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.
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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The History of Electro-Harmonix
October 10, 2024
Let's take a look at the ways in which Electro-Harmonix expanded the guitar's tonal palette.
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Martin vs Gibson vs Taylor: Choose Your Acoustic Fighter
October 2, 2024
Let’s dissect some iconic acoustic guitar models and get an idea of who would win in a steel-string cage match featuring Martin, Gibson, and Taylor.
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What is the Vox Sound?
September 13, 2024
What makes the amplifier that defined the British Invasion so special, anyway?
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The Guitars of Jimi Hendrix
September 5, 2024
Despite his icon-status, Jimi was just like us: a gear nerd. Let's take a close look at the guitars of Jimi Hendrix.
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The Top 10 Guitar Solos Played on a Les Paul
August 29, 2024
Some of the best guitar solos of all time have been played on Les Pauls. Let's take a look at 10 of the most iconic Les Paul solos.
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The History of Les Paul Pickups
August 16, 2024
Let's look beyond PAFs and explore the full spectrum of Les Paul pickups that players have to choose from.
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