How easy it is to play the guitar depends on a number of factors, including how much relief there is, the action, in addition to the string thickness. An improperly set up action can make any great guitar sound bad through things like fret buzz or the extreme version of this: fretting out. On the …
When it comes to guitar setups, there are quite a few things to know and much of it can’t be remembered at the top of your head, especially if you’re only setting your guitar up a few times a year. Guitar technicians and luthiers have more of a handle on this kind of thing simply …
The electric guitar has existed for over a hundred years at this point, and its popularity has stayed fairly consistent during that time. It’s not hard to imagine then that people have come up with all kinds of myths, old wives tails, and other tricks that are supposedly the secret to some special technique or …
When are your guitar strings dead? How do you tell, and how often should you change them?
Why guitar strings aren’t really that dangerous, unless you wanted to use them as a weapon of strangulation.
Are guitar strings electrical conductive? This article answers that question in simple terms.
Magnetism is an important scientific principle when it comes to electric guitars
Here are the four main ways that violin and guitar strings are different from each other.
Are guitar strings actually toxic? Some people wonder if polymer-coated strings, in particular, are harmful.
In this article, I explain what I believe is the real reason for why your guitar strings are going out of tune.
