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Have you ever noticed a mysterious, extra fret near the nut of a guitar? Are you wondering what it is for? Why isn't it on every guitar? What's going on!? It's okay, frets can be confusing. Today, we have...

Earlier this year, Ibanez announced a massive list of new instruments, such as the super aggressive RG6UCS, to be added to their catalog. Out of the 55 new instruments added, 15 of them are basses! Sometimes,...

Today, we’re going to address one of the first issues many people have when they decide to take to modding their guitars on their never ending tone quest: How to replace pickups. On your first time doing...

In the land of bedroom musicians, drummers can be a hard thing to find, and knowing how to mic a drum set properly can be even more difficult, which is why in this age of vastly improved drum samples and easy...

Has your guitar stopped making any sound? Are you getting some extra buzzing that you weren’t getting before? Have you recently ripped your guitar cable out like a madman?! Well, I’m here to tell you that...

If you’re a modding addict like me, then you likely have a box full of spare parts kicking around and nothing to do with them. Well I’m here to say that if you’ve got a guitar with some single coils you...

Jamming is one of the best ways to hang out with your fellow musicians. However, more often than not, it can turn into a scenario where everyone ends up doing their own thing and there’s no real cohesion....

Now, I know a lot of people may not be in the habit of using their tone control. In fact, I know many people who have just ripped the thing out so it doesn’t get in the way, but with a little effort these...

Last week, we posted an short guide to the different Original Floyd Rose models. So, we thought we’d touch on a related subject that often frightens guitarists who have had little or no experience with this....

Invented in 1977, the Floyd Rose is arguably the most popular tremolo system of all time. It became increasingly popular in the 1980s due to it’s ability to hold tuning even after extreme pitch changes. You...