Guitar & bass knowledge. No strings attached.

How To Change Guitar Strings The Right Way

July 23, 2015

How to change your electric or acoustic guitar strings the right way, the first time.

Guitar Wood Types: A Guide to the Tonewoods Used in Guitar Building

April 14, 2015

Wood matters. The type of wood, along with how it is treated in the factory, will determine what a guitar looks, sounds, and plays like.

Tony Iommi's Guitar String Gauges

March 27, 2015

Some of the heaviest tones in rock history were made with one of the lightest guitar string sets you've ever heard of.

Trigger: The story of Willie Nelson’s beloved guitar

March 25, 2015

Willie Nelson has entertained audiences since he was 13 years old, and through the decades his guitar Trigger has become almost as famous as he is

Should You Customize Your Guitar Strings?

February 25, 2015

5 Signs It's Time To Change Your Guitar Strings

January 4, 2015

How to spot the early warning signs that your guitar strings are on their last legs, so you have time to change them before they break mid-set.

5 Reasons Why Guitar Strings Break

December 8, 2014

Your guitar plays fine for days—even weeks—and then you get to the big show, it's almost time for your solo, and your string breaks. It sucks. The good news is, by learning a bit about why strings break, we can learn how to prevent it.

Jimi Hendrix's Guitar String Gauges

November 28, 2014

Jimi played custom designed guitar pedals, hot rodded amps, customized guitars—and needed carefully chosen guitar string gauges to suit it all.