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Guitar Fretboard Woods: Why We Use the Woods We Do

Guitar Fretboard Woods: The Ultimate Guide

October 5, 2020
An element of guitar specs that is often overlooked is your fretboard (sometimes also called a fingerboard)—specifically, what it’s made ...
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Where Did the Wah Pedal Come From?

September 29, 2020
There’s a long and fascinating history behind the wah pedal we know today. What started out as a trick of ...
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Baritone Guitar Strings

Baritone Guitar: Origins, Tunings and Place in Modern Culture

September 25, 2020
Since it first entered popular consciousness in the mid-1950s, the baritone guitar has proved itself to be an indispensable part ...
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What Are Gold Foil Pickups?

What Are Gold Foil Pickups?

September 10, 2020
You’d think as technology has progressed, guitarists would leave the old ways behind and be happy with our modern electronic ...
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Professional Musicians Who Play Inexpensive Guitars

10 Professional Musicians Who Play Inexpensive Guitars

August 28, 2020
From a masked metal icon to a new American R&B idol, you can easily find guitarists and bassists using affordable guitars, proving you don’t need ...
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The Definitive History of Slap Bass

The Definitive History of Slap Bass

August 26, 2020
From early jazz to modern metal, slap bass has had an impact on music that cannot be overlooked.
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Bass Pickups: Breaking Down the Different Types

Bass Pickups: Breaking Down the Different Types

July 22, 2020
Bass guitars have come a long way since their inception in the 1930s. What were once essentially oversized acoustics outfitted ...
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Acoustic Guitar Body Types: The Complete Guide to Acoustic Shapes

July 13, 2020
Depending on how long you’ve been in the business of making music, you may or may not know that there ...
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45 Guitar Tone Tips

The Ultimate Guitar Tone Guide: 61 Tone Tips to Take Your Playing to the Next Level

March 25, 2020
The biggest, most thorough list of guitar tone tips ever assembled. These tips will help you improve your guitar tone, whether you mainly play on ...
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Covid

Our Status

March 22, 2020
This year has been so insane that we’ve gone ahead and made a page to regularly update our company status ...
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In Defense of Heavy Guitar Strings

Top 6 Benefits of Heavy Gauge Guitar Strings

March 12, 2020
Are heavy strings right for you? Maybe. Maybe not. There are always tradeoffs with lighter or heavier guitar string gauges, ...
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How High Can You Tune a Guitar String Before it Breaks?

How High Can You Tune a Guitar String Before it Breaks?

February 6, 2020
Is Up is the new Drop? Definitely not. But what's wrong with tuning up above the highest E on a guitar? We talk about what ...
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New Standard Tuning

New Standard Tuning: Robert Fripp’s Alternate Tuning Explained

January 23, 2020
Robert Fripp's New Standard Tuning has one of the strongest cult followings among alternate guitar tunings. What is it? Where did it come from? Why's ...
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Pure Nickel vs Nickel Wound Guitar Strings

Pure Nickel Guitar Strings vs Nickel Wound Strings

November 14, 2019
It’s shootout time! Pure Nickel vs Nickel Wound or Nickel-Plated Steel Guitar Strings. We had our buddy Jay Leonard J ...
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8 Alternatives to Popular Electric Guitar Models

8 Alternatives to Classic Electric Guitar Models

September 26, 2019
While there is nothing wrong with plugging a Strat into a vintage Marshall and getting after it, some of us just need something a little ...
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