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Necessary evils though they are, changing strings and tuning up have got to be two of the most boring and/or tiresome guitar-related tasks around. Band Industries offered a helping hand in November ...

Doubling simple strummed open chords is another great way to use Nashville tuning. On its own an acoustic guitar could sound ...

Justin Pot is a freelance journalist who helps people get more out of technology. If you'd rather not use this automated tuning, or find that it doesn't quite work, you can tap a string to tune it ...

CYNTHIA AND DUTCH SCHORR learn new chords during a guitar lesson at Guitar Center Guitar instructor Steve Graham starts his beginner guitar lesson for seniors by showing them how to hold the guitar ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. I took ...

Unless you've traded your guitar strings for an axe-shaped MIDI controller, tuning your guitar is probably one of those chores you've just learned to deal with. It's hardly the bane of any guitarist's ...

If you play guitar or another string instrument, one of the thankless tasks you do before you play—and in between songs—is getting your instrument in tune. There are several ways you can do this: You ...

How it works: Swap the lower four strings for high‑octave counterparts from a 12‑string set, leaving the top two strings the same. Famous users: Keith Richards, David Gilmour, and Taylor Swift have ...