What advantages or disadvantages does top wrapping guitar strings on a Les Paul or Tune-O-Matic style tailpiece have? Should you try it on your own guitar?

Cleaning guitar strings is a great way to get longer life and better performance out of your strings. But is cleaning guitar strings with rubbing alcohol a good idea, as many have said?

Wound G strings—or wound 3rd strings—used to be in nearly every electric guitar string set available, but not so much these days. Why is that, and what can a wound g string do for you that a plain string can’t?

Many people say it’s bad to take all the strings off your guitar at once, that it will mess up your neck or your setup. …

Have you ever wondered what acoustic guitar strings sound like on an electric guitar? Well, we tried it out, so that you don’t have to waste your strings finding out for yourself.

There’s nothing worse than breaking a guitar string—surely there must be something you can do about it! Well, the good news is, there is. In this video, we go over why guitar strings break, and how to prevent guitar strings from breaking in the future.

How can half gauge guitar strings help you achieve more even tension between different guitars, and better balance the tension on each individual guitar? Let’s …

Yes, they were heavy. But there are a lot of misconceptions about what gauges he actually played, and what he had to do to make them work on his guitar.

Super Light Electric Guitar Strings – or 9s – sometime get a bad rap, but do they deserve it? We don’t think so…

Which of the Acoustic Guitar String Types is the best for your playing style? Compare Phosphor Bronze vs 80/20 Bronze Strings to see what’s right for you.

Does the extra longevity of coated guitar strings outweigh the negative effects on your guitar’s output and sustain? Here’s our take.

Are round core guitar strings or hex core guitar strings better? We look at the pros and cons of each to help you decide what’s right for your guitar.

Guitar strings have remained largely unchanged for many decades, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement. And we’re all about improvement.

With all the different sizes, finding the best acoustic guitar strings can be hard. This blog post will help you figure out which strings are best for you.

Zakk Wylde is known for his punishing down-tuned tones, lightning leads and loads of squealing pinch harmonics. These guitar string gauges get him there.