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If you’re finding that a string suffers from erratic or unstable tuning, it might well be because the string is catching in your guitar’s nut. Sometimes this can necessitate the nut being filed, or ...

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Every guitarist has faced that moment: you pick up a new instrument with high hopes, only to discover it doesn’t play the way you imagined. Maybe the action feels stiff, the notes buzz in strange ...

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Fresh strings change more than brightness. They affect pitch stability, finger comfort, fret response, and the way a guitar vibrates under normal hand pressure. Many beginners run into the same ...

Six-string legend Jeff Beck discusses his setup on Five Faces of the Guitar. This clip goes to 11. From the BBC Archive. Originally broadcast 1 September 1974. 1974: Jeff Beck discusses his guitar ...