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September 25, 2025

Customizing Your Guitar’s Finish - Relic vs. Gloss Techniques

Do you absolutely love your guitar, but want to make it more of a one-of-a-kind? It plays great, sounds like a dream, but just doesn’t match your style. Well, customizing the finish could be the answer, allowing the artist in...

guides

September 17, 2025

Hot-Rodding Your Strat - Mods to make your Stratocaster Sing

The Fender Stratocaster is, without doubt, one of the most iconic guitars of all time. Its double-cutaway design, mega-versatile pickup configuration, floating tremolo system, and sleek, contoured body have made it a legend since its introduction in 1954. From Hendrix...

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September 11, 2025

Wiring Mods 101 - Unlocking New Tones with Simple Circuit Tweaks

Most guitarists are understandably quite apprehensive about opening their guitar up and attacking it with a soldering iron. However, if you can get over this fear, trying out some simple guitar wiring modifications can turn a guitar that you really...

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September 04, 2025

Guitar Nut Explained: Types, Materials, and How to Choose the Right One

Like most guitarists, you more than likely think of a nut as a necessary, but not very important part of your instrument. However, it actually plays a major role in your playing experience and tone. The nut is basically a...

bridge & saddle guides

August 28, 2025

Bridge Upgrades - Exploring Tremolo vs. Fixed Bridge Options

The bridge on your guitar is one of its most critical components; it's one of the anchor points for the strings and affects the instrument's tone, sustain, intonation, and overall playability. Its function is to transfer vibrations from the strings...

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August 21, 2025

Different Types of Electric Guitar

Choosing the right electric guitar is never easy. If you’re a complete beginner, you are probably drawn to the brands and body styles that your guitar heroes play. Whereas, if you’ve been playing for a while, you’re more than likely looking...

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August 14, 2025

Installing Locking Tuners - A Step-by-Step Guide for Better Tuning Stability

Tuning stability is one of the most important aspects of guitar playing. Whether you're a beginner just starting off, strumming chords in your bedroom, or a seasoned performer recording your own songs and performing on stage, there’s nothing as musically...

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Juli 24, 2025

Is it Better to buy a Cheap Guitar and Upgrade, or buy a High-End One?

Thinking of learning to play the guitar? Then you’re going to need to buy one. Not an easy task if you can't play and have no idea what to look for. Then you have to consider the price; guitars range from...

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Juli 16, 2025

Steve Rothery’s Squire Stratocaster - Why does one of Prog Rock's greatest guitarists play a Squire?

Steve Rothery is without a doubt one of the most underrated guitarists around. His highly emotive, melodic, and atmospheric playing style has been a cornerstone of Marillion's sound and instrumental in creating their vast number of hit records. Not many...

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Juli 08, 2025

What does a Professional Guitar Setup include, and when is it necessary?

Getting your guitar professionally set up is usually not at the top of most guitarists' To Do List. But it should be. A well setup guitar will not only be a pleasure to play but will also sound better. Regardless...

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Juni 30, 2025

String Trees: How can such a Small Part have a Big Impact on Your Tone

String Trees are a fascinating little invention. A small piece of metal fashioned into a pair of delicate twirls with a plastic base, screwed straight into your headstock. They seem almost insignificant, but they must be there for a reason,...

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Juni 16, 2025

Alternate Guitar Tunings: Everything You Need To Know - Part 2 - Open, Folk and Crazy Tunings

Well, here we are again, for the second installment of our in-depth look at alternative tunings, so let’s not waste any time and get straight to it with… Open Tunings All the tunings I covered in Part 1 were loose...

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Juni 16, 2025

Alternate Guitar Tunings: Everything You Need To Know - Part 1 - Standard Tuning Variations and Drop Tunings

We guitarists are fickle artistic creatures, constantly trying to push the instrument to create new sounds and interesting textures. There are lots of tools at our disposal to achieve this, from different types of guitar - a baritone, a bass...

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Juni 11, 2025

Why Are Guitars Tuned E-A-D-G-B-E? A Deep Dive into Standard Tuning

Most players tune their guitars in standard tuning, which is E-A-D-G-B-E. Some tune it a little lower to either get the darker sound they prefer, or because it works better with the vocal range of the band's singer. But the...

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Juni 04, 2025

Why is a Les Paul the best guitar in the world, and how to make yours even better?

I own far too many guitars. I’m a record producer who owns a studio, and I also play session guitar, so that justifies it to some degree. But in reality, I am fully aware that GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) is...

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