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Category: Guitar Care Tuning Restringing

Acoustic Guitar Stands: Ways to Keep Your Guitar When Not Playing

acoustic guitar stands

Having an acoustic guitar stand is often an after thought and whilst acoustic guitar stands are not the be all…

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Updated September 12th, 2023 . 

Published April 14, 2018By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Care and Maintenance, Guitar Care Tuning Restringing

Can You Put Steel Strings on a Classical Guitar?

Is It O.k. To Put Steel Strings On A Classical Guitar?

When someone asks me if it’s ok to put steel strings on a classical guitar, my reaction is that of…

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Updated September 8th, 2023 . 

Published December 12, 2015By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Acoustic Guitar String Selection, Care and Maintenance, Guitar Care Tuning Restringing, Restringing

What is Humidipak and How Does it Work?

What Is Humidipak And How Does It Work?

If you’ve recently started playing guitar, purchased a new guitar or moved to a different location with different humidity, then…

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Updated August 28th, 2023 . 

Published June 23, 2016By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Care and Maintenance, Guitar Accessories Selection, Guitar Care Tuning Restringing

How to String an Acoustic Guitar That Doesn’t Use Bridge Pins – Easy Guide

How To String An Acoustic Guitar That Doesn’t Use Bridge Pins – Easy Guide

To keep the feeling and sound of your instrument, you need to change the strings in your acoustic guitar from…

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Updated August 28th, 2023 . 

Published February 10, 2016By Pete
Categorized as Guitar Care Tuning Restringing, Restringing

Naming Your Guitar: 6 Ideas for Guitar Names

Naming Your Guitar: 6 Ideas for Guitar Names
guitar names

Are you looking for a way to increase the throbbing and burgeoning connection you have with your instrument, old or…

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Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published February 5, 2023By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Care and Maintenance, Other How To/Tips

Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Setup – How to Sound Like Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Setup

Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of the giants of the guitar world: he revolutionized the sound of modern blues! So…

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Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published July 11, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Setup

Why Is My Guitar String Breaking? – Top 6 Reasons

string breaking

Well, well, well! Suppose you have had your first string-breaking incident? Your high E string could not take the pressure…

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Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published July 11, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Care and Maintenance

Locking Tuners: What Are They, Benefits, and Drawbacks

Locking Tuners: What Are They, Benefits, and Drawbacks

Struggling to keep your guitar in tune and in check for extended periods of time no matter how often you…

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Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published July 11, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Tuning

How to Tune a Guitar: Illustrated Step by Step Guide

how to tune a guitar

The goal of this page is to teach you how to tune a guitar. I will use pictures to illustrate…

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Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published July 18, 2023By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Tuning, Tuning Restringing & Maintenance

15 Drop C Songs on Guitar

Drop C Songs on Guitar_Six String Acoustic

Particularly if you’re a metal or hard rock guitarist, you may have found that drop tunings can create a whole…

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Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published July 18, 2023By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Acoustic Guitar Songs, Songs, Tuning

Adjusting The Nut On A Guitar to Lower the Action

adjusting the nut on a guitar

Lowering an acoustic guitar’s action may or may not require some work on the guitar’s nut. Before starting with adjusting…

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Updated July 12th, 2023 . 

Published June 10, 2015By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar Care Tuning Restringing, Setup

Guitar String Spacing

Guitar String Spacing
Guitar String Spacing

There are many aspects of learning an instrument that might traditionally be deemed rather nerdy or in depth, but which,…

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Updated July 12th, 2023 . 

Published February 23, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Restringing, Tuning Restringing & Maintenance

When Do you Need to Adjust the Action on an Acoustic Guitar

action on acoustic guitar playability

If you aren’t sure if your action needs adjusting or not, then read on to learn when you need to…

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Updated July 12th, 2023 . 

Published February 9, 2023By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar Care Tuning Restringing, Setup

How Often Should I Change My Guitar Strings?

How often should I Change my guitar strings

I often asked myself the question – how often should I change my guitar strings? So I thought this would…

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Updated July 11th, 2023 . 

Published May 29, 2015By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar Care Tuning Restringing, Restringing

How to Lower the Action on an Acoustic Guitar

lower the action on an acoustic guitar

There are 3 main ways that you can lower the action on an acoustic guitar. This page will cover those…

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Updated July 11th, 2023 . 

Published June 17, 2015By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar Care Tuning Restringing, Setup

Truss Rod Adjustment Acoustic: How to Do an Acoustic Guitar Truss Rod Adjustment

acoustic guitar truss rod adjustment
How to Do an Acoustic Guitar Truss Rod Adjustment

You might need to do an acoustic guitar truss rod adjustment for a couple of reasons. Read this in depth tutorial for truss rod adjustment on acoustic guitar.

