Palm muting is a useful guitar technique that can add a percussive and rhythmic element to your playing. It is commonly used in rock, metal, and punk music to create a driving and aggressive sound. Palm muting involves using the palm of your picking hand to lightly touch the strings near the bridge of the … Read more
A guitar’s nut is a small but essential part that slots neatly into the headstock and sits directly behind the strings at the top of the fretboard. It serves two main functions: to accurately align the strings across the neck, and to raise the strings to a suitable height above the fingerboard. Strings passing through … Read more
A whammy bar, also known as a vibrato arm or tremolo arm, is a lever attached to the bridge of an electric guitar that allows the player to change the pitch of the strings by bending them. This can create a variety of effects, from subtle vibrato to dive bombs and squeals. Attaching a whammy … Read more
