Best Guitar Strings for Metal
What are the best guitar strings for metal? Whether you’re drop-tuning, or playing a 7 string or 8 string, here are our top picks.
Guitar String Gauges in MM: A Helpful Guide
What are Guitar String Gauges in MM? This short guide will help you convert any guitar string gauge you see into millimeters in a flash.
Why Do Guitar Strings Lose Intonation as They Age?
We’ve all been there. You get a new set of guitar strings installed, get your intonation set perfectly, and then weeks or months down the
Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Guitar String Gauges
Yes, they were heavy. But there are a lot of misconceptions about what gauges he actually played, and what he had to do to make them work on his guitar.
Billy Gibbons’ Guitar String Gauges
Much debate has been centered around his amplifiers, guitars, and pickups, but to sound like Billy, you have to play like Billy, and that starts with the strings.
5 Signs It’s Time To Change Your Guitar Strings
How to spot the early warning signs that your guitar strings are on their last legs, so you have time to change them before they break mid-set.
5 Reasons Why Guitar Strings Break
Your guitar plays fine for days—even weeks—and then you get to the big show, it’s almost time for your solo, and your string breaks. It sucks. The good news is, by learning a bit about why strings break, we can learn how to prevent it.