Electric guitar pickups are simple devices – just a magnet for each string wrapped in thousands of turns of wire about as thin as a human hair. [Pete] began his build with a cheap sewing machine ...

The way you wind your new strings to the posts is important – and if not done correctly you'll soon find you guitar going out of tune in the first few bends. There are numerous approaches to ...

The classical guitar uses three plain nylon strings ... Whilst holding mild tension on the main part of the string, begin ...