How To

Promoting your music can be quite a minefield as what feels like millions of other bands are treading the same path, trying to get heard. To give you a leg up, we talked with several music PR veterans to find out what actually works in 2022.

In our Epiphone Les Paul Upgrade Guide, we go through every option for Les Paul mods, helping you fix only what needs it.

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String guide for Gibson and Epiphone Les Paul style guitars – we walk you through the when, why and how to help you restring a Les Paul

If floor space is at a premium, but you’re in a dorm or other rental with a “no drilling” policy, there’s hope at hand. With this simple process you can hang a guitar without drilling into the wall or doing any other damage. Let’s take a look.

One of the best things you can do for your guitar playing is hook up to a computer, either to use it as a practice tool or to record your own songs. We walk you through what you need.

Want to learn your guitar string names? Want to memorize the guitar string order? We have a variety of memory tricks that will glue these into your brain!

Electrical interference is annoying at the best of times, but if your guitar amp is picking up the radio, it makes it pretty much unusable. We discuss how this happens, and how to solve it.

If you’re trying to play rocksmith without a real tone cable, there are a ton of options. We go through all of the best and most practical.

In our guide on how to repaint a guitar, we walk you through all the tools you’ll need for every step of the process – strap in!

A lot of people spend good money on locking tuners – and then use them wrong! We show you the right way to restring a guitar with locking tuners.

A lot of people avoid Floyd Rose bridges entirely because of the difficulty of restringing them, but with one small trick it can be as easy as a fixed bridge.

Nothing messes up a long sustained note at the end of a solo like a buzzing fret. We walk you through what causes fret buzz and how to fix it.

The first time you change your guitar’s strings, it can be quite intimidating. We ease you through the process with a step by step guide including images of everything you need to do.

People make guitars, people make pedals – but who makes cabs? Funnily enough, as far as guitar projects go, cabs are actually one of the cheapest and easiest to pull off. Let’s take a look.

Capo snapped and you need one in a pinch? Or maybe you can’t afford one, but you really want to play along to that one Beatles tune you like? We’re going to walk you through a quick way to make a cheap capo in less than two minutes.

Acoustic guitar strings are prone to making squeaking noises, but we have a handful of tips and tricks to keep them to a minimum.

Most people will tell you playing a bass through a guitar amp is going to blow the speaker – but that’s not always the case. We go through some of the things to think about if you’re in a pinch with only a guitar amp.

If you’re interested in learning how to put a strap on a guitar with no buttons, come check out our guide to a couple of different ways of getting up and running.

If you’re sick of dealing with your floyd rose trem, or just want to take a break, here’s a fast and cheap way to make it act like a hardtail.