Guitar Research
General FAQs and information on guitar, bass, ukulele and other fretted instruments.
Magnetic pickups
A magnetic pickup consists of a permanent magnet with a core of material like alnico or ceramic, wrapped with a coil of several thousand ...
Thu, 1 Oct, 2015 at 2:41 PM
Every player has had both the pleasure and pain of using a locking trem at one point or another! If you have ever wanted to change your string gauge or tuni...
Thu, 1 Oct, 2015 at 2:52 PM
Tonewoods can also have impart significant qualties to the neck. Understanding how each piece of the guitar comes together, and why each wood is used in eac...
Tue, 6 Oct, 2015 at 3:01 PM
Perhaps more significant than neck wood, the fretboard is the place your string launches from. It is the “bridge” on the other side. Fretboard differences a...
Tue, 6 Oct, 2015 at 3:05 PM
Agathis: Agathis is a 'poor man's mahogany', related to the pine family of woods and grown in many Asian countries. It's cheap, easy to use ...
Tue, 6 Oct, 2015 at 3:21 PM
Graph Tech's products are all created to be as easy as possible to install. Which means it is the ideal do-it-yourself project. As a DIY project, instal...
Fri, 9 Oct, 2015 at 7:36 AM
What are the magical properties that make a quality guitar sound so spine-tingling good? When you strip away the tradition, the romance, and a little luthie...
Fri, 9 Oct, 2015 at 7:40 AM
Setting a guitar's intonation compensates for the fact that you have to stretch the string a little bit towards the fingerboard to fret a note. Just lik...
Fri, 9 Oct, 2015 at 8:55 AM
There is never a good time to break a guitar string, especially when you're in the middle of a gig, so you can almost expect it to occur at this worst p...
Fri, 9 Oct, 2015 at 8:59 AM
At Graph Tech, we offer over 250 different nut and saddle styles and sizes along with complete customization options for our OEM manufacturers. With so many...
Thu, 3 Mar, 2022 at 1:23 PM