Stringjoy Guitar Blog

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 ...

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 ...

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

Welcome to Solid Stomps, a collaboration with our friends at Nashville’s Eastside Music Supply where we look at pedals that ...

We love chorus. There, we said it. But where exactly you put your chorus pedal in your signal chain can ...

What if you only had $600 to spend on a whole electric guitar rig? We asked ourselves that very question ...

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, ...

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 ...

Today we look into a long-standing home remedy for guitar: using toothpaste to clean your guitar's hardware. Does it work? Is there a better way? ...

How does your guitar's scale length affect guitar string tension & playability? We talk about the effect of different scale lengths as well as how ...

From country to metal to classical, there is a guitar out there for everyone. Check out this interactive graphic to listen to some of the ...

Can you play an acoustic guitar through an electric amp? Can you run it through effect pedals? You bet you can! Should you do it? ...

The height of your guitar strings—commonly referred to as action—has a big effect on how your guitar feels and plays. But what does it do ...

Compression is a subtle effect which often gets overlooked. When used properly, it can shape and enhance your guitar tone in some rather significant ways. ...

What is a clean boost pedal, and why should you use one? We answer those questions, and recommend 5 great budget clean boost pedal options.