Altin The moment when you bend the G string just right to hit the perfect blues note is glorious – the occasional following moment when you play the next lick and the guitar is out of tune is a worst-case scenario we all have been through. The main reasons a guitar goes out of tune when … Read more
Time is the ultimate tone-shaper, and corrosion is an unavoidable reality of anything made of metal. We all picked up a random cool-looking axe off a wall at least once and felt we held a relic just cause of the rusty guitar strings. In some scenarios, I even picked up my old guitars off cases … Read more
High action is sometimes the necessary adversity players learn to live with to avoid even the slightest fret buzz. You fight your way through the bends, build your calluses, and even start to like the nice fight the guitar puts in when you play it. However, what happens if you conquer the beast but get … Read more
Imagine you’re playing open cowboy chords smoothly along with the band. The chorus hits, and you press down the pedal grooving to the power of distorted power chords. And just when it’s time for the gods of rock to shine upon you during the solo section, you majestically bend the 15th fret and suddenly hear … Read more
If you’ve ever picked up an electric guitar with a low action at night and practiced without plugin it in, chances are you noticed your riffs sounded something in between a dry, snappy tone and a surprisingly loud fret buzz. Of course, you have played that guitar many times and never had any issue while … Read more
We all look forward to the snappy, bright tone of new strings, especially if old strings sound out of tune and dull. Amid the excitement, after a good half hour of restringing, you get the first chords to ring out nicely, yet notice a tedious buzzing sound when playing licks. It might be light in … Read more