Stringjoy Guitar Blog

When it comes to their effect on your guitar's frets, not all guitar strings are created equally. So why do some strings wear frets down ...

There's nothing worse than a guitar that just will not stay in tune... Like we always say, time spent tuning is time that could be ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

How can half gauge guitar strings help you achieve more even tension between different guitars, and better balance the tension ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.