The fragrance of varnish and curing wood drifts by as you enter Side Door Strings, transporting you to an era when objects and the tools that built them were all made by hand. A violin in the raw sits ...

The good news is it really isn't difficult to lower or heighten the action of your guitar strings to experiment in finding the right setup for you. But first we need to explain what 'guitar action' ...

Electric guitar pickups rely on steel strings interfering with a magnetic field, the changes in which are picked up with coils of wire. That doesn’t work with nylon strings, because they don’t ...

Weâ ve practically begged Yamaha for an R6 replacement since then, yet the company kept us waiting. And no, the R7 was never meant to be an alternative to the four-pot middleweight.

I know what one I'd pick, and that's all I'll say. Give us your thoughts on Yamaha's decision not to produce an out-and-out ...

Indeed, most of us rarely give a second thought to these humble, hardworking components, but there are certainly instances when you’ll want to replace them. Perhaps you just want a better ...

Now, install the neck. Install the guitar strings and check alignment over the neck and pickups. You may need to loosen the neck bolts, and tweak the neck slightly, one way or the other to adjust ...

Several factors can affect the cost to replace a pool liner, including your pool’s shape and size, as well as the liner’s design, thickness and material. Learn all about pool liner replacement ...

Welcome to the operating room. I'm Dr. John Henry. I'm an orthopedic surgeon and we're about to perform a total hip replacement for a patient with severe osteoarthritis of the hip. Total joint ...

Can six linear holes on the top-side of an acoustic enhance its tone, volume and your playing experience? Petr Furch believes so, promising “clearer, louder, and more resonant sound” via the Booster ...

Kelly has over 10 years of experience writing about home design and improvement for many prominent publications. She also spent several years working at a tech startup for an interior design game ...