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In general I suggest going for slightly less overdrive/heavy overdrive than Guitar 1, and using slightly brighter, “scratchier” tones to suit the parts, which are predominantly simple rhythm. When setting up the guitar sounds, I recommend working with the Guitar 1 player to dial in sounds that are sufficiently different in terms of EQ from the Guitar 1 sounds, to avoid a mushy mix when the two are playing together. A distortion pedal would also be suitable. A thicker, but still bright, distorted heavy tube overdrive. Heavy Overdrive: bridge pickup, humbucker mode.Bright overdrive sound, but not full-on distortion. Clean: pickup position 4 (bridge and middle pickups.Three basic electric guitar tones are required for the RENT Guitar 2 book: Capo: a capo for the acoustic guitar is required.No effects are needed for the acoustic guitar. As an alternative, the overdrive and distortion tones could be generated using the electric guitar amplifier, if it has sufficient flexibility in terms of channels. Effects: compressor, overdrive, distortion (or heavy overdrive) and tremolo effects are required for the electric guitar.A DI (Direct Input) to the house sound would also work for the acoustic guitar. I do not recommend running the acoustic guitar through an electric guitar amplifier. Amplification: required for both acoustic and electric guitars.Acoustic guitar: a standard 6-string acoustic, fitted with a pickup.The thicker tones of a Gibson-style humbucker are not suitable for the material. A Telecaster would also work for this show. Electric guitar: I recommend a “Strat”-style guitar, with single-coil pickups.The following equipment is required to play the Guitar 2 book: I provide a list of changes made in the School Edition here. School Edition: also typeset, but with edits to tone down some of the more adult content.In terms of content, there are no significant differences between the Typeset and Hand-Written versions. Typeset: the typeset version superseded the hand-written version, and is now the official licensed rental material provided by MTI.Hand-Written: the original hand-written version of the score.There are three versions of the Guitar 2 / Keyboard book for RENT: For this article I revisited the book, played through the parts and listened carefully to the Broadway Cast Recording.ĭIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE GUITAR 2 / KEYBOARD BOOK However, I did study the book in detail when preparing a combined Guitar 1 & 2 book (see my notes on that subject here). Let me start by saying that I have never actually performed this book, and probably never will, because it’s mainly a keyboard book and I am not a keyboard player. I cover equipment requirements and electric guitar tones, describe the different versions of the score, provide some general observations on playing the book, and comment on each of the 14 guitar parts. The book is mostly keyboard parts, with guitar on only 14 of the 43 numbers in the show. In this article, I take detailed look at the guitar parts for the RENT Guitar 2 / Keyboard book.