Tips and How-To's

String, Pick, Hand: 7 Ways to Mix Up Your Acoustic Guitar Tone

Potent Pairings: How To Sound Like U2 Using Guitar Pedals

Video: Jonah Parzen–Johnson on Using Electronics with Your Horn

Basic Tips for More Interesting Vocal Tracks

How Nut Material Impacts the Tone of an Acoustic Guitar

Weekend Woodshed: 5 Reasons To Film Yourself Playing

Cheap Ways for Drummers to Lighten Their Hardware Load

The (Relatively) Painless Way to Deal with CITES

The 1000 €/£ European Rig Challenge

Learn to Play: Slide Guitar Basics with Jeff Massey

Learn to Play: Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode"

Weekend Woodshed: Learn Songs By Ear Faster Using Software

Video: Jake Shimabukuro Teaches How to Play Leonard Cohen on Ukulele

Why Do Guitar Strings Break?

The Reality of All–Analog Recording

Weekend Woodshed: 7 Smarter Ways To Use a Metronome

5 Essential Metal Pedals That Aren't Distortion

Latin Beats: The Afro-Cuban 6/8 on the Congas and the Drums

Potent Pairings: How to Sound Like Queens of the Stone Age

The Next Generation of Tremolo and Vibrato Pedals

Riffs in the Key of George Harrison

5 Things to Consider Before Buying a Vintage Japanese Guitar

Video: Jake Shimabukuro On Making a Ukulele-Focused Pedalboard

How to Land a Gig Playing on a Cruise Ship