prevent failure — not just fix it afterward
• Tips for dealing with techs, luthiers, and DIY upgrades with confidence⸻This book isn’t just for DIY tinkerers — it’s for players who want their instrument to respond to them.You’ll walk away knowing how to:
✔ Set up your guitar for your own playing style
✔ Identify issues before they become problems
✔ Ask better questions (and avoid bad repairs)⸻
History, Electronics, Maintenance, and Repair⸻Know your tone machine.
This volume gives ADHD musicians and gear tinkerers a complete guide to what’s really happening inside the box — from tubes and transistors to speaker matching and power flow.It’s not just about knowing which amp to buy.
It’s about knowing how to think through sound, signal, and why your rig feels off… even when everything’s plugged in.
What You’ll Learn
• A complete breakdown of amplifier types: tube, solid-state, hybrid, and modeling
• The actual signal path: from pickup to output
• How preamps, tone stacks, power stages, and transformers interact
• How to identify and troubleshoot noise, hum, tone loss, or overheating
• Tube biasing, speaker ratings, impedance matching — in plain English
• Critical maintenance strategies and common mistakes to avoid⸻This isn’t an engineering textbook.
It’s a player’s manual for signal fluency — so you’re not guessing when something fails, changes, or just sounds wrong.Whether you’re experimenting with tone, chasing tube magic, or fixing a rattle in your rig, this book gives you the map.⸻Perfect for players who want to hear deeper, repair smarter, and feel more in control of the gear they depend on.
If you’ve ever asked, “Why doesn’t this sound right?” — this book is your answer key.Volume 4 maps the entire guitar signal chain, from your fingers to your amp — and every pedal, buffer, and bottleneck in between.It’s built for ADHD players, tone chasers, home studio musicians, and anyone who wants to understand how sound actually flows through a guitar rig — without needing an engineering degree.
What You’ll Learn
• What really happens from pickup to preamp to speaker
• How signal flow affects tone, attack, clarity, and compression
• Where to place effects for the most predictable (or intentional) results
• The difference between buffers, true bypass, and signal degradation
• How to simplify, organize, and troubleshoot your pedalboard
• The role of cables, impedance, noise, and power routing⸻This isn’t about selling you a new pedal.
It’s about giving you a working mental model of your entire rig — so you can shape your sound on purpose.Whether you’re experimenting at home, prepping for a session, or trying to fix something mid-gig, this book gives you the map and the vocabulary to understand your tone at the system level.⸻Perfect for players who want to make smarter gear choices, build confidence, and stop guessing.
The gear has changed. So has the job.
Today’s guitarist isn’t just a player — they’re a tone shaper, rig builder, recording tech, and live system operator.This book is built for players who want to understand the full toolkit of the modern guitarist — especially if you’re navigating ADHD, nonlinear workflows, or creative fatigue.Whether you’re just starting out, rebuilding your setup, or trying to figure out how all the new tech actually works, this guide gives you the landscape view.
What You’ll Learn
• The anatomy of a modern home studio (for guitarists)
• Audio interfaces, DAWs, signal routing, and latency tips
• Amp modelers, IRs, and hybrid setups explained
• Pedalboard planning and digital switching options
• Live sound essentials — gain staging, DI vs mic, FOH needs
• Recording best practices and troubleshooting strategies⸻This isn’t just a gear manual.
It’s a mindset shift — from “What do I need?” to “What am I building — and why?”Whether you’re:
• Recording at home
• Playing live
• Jumping between analog and digital rigs
• Or just trying to make it all feel less overwhelming…This book helps you design a system that fits your sound — and your brain.⸻Volume 5 closes the series by showing how it all connects.
From signal flow to self-regulation — this is the rig behind the music.
Take the self-assessments featured in the books to learn if your wiring reflects:
• High-signal ADHD patterning
• DEC2 short-sleeper biology
• Natural cognitive convergence
• Flow-first, shame-free execution style
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