Plain StringsPretty much all plain steel strings, which means the G, B and high E on most electric sets, are made from drawn carbon steel that’s usually called “music wire,” or “piano wire.” It’s not really anything new. In fact, it’s been around in various forms in musical...
Acoustic guitar strings are relatively comparable to the cost of electric guitar strings. Again, much of the cost depends on what brand and type of string you are purchasing. Specialized strings and strings from boutique companies are likely to cost more than strings from a larger company that ...
There is no doubt that strings greatly affect the tone and playability of your electric guitar. Let's face it, if you don't want it to be just another percussion instrument in your collection, you need strings. And when it comes toFender electric guitar strings, there are a lot of fact...
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It doesn’t take much strumming to figure out there is something…odd…about the guitar strings' order — specifically, the way they’re tuned. Take the mandolin, which is tuned (lowest to highest string) GDAE. Here, each string is tuned a perfect 5th away from the next. This makes ...
As with pretty much everything regarding the subjectivity of tone, it’s difficult to provide thorough guidance, because the creator is the arbiter of what’s good and what’s bad. That means you, BTW. And, quite frankly, many guitarists own guitars with different types of pickups to invit...
To change the strings on your guitar, you’ll need the proper equipment: new strings, wire cutters, and some kind of guitar cleaner. Whether you’re a beginner or an expert player, restringing a guitar is something that you need to learn. More serious pl
One such risk pertains to cheap strings. If you are using cheap guitar strings, you would be better advised to simply purchase new ones. Boiling cheap strings (with their inherently low tensile strength) will make the strings much more brittle, and thus more susceptible to breakage. Also, it...
In order to understand tab, you need to visualize a guitar neck as if you are playing the guitar and looking down on the neck. Tab consists of 6 horizontal lines that represent the strings of the guitar. The thickest string being the bottom most line and the thinnest string being the ...
When tuned up to pitch, the strings will put several hundred pounds of pressure on the neck –more than enough to bend it. A truss rod’s job is to counteract that tension and allow the player to adjust how much (or how little) the neck bows. There are two kinds of truss rods: ...