Guitar Scale Length Explained 24.75 vs 25.5
What scale length is, why a Les Paul feels slacker than a Strat, where PRS and small guitars sit and how to use it when you shop.
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Guides From the Shop
Plain advice on choosing, setting up and looking after guitars, banjos and mandolins.
12 String Guitar Guide Is It Right for You
What a 12 string sounds like, how it is tuned, why it is harder to play and who should buy one.
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How to Change Electric Guitar Strings
Step by step for Strat, Tele and Les Paul style bridges. Tools, winding, stretching and keeping the tremolo in tune.
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Yamaha Pacifica vs Squier Stratocaster First Electric Guitar
The two best first electrics under 300 dollars compared. Pickups, neck, tremolo and what comes in the box.
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PRS SE Custom 24 vs Fender Player II Which to Buy
The three most popular electrics around 850 dollars compared in pickups, neck, tremolo and sound.
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Winter Guitar Care Humidity and Cold Weather
How dry winter air cracks guitars, the humidity to aim for, where to keep the guitar and how to warm a cold one up safely.
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How to Practice Guitar with a Metronome
Where to set the tempo, three exercises that actually work and why a tuner and metronome in one is worth it.
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Which Epiphone Les Paul Should You Buy
Tribute vs Standard 50s vs Custom. What changes as the price goes up and which one fits you.
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Hollow Body vs Solid Body Electric Guitars
What a hollow body sounds like next to a solid body, where feedback comes from and who each design suits.
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Gift Guide for Guitar Players at Every Budget
Gifts that never miss for the guitar player in your life, sorted by budget from picks to a first real electric.
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Bass vs Guitar Which Should You Learn First
How bass and guitar differ in role, difficulty and cost, and why bands always need bass players.
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How to Practice Guitar 15 Minutes a Day
A fifteen minute plan, why a metronome matters and how to keep going past the first month.
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