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Why Does My Guitar Sound Bad When I Play Chords? (Fix It!)

There can be a number of reasons why your guitar doesn’t sound good when playing chords.  The problem can be either your guitar, or (shock…horror) you! Some reasons for bad sounding chords can be old strings, bad tuning or intonation, fretboard problems, or simply the way you are fretting the chords. More experienced players can…

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6 Best Strings for Yamaha Silent Guitars (Steel & Nylon)

Many new wonders of Yamaha Silent guitars are not happy with the strings they come fitted with, and want to replace them with something better. In some cases the strings are just a bit old, but for some players they just don’t like the sound of the factory-fitted strings. Yamaha Silent guitars are designed to…

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How to Connect a Guitar Ground Wire to 5 Bridge Types

For most guitars a ground wire to the bridge is a must to cut background hum while you play. With single coil pickups this is more important than with shielded humbuckers, or active pickups where the preamp circuitry already removes unwanted noise. Electric guitars still work fine without a ground-wired bridge, but there are some…

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Fret Buzz Above 12th Fret: Why It Happens & How to Fix It

It’s frustrating when your guitar plays well at lower frets, but keeps getting fret buzz on higher frets above the 12th fret. Beginners won’t usually notice something like this, but as you start to get more advanced at playing you will be using the higher frets far more often. Fret buzz on high frets above…