Believe it or don’t, until electronic tuners became available in the ‘70s, people used to tune their guitars by ear. Not everybody was that good at it. You even used to hear “out-of-tuneness” on hit ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Before you start playing those first chords or bashing out your first riff, you need to get your ...

No matter how dextrous your fingers might be, if your best guitar is out of tune, you won’t sound great. Experienced musicians can often tune by ear, but even with years of experience under your belt, ...

It’s understandable that professionals hire a stage guitar tech to tune up everything before they play. It’s not a job anyone enjoys. So we thought we’d run through some of the techniques used by a ...

I think I’ve owned at least ten guitar tuners over the course of my lifetime. I guess technically I still own ten, because I haven’t officially gotten rid of any of them. I also couldn’t tell you ...

Learn the most important lesson of all here! When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The diagram above shows the six strings as they're ...