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On The Stringjoy guitar blog, we write about guitar history, guitar gear, music theory, and yes, occasionally strings.

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True Temperament Frets Explained

Today, we take a closer look at true temperament frets, what they do, and why you might consider using them.

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How Does Coil Splitting Work?

How Does Coil Splitting Work?

Coil splitting promises to give you all the tone you expect from a humbucker, but with the ability to switch to a single coil sound as well.

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Nickel Silver Frets vs Stainless Steel Frets

Nickel Silver Frets vs Stainless Steel Frets

We talk about fret material—nickel silver vs stainless steel—and what advantages and disadvantages come with each, as well as what role different types of strings can play when it comes to your frets.

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How to Use an Effects Loop

How to Use the Effects Loop on Your Amp

Effects loops can be incredibly useful tools when you understand what they are, how they work, and how to use them with your amp and pedals. 

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Guitar Pedal Order | Stringjoy

Guitar Pedal Order: How To Organize Your Pedalboard

There are few things more fun as a guitarist than buying new pedals and seeing what they can do. If you have gear acquisition syndrome like me and most other …

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Set Phasers to Stun: The History and Uses of the Phase Shifter

What exactly defines a phaser effect? How does a phase shifter differ from other modulation effects? Here’s what you need to know.

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What Are Gold Foil Pickups?

What Are Gold Foil Pickups?

You’d think as technology has progressed, guitarists would leave the old ways behind and be happy with our modern electronic marvels. But, as many musicians will attest, there’s something irreplaceably …

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Professional Musicians Who Play Inexpensive Guitars

10 Professional Musicians Who Play Inexpensive Guitars

Regardless of how many albums you sell or how much money you make, sometimes the perfect instrument for your needs is an off-the-shelf, inexpensive model. In fact, many modern-day touring …

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8 Unique Electric Guitars Brought Back from the Dead

8 Unique Electric Guitars Brought Back from the Dead

Whether they ceased production due to financial ruin or a lack of popularity at the time, several beautifully weird guitars and guitar brands have re-emerged in the past decade. Let’s take a look.

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Types of Acoustic Guitar Pickups

Acoustic Guitar Pickup Types Explained

There’s no shortage of types of acoustic guitar pickups available to today’s guitarist—piezo, contact, vibrational, microphonic, soundhole and more.

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Warped Vinyl HiFi from Chase Bliss Audio | Solid Stomps

Solid Stomps: Warped Vinyl HiFi from Chase Bliss Audio

Welcome to Solid Stomps, a collaboration with our friends at Nashville’s Eastside Music Supply where we look at pedals that we think are—well—solid. First up is the venerable Warped Vinyl …

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Chorus Pedal Order Comparison: Where to Put Chorus on Your Pedalboard

Chorus Pedal Order Comparison: Where to Put Chorus on Your Pedalboard

We love chorus. There, we said it. But where exactly you put your chorus pedal in your signal chain can make a BIG difference in how your guitar sounds. So …

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Best Guitar Rig Under 600

A Whole Guitar Rig For Under $600? Our Top Budget Guitar Gear Picks.

What if you only had $600 to spend on a whole electric guitar rig? We asked ourselves that very question and picked our ideal $600 guitar rig from our existing …

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Desert Island Guitar Pedal

My Desert Island Guitar Pedal? The smallsound/bigsound Mini Overdrive.

I got an email the other day asking me what my #1 favorite guitar pedal was—if I could only pick one. It got me thinking, so I thought I’d talk about why for me personally, it’s got to be the smallsound/bigsound Mini overdrive

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Is Guitar Tone All In Your Fingers?

Is Guitar Tone All In Your Fingers?

It’s the oldest saying in the book: Tone is all in your fingers! But is it really? We tackle the age-old question, and talk about how your gear and your fingers both have a dynamic role in creating your tone.

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