The Complete Guide to Guitar Humidity Every guitar player knows the frustration: one day your guitar plays perfectly, and the next, it’s buzzing, the action feels “off,” and the fret ends are sharp to the touch. The culprit? Relative humidity—or…
The Complete Guide to Cleaning Everything on an Acoustic Guitar Table of Contents There’s nothing like the feeling of picking up and playing a freshly cleaned acoustic guitar. The finish gleams, the fretboard is smooth and fast, and you can…
The Complete Guide to Fixing Fret Sprout for Guitar and Bass If you’ve ever picked up your guitar and felt those sharp, protruding fret ends digging into your hand, your guitar is suffering from fret sprout. Not only does it…
Fretboard Cleaning And Care Guide Your fretboard is one of the most important parts of your guitar or bass. It’s where all of the hours of practice, dialing in your tone, and setting up your gear converge to let you…
The Complete Guide To Fixing Guitar And Bass Fret Buzz Nothing is worse than tuning up your guitar, plugging in, and as soon as you start to play, everything sounds like a buzzy mess. Fret buzz can make even simple…
The Complete Setup Guide For Electric, Acoustic, Bass, And Classical Guitars What Is A Guitar Setup? A Guitar Setup is a series of adjustments made to an electric, acoustic, bass, and classical guitar to ensure proper playability and performance of…
The Complete Guide To Cleaning and Care For Guitar Pedals My Guitar Pedal Is Making A Scratchy Sound Or Cutting Out. What’s Happening? This is actually a very common problem as guitar effects pedals get used and age. Your pedal…
The Complete Guide To Guitar And Bass String Cleaning And Care Dead strings will ruin your instrument’s tone. No matter how well your action is set, your pickups are dialed in, and your amp is ready to rock—dead strings will…
The Complete Guide To Pickup Height Adjustment For Electric And Bass Guitars What Is Guitar Pickup Height? Pickup Height for guitars refers to the distance between the pickups (the magnetic devices that “pick up” the vibrations of the strings) and…
The Complete Guide To Guitar Intonation For Electric, Acoustic, Bass and Classical Guitars What is Guitar Intonation? Guitar intonation is the adjustment of the saddle that makes the fretted notes play in tune with the open string. The accuracy of…