Posts from December 2012

I did something I ordinarily never do when I go to Guitar Center and took a few photos.

A common belief that every guitar should have the action (which in general terms means the string height) set as low as you can get it without fret buzz.

The logo on a guitar's headstock (or pegboard in Fender vernacular) matters to me; these are a few of my favorites and I'll explain why I like them.

The song by Freddie King is part of what inspired me to get the guitar...

Above is the . The price? Cheap. As in under $150 cheap. And I got one because I've been wanting a P90-equipped guitar for a while now.

I'm going to answer the question in the title of this article right up front: The answer is neither. A humbucker is not better than a single-coil, nor is a single-coil better than a humbucker. Instead, I'm going to talk about why "all-in-one" guitars are a bad idea.

Fret buzz is when you play your guitar and the strings literally make a buzzing sound; this buzzing can happen whether strings are played open, or maybe your Strat neck only buzzes when playing chords on certain frets.