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Tuners
- The best clip-on tuner for an acoustic guitar
- Clip-on vs pedal vs app: three ways to hear the same note
- Snark tuners: which model, and what Snark does not tell you
- How to use a clip-on tuner, including the bit nobody explains
- The best tuner pedal is the one that mutes the amp
- The best clip-on tuner for an electric has a harder job than you think
- A guitar that will not stay in tune is usually telling you which part is at fault
Strings
- The best acoustic guitar strings for a beginner
- The best electric guitar strings for a beginner
- String gauge, in one table and plain language
- Light vs medium strings: the step most beginners should not take yet
- Coated vs uncoated strings: a lifespan decision, not a tone one
- How to change guitar strings without damaging anything
- How often to change guitar strings
- Nylon strings for a first classical guitar
- Phosphor bronze vs 80/20: an aging decision, not a tone one
- Silk and steel strings: sold on tension, and nobody publishes a tension figure
- The easiest guitar strings to play, and the thing that is usually the real problem
- Are Elixir strings worth it? It depends on one number about you
- On a 12-string, the number that matters is total tension
- How to restring a classical guitar, and where the makers disagree
- Elixir NANOWEB vs POLYWEB, compared one variable at a time
- Strings that keep breaking are telling you where to look
- Can you put nylon strings on a steel-string guitar?
- Electric strings on an acoustic, and acoustic strings on an electric
- Your fingertips hurt: what helps, in the order that matters
Setup & Care
- Guitar setup kits, and the line you should not cross
- The best guitar cleaning kit is the one that tells you what it is safe on
- Does my guitar need a setup? Five checks, ten minutes
- Guitar action too high: how to check, and what to do about it
- How to clean a guitar without damaging the finish
- String winders: the cheap tool that stops you damaging a bridge
- Fretboard oil: buy the one that publishes what is in it
- Guitar humidifiers, and the requirement half of buyers miss
- Do I need a guitar humidifier?
- Buy the measuring tools before you buy the wrenches
- Buy the hygrometer first. It may tell you to buy nothing else.
- Buy the guitar polish that tells you what it is NOT for
- A string cleaner buys you cleaner strings, not new ones
- Fret buzz has four causes, and measuring tells you which one you have
- A fret polishing kit cleans tarnish. It does not repair frets.
- In tune open, sour at the fifth fret: that is intonation
- Sharp fret ends, and the part a humidifier will not undo
Essentials
- The best guitar cable is the one that comes with a warranty
- The best practice amp for a beginner
- Headphone amps: the cheapest way to practice at midnight
- Headphones for guitar practice: the plug decides it, not the sound
- The best metronome for guitar practice
- Best budget guitar cable: what you give up under fifteen dollars
- The best acoustic guitar pickup is the one you can take back out
- The best amp for an acoustic guitar is not a guitar amp
- Guitar footstool or guitar support: which to buy first
- A slide is sized like a ring, and that matters more than the material
- An acoustic preamp is an impedance problem first and a tone box second
- Your amplified acoustic is howling, and a seven dollar plug fixes most of it
- Instrument cable vs speaker cable: same plug, opposite jobs
Cases & Gig Bags
- A case is insurance, and the premium is how much you want to carry
- Gig bag vs hard case: it depends on one question
- The best case for an acoustic guitar
- The best gig bag for an electric guitar
- The best electric guitar hard case is the one that fits your body shape
- The best guitar case for flying is the one you do not check
- A case for a 3/4 guitar: the fraction on the label decides nothing
Capos
- Every capo does the same job. The mechanism decides whether you retune after.
- The best capo for an acoustic guitar
- Do I need a capo as a beginner?
- How to use a capo without putting your guitar out of tune
- The best capo for an electric is the one that matches the neck's curve
- A classical guitar capo has to be flat, and wider than most people expect
- A 12-string capo has two problems to solve, and most only solve one
- Spring, screw, squeeze or strap: the four capo mechanisms compared
Picks
- Nobody can tell you which pick to use, including us
- What guitar pick thickness should I use?
- Two picks of the same thickness do not feel the same
- The best guitar pick for an acoustic is thinner than you think
- The best pick for an electric is stiffer than the one for an acoustic
- Thumb picks and finger picks are sized by hand, and almost nobody publishes the sizes
- The pick keeps turning in your fingers, and there are only three fixes
Straps
- The strap is cheap. The thing stopping it dropping your guitar is cheaper.
- Strap locks: the cheapest insurance in guitar
- Leather vs nylon: width matters more than material
- The best acoustic strap is the one that fits a guitar with one button
- An electric guitar hangs heavier, and the strap category barely admits it
- Neck dive: the guitar will not stay where you put it
Gifts
- Gifts for a guitar player, without needing to know their guitar
- Guitar gifts at a bigger budget, still without knowing their guitar
- Small guitar gifts that do not end up in a drawer
- Gifts for a guitarist who has everything, which they do not
- Guitar gifts for a kid, where size is the thing that trips people up
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