Stringjoy Guitar Blog
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On the stringjoy guitar blog, we write about guitar history, guitar gear, music theory, and yes, occasionally strings.
Choosing the Best Strings for Your Stratocaster
March 20, 2025
When deciding which strings to choose for your Strat, there's no wrong answer, but a little guidance - and really good strings - will connect you with this legendary guitar in a big way.
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Legendary Hues: Classic Fender Guitar Finishes
March 16, 2025
Discover the history and inspiration behind classic Fender colors, from automotive influences to surf culture staples.
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3 Legendary Guitar Techs & The Guitar Gods They Served
March 2, 2025
Behind every great guitarist, there’s an unsung hero: their tech. These wizards ensure that instruments stay in perfect working order no matter how much rock-n-roll wear-and-tear they endure.
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The Plectrum Spectrum: A Brief History of Guitar Picks
February 23, 2025
The guitar pick has evolved into an essential - and personal - tool for players everywhere, coming in a dizzying array of materials, thicknesses, textures, and shapes.
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The Way of the Wobble: Tremolo vs Vibrato Guitar Effects
January 26, 2025
When it comes to electric guitar effects, few terms are as often misunderstood as tremolo and vibrato. Let’s set the record wobbly and explore these effects from their roots in classical music to all their amplified glory.
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Carving Their Own Paths: 5 Guitar Builders You Need to Know
January 19, 2025
A profile of five builders who have carved out a niche by crafting guitars that are modern classics.
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Buffers: The Humble Heroes of Electric Guitar
January 12, 2025
Tucked away in your signal chain is an often overlooked hero: the buffer. These tiny circuits preserve your tone and help you sound like you. But how?
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The Top 10 Christmas Guitar Solos & Riffs
December 23, 2024
What's better than Christmas cookies? Christmas COOKIN'. Here are 10 Christmas songs that feature epic guitar parts by some of the best players ever.
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The Ibanez Iceman: the Coolest Axe Around
December 12, 2024
What's ice-cold AND melts faces? Let's take a look at the Ibanez Iceman, possibly the coolest guitar ever.
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Fire and Ice: The Guitar Gear of Johnny Winter
December 5, 2024
Johnny Winter was a stone-cold blues shredder. Let's take a look at the signature gear that helped him bring the heat.
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The Top 10 Best-Selling Strings from 10 Years of Stringjoy
November 19, 2024
It's been 10 years of good times, awesome tone, and a LOTTA strings. These are the Top 10 Best Sellers from the first 10 years of Stringjoy.
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The Top 10 Articles from 10 Years of the Stringjoy Blog
November 17, 2024
We wouldn't be obsessed with making the best strings in the world if we weren't obsessed with guitar gear and history. As we celebrate 10 years of Stringjoy, let's take a look at the top 10 most popular articles from the Stringjoy blog.
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James Burton's Custom Guitar Strings
November 1, 2024
James Burton played with legends, brought chicken pickin' mainstream, and was cobbling custom sets of guitar strings together waaaay before it was cool.
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What's the Deal with Doom Metal?
October 26, 2024
Let's journey through the slow, sludgy sounds of doom metal — the genre where darkness truly becomes music.
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Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstrat
October 24, 2024
Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstrat isn't just one of the most iconic guitars in rock history, it opened new pathways of guitar creativity and brought Partscasters mainstream.
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All About Octave Pedals
October 17, 2024
Let's look at the octave pedal, a stalwart effect that has transformed the tone of legendary guitarists.
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