Strings Direct Blog

If your anything like me with an obscene amount of GAS and an ever growing collection of guitars, shut in cases, you’ll know game of guitar roulette. Guitar roulette where you pick a guitar much like pulling a card from the shuffled stack of beloved case’s, to find axes you almost forgotten you had. If this is at all similar to your experience, then this may well be an interesting topic, if not then this... read more.

The Spaghetti Junction that is the String buyers market, can often be just random luck or you can go forearmed, with a little knowledge from other guys in the know, what strings do I buy? Acoustic, Classical and electric guitars all use different types of strings and there are many brands that offer strings for all guitar types. After working out what type of strings you need you then have to choose from a huge... read more.

Some food for thought on why we should jam with other musicians, jam etiquette and how to get the best results from jamming with other musicians. We are all very different in the way we play music, this diversity means that we all have something to offer each other musically. Never let the lack of jamming experience get in the way of a true connection you can experience jamming with others, you will soon get... read more.

What is tone? Tone for us guitar guys is basically, the way a guitar signal sounds. A good tone can vary between music genres and be down to personal and individual taste. The tone journey Tone starts from your fingers or pick, and then travels thought the vibration of the strings over the guitar neck and body through the pickups. From the pickups it travels through the guitar electronics, down the guitar lead, into whatever... read more.