Updated July 11th, 2023 . 

Published June 5, 2015By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar Care Tuning Restringing, Setup

Acoustic Guitar Anatomy: Diagram and Definitions

acoustic guitar anatomy

Below you’ll find a diagram of the acoustic guitar anatomy plus explanations for what each part is and what each…

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Updated July 11th, 2023 . 

Published May 31, 2016By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Care and Maintenance, Guitar Care Tuning Restringing, Guitar lessons, Other Lessons and Tips

How to Paint a Guitar

how to paint a guitar

It is often said that one of the greatest limitations on purchasing a relatively low budget electric guitar is the…

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Updated July 10th, 2023 . 

Published February 23, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Care and Maintenance, Other How To/Tips

How Can I Reduce Acoustic Guitar String Tension?

acoustic-guitar-string-tensionacoustic-guitar-string-tension

Sometimes a guitarist might want to reduce their acoustic guitar string tension. This might be for a number of reasons,…

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Updated June 29th, 2023 . 

Published November 8, 2016By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar Care Tuning Restringing, Other, Setup

Ebony Fretboard Care: How to Look After Your Ebony Fretboard

ebony fretboard care

When it comes to Ebony freboard care it’s more about what not to do than it is about what to…

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Published June 19, 2023By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Care and Maintenance, Guitar Care Tuning Restringing

Is Lemon Oil for Guitar Fretboard Solution safe? ANSWERED

lemon oil fretboard_Six String Acoustic

I doubt we have all, at some point or other, been sucked into a tense debate with a fellow friend…

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Updated June 20th, 2023 . 

Published May 4, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Care and Maintenance, Guitar Care Tuning Restringing

How Often Should You Have Your Acoustic Guitar Set Up?

Acoustic Guitar Set Up

How you set up your guitar can make a big difference to how it feels to play. And every now…

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Updated June 20th, 2023 . 

Published May 5, 2016By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar Care Tuning Restringing, Setup

How to Make a Cheap Acoustic Guitar Sound and Play Better

guitar machine heads on dusty guitar

If you’ve bought or are looking to buy a cheap acoustic guitar, there are things you can do to make…

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Updated June 20th, 2023 . 

Published January 28, 2017By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar Care Tuning Restringing, Setup

Essential Guitar Setup Tools You Need to Have

Essential Guitar Setup Tools_Six Strings Acoustics

There are many tools needed to setup guitar parts. You can complete this process yourself using a guitar setup tool kits we found for you!

Updated June 12th, 2023 . 

Published February 7, 2023By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar Care Tuning Restringing, Setup

Humbucker vs Single Coil: What Are They & Which Is Better?

Humbucker vs Single Coil: What Are They & Which Is Better?

This is a war that has been waged, man against man, for the better part of a century, and here…

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Updated June 8th, 2023 . 

Published July 12, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Setup

How to Clean an Acoustic Guitar: Step By Step Guide

How to clean an acoustic guitar

Learning how to clean an acoustic guitar is an important part of caring for your instrument. This step by step…

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Updated June 6th, 2023 . 

Published May 27, 2015By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Care and Maintenance, Guitar Care Tuning Restringing

How to String a Guitar: Illustrated Step by Step Guide

How to string a guitar

Learning how to string a guitar is a vital skill for any guitarist. You don’t want to have to have…

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Updated June 6th, 2023 . 

Published May 22, 2015By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar Care Tuning Restringing, Restringing

What are the Different Types Of Guitar Tuners

different types of guitar tuners

There are 3 broad types of guitar tuner. These all work in different ways to help you to tune your…

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Updated June 6th, 2023 . 

Published May 20, 2015By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar Care Tuning Restringing, Tuning

Double Dropped D Tuning

double dropped d tuning
double drop d tuning

Double dropped D tuning is common on electric guitar and rock music, and has been for a number of decades. In this article, we tackle the double drop D tuning head on!

Updated April 20th, 2023 . 

Published May 4, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar Care Tuning Restringing, How To/Tips, Tuning, Tuning Restringing & Maintenance

Alternate Guitar Tunings Chart: The Most Popular Alternate Tunings

Alternate Guitar Tunings Chart

Check out the alternate guitar tunings chart below to see what some of the most popular alternate tunings are. Then…

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Published February 3, 2023By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar Care Tuning Restringing, Tuning

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