How To

Keeping your guitar’s body clean doesn’t have to be some labor of love. With a few simple items you can keep your guitar shining as it sings.

Neck dive is quite common in many popular guitar shapes, and can be a huge pain in the butt, or a simple fix depending on your approach. We go over the causes and some popular solutions to this issue.

With so many guitars for sale theses days, it can be hard to know where to start. We walk you through some of the basics as far as choosing which type of guitar to start with.

Buying a guitar for a child can be tricky – trying to get the right size guitar, one that plays well, and one ultimately that will help them discover a love for guitar. We walk you through some of the key considerations when getting your child into music.

The list of things Eric Clapton gave to music is long and comprehensive, but one that probably fascinates players more than any is the fabled “woman tone”. When everyone else was going for bright and cutting, Clapton went the other way.

One of the mistakes beginners make is letting their guitar strings get dirty with finger gunk and sweat, and then wonder why their guitar sounds dull. We walk you through the factors in how often you should change strings.

Selling a guitar can be a pain, and often it’s tempting to just say whatever and take it in to trade it towards your new purchase. However, Guitar Center has a reputation for not paying a whole lot for used gear. We take a look at their rates and what the process pays in practice.