The difference between 250K and 500K pots in electric guitars
I got a request to write this one.
With volume and tone controls on your guitar, the two most-used potentiometer types are 250K and 500K. While there are 1 meg pots out there, the vast majority of electrics use either 250 or 500.
How to avoid getting bored when practicing guitar
Boredom is something that happens to every guitar player at some point. You've played everything you can possibly think of, become disinterested, put the guitar down and go do something else.
This is totally normal.
Getting a metal sound out of a Stratocaster the easy way
I've posted videos about this before, but it was time to get a written version down of how to do this.
Is there such a thing as "The Squier Sound?"
A really interesting phenomenon happens with guys and girls who buy Squier guitars.
What happens when your cheap guitar feels better than "the real thing?"
It's my belief that every guitar player at some point has to make the mistake of buying an expensive electric guitar before he learns not to waste his money. It doesn't matter how many times I tell players, "DON'T DO IT!", because they're going to do it anyway, waste cash and then realize the expensive stuff really isn't any better than the cheap stuff.
