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How To Find And Fix Rattles From Your Guitar's Hardware

By Ed Mitchell published

Get rid of annoying noise with our easy guide to fixing your guitar

Musical Tips & Advice
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How to Balance Your Guitar’s Vibrato: Part Two

By Ed Mitchell published

From a Standard Tremolo to a locking Floyd Rose: learn how to set up your guitar's whammy bar

Musical Tips & Advice
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How to Tell If Your Guitar’s Neck Needs to be Adjusted

By Ed Mitchell published

How to check if your guitar’s neck needs to be adjusted.

Guitar Setup
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How To Replace Your Guitar's Volume and Tone Pots

By Ed Mitchell published

Upgrade worn-out and noisy controls to keep your tone tip-top

Lessons
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String stretching: how to keep new guitar strings in tune from the start

By Ed Mitchell published

Stretch your strings when you change them to stabilize your tuning

Guitar Strings
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How to Balance Your Guitar’s Vibrato

By Ed Mitchell published

From a Standard Tremolo to a locking Floyd Rose: learn how to set up your guitar's whammy bar

Lessons
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The Correct Way to Use Glue on Your Guitar

By Ed Mitchell published

Lessons
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Some Crazy Stories from My Repair-Shop Days

By Ed Mitchell published

Electric Guitars
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Buying a Used Guitar: How to Check for Nut Damage

By Ed Mitchell published

Don't overlook the parts of the guitar that will make or break its playability

Musical Tips & Advice
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Ed’s Shed: An Introduction to Nut Repair

By Ed Mitchell published

A badly cut or setup top nut can cause poor tuning stability and playability, string buzz and annoying zinging sounds. So I’m going to hone in on the subject of top nuts, big time.

Guitarists