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Why are guitars tuned EADGBE—a series of perfect fourths and a single major third? The Guitar Player, Jan Vermeer, c. 1672. By the time the Dutch artist painted this oil-on-canvas work depicting a five-course European guitar, the modern ADGBE tuning (sans low E in this case) used today had already evolved. Good question, not least because for the past 1,000...

Here's a great article we found by Bob Taylor (President of Taylor Guitars) on protecting your guitar against harsh temperatures and humidity changes. Arm yourself with these helpful tips and ensure your instrument gets the treatment it deserves and requires for a longer and better lifetime of music making. - PAL How Humidity Affects Your Guitar Have you ever felt...

By Seymour Duncan Guru Scott Miller Have you ever tried to solder to the back of a volume pot, only to watch the joint pop off like a champagne cork? Though we may not want to admit it, we’ve all had them: bad solder joints. A good solder joint should look nice and shiny. A bad solder joint will look...

A Fender Custom Shop 1960 Stratocaster® Relic (above) shows the kind of wear typically associated with a nitrocellulose lacquer finish, which this instrument has. Below, close-up of finish checking on a Telecaster Thinline guitar. A guitar’s look is a major part of the statement that guitarists make to the world about themselves. It says you’re cool, or that you’re hot...

Doors fans are getting the opportunity to hear a full concert from the rock legends on the new album The Doors – Live in Vancouver 1970. The show was recorded at the Pacific Coliseum in Canada on June 6, a little more than a year before frontman Jim Morrison’s death. Released today in the U.S., the concert recording has often...