When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Well, unless you’ve just taken your first guitar out of its box for the first time, you’re ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Drop-tuning with a set of standard-gauge guitar strings tends to lead to unstable tuning and ...

Switching from standard tuning to alternate tunings can completely transform your guitar playing, opening up fresh voicings, riffs, and creative possibilities. From open tunings perfect for slide to ...

It’s every guitar player’s nightmare: you step onstage, strike your rock-god pose, triumphantly strum the first chord of a song–and discover that your guitar is out of tune. A new line of instruments ...