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In “The Guitar Book” by Tom Wheeler that I am reading as my personal learning network I am learning about resonation of different woods, how pickups work, and how to adjust the action of guitar strings. First of all I have learned about resonation of wood. I have learned what woods resonate at high and low pitches and what style of sound they make. “Flamed maple is used in several electric guitars and has a very full tone.” This means that because flamed maple is used in this guitar it will have more presence, kind of warm sound. This is also important in the aspect of choosing the right guitar because you know what type of sound you like and the wood that makes that sound. I am also learning about how pickups work (on electric guitars). “The 6 magnets of the pickups measure distance from the magnet to the string these wavelengths are measured magnetically and picked up from electricity...” Knowing this makes it possible to use more power on the pickups to change the sound, the higher output the pickup is makes more possibility for a grungy sound. Lastly my free read book is teaching me how to adjust the action (tension) of guitar strings. Having the right action on your guitar is vary important but there is no “right” way to do it, some players like there action to be tight while others like there action to be loose. The most important thing about adjusting action is making sure there is no fret buzz. In the past weeks my personal learning network has taught me important lessons on resonation of wood, how pickups work, and how to adjust the action of your guitar.