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Category: Tuning Restringing & Maintenance

Why Does My Guitar Sound Bad? Reasons & Fixes

why does my guitar sound bad

Are you wanting to get to the bottom of why your guitar just is not sounding how you want it…

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Updated September 7th, 2023 . 

Published July 10, 2023By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Tuning Restringing & Maintenance

Can You Use Acoustic Guitar Strings on an Electric Guitar?

Can You Use Acoustic Guitar Strings on an Electric Guitar?_Six Strings Acoustics

You may have heard of certain players using electric guitar strings on an acoustic guitar. The result is usually a…

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Updated August 30th, 2023 . 

Published August 24, 2021By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as How To/Tips, Other How To/Tips, Tuning Restringing & Maintenance

How to Remove Guitar Knobs – Top 2 Methods

How to Remove Guitar Knobs – Top 2 Methods

Well, well, well! You fancy learning how to remove guitar knobs, do you? Perhaps you are wanting to replace those…

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Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published July 11, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Tuning Restringing & Maintenance

How to Tune a Guitar: Illustrated Step by Step Guide

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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

How To Make An Electric Guitar Sound Like Acoustic

How To Make An Electric Guitar Sound Like Acoustic

There will no doubt come a time in every guitarist’s career where one needs to make their electric guitar sound…

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Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published April 4, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Tuning Restringing & Maintenance

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

How Much Do Guitar Strings Cost?

How Much Do Guitar Strings Cost_Six Strings Acoustics

If you’re fairly new to playing guitar, you may not have had a chance to purchase guitar strings and put…

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Updated June 29th, 2023 . 

Published September 30, 2021By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Buying Guides, Guitar String Reviews, How To/Tips, Tuning Restringing & Maintenance

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

Guitar Polish: 3 Basic Cleaning Techniques

Guitar Polish: 3 Basic Cleaning Techniques

So, you are worried about the state of your guitar after a long string of gigs, or perhaps you just…

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Updated November 17th, 2022 . 

Published July 12, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Care and Maintenance, Tuning Restringing & Maintenance

How to Clean Rosewood Fretboard: 4 Tips and Tricks

How to Clean Rosewood Fretboard: 4 Tips and Tricks

When we are out busy shredding it out in the field in our various ways, we could be forgiven for…

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Updated August 20th, 2022 . 

Published December 23, 2021By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as How To/Tips, Tuning Restringing & Maintenance

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