Guitar Maintenance

April 17, 2022
How to Restring a Classical Guitar Guide

Learning a new instrument can be full of challenges – deciding to buy the instrument can be a tough start to the journey, followed by the purchasing of accessories and music books. This is the case for any instrument, but I’ve always found it particularly true when it comes to the classical guitar. Not only […]

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March 30, 2022
How to Restring a Bass Guitar Guide

One of the most annoying aspects of playing bass is changing the strings. Since bass strings are thicker than guitar strings, switching them out can be a challenge. And this is bad enough for a traditional four-string bass - imagine restringing a bass guitar with more than six strings! If you need to change out your […]

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February 23, 2022
Drop C Guitar Tuning Guide

Introduction Drop C is a popular tuning among heavier genres of music such as hardcore, metal, and others. This tuning lowers the range of the guitar down two steps below the standard E. The other main change in tuning is that the top string (low C) is lowered an additional tone to create an octave […]

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February 23, 2022
How to Effectively Restring Your Guitar. Are You Doing it Wrong?

Introduction For any beginner guitarist, it can be quite a dilemma to change the electric guitar's strings for the first time. Fortunately, today I will give you a step-by-step on how to perform this task. Although it may seem complex or confusing at first glance, changing the strings is quite simple. There are more efficient […]

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February 12, 2022
How to Refret a Guitar and Why Should You Do It

Refretting a guitar is one of those things that sounds quite daunting at first. Like when you take your first steps fixing your bike, your car, or formatting your PC.  Similar to these moments, it's just daunting at first but learning how to refret a guitar can become a handy tool to add to your […]

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April 15, 2021
The Best Guitar Repair Kits: Which is Right for You?

There are some repairs best left to a Luthier, such as finish work, re-frets, and neck resets, but basic setups, restrings, and minor adjustments can all be done at home, and save you money in the process. Even if you are not a budding luthier, these basic repairs are a great skill to learn and […]

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December 9, 2017
How to Properly Ship a Guitar: Step by Step Instructions

Maybe you’ve had the opportunity to sell your instrument on eBay, or you’re looking to ship out your instrument to a friend, shipping out your guitar may seem like a daunting task. However, shipping a guitar, whether it be an acoustic, bass, classical, or any other instrument, safely packing your instrument away is a lot […]

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November 1, 2017
How to Properly Store Your Guitar for Many Years to Come

No matter how experienced you are with your guitar, even if you’ve only had your instrument for less than a day, you need to take time and learn how to properly store your guitar. Keeping your guitar in the best shape possible is not only going to help save you time, effort, and frustration, but […]

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