Eddie’s Corner: Using a Graphic EQ to Reshape Your Solo Tone

Eddie’s Corner: Using a Graphic EQ to Reshape Your Solo Tone

In this installment of Eddie’s Corner, electric guitar specialist Eddie Berman shares some tips on using a graphic equalizer after your overdrive pedal to adjust your guitar sound. To demonstrate the changes you can make using a graphic EQ pedal, Eddie used an Xact...
Changing Strings with Locking Tuners

Changing Strings with Locking Tuners

In this Sound Pure Gear Tip, guitar specialist Michael Buckley runs us through his process for changing strings using locking tuners. Michael explains that the most important thing about changing strings is making sure everything is taught and running in line. You’ll...
Eddie’s Corner: 5 Slide Guitar Tips

Eddie’s Corner: 5 Slide Guitar Tips

Playing slide guitar might seem difficult at first, but our electric guitar specialist Eddie Berman has five helpful tips to make it easier. 1) Learn how to mute with both hands.  A lot of people automatically drag their fingers behind the slide or play with an...
Eddie’s Corner: 6 Tips For Better Guitar Tuning

Eddie’s Corner: 6 Tips For Better Guitar Tuning

Tuning guitars is easier than ever. Players are now relying more and more on electronic tuners, rather than tuning by ear. But there are still many factors that can affect the outcome. “If you are tuning by ear, your ear is king,” says our very own electric guitar...
How to Measure Scale Length on a Guitar

How to Measure Scale Length on a Guitar

If you’ve ever been a little confused about how to measure scale length precisely on a guitar, you’re not alone. The scale length of a guitar is, in common parlance, the distance between the nut and the bridge, or the length that the strings freely...