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Guitar ownership is a two-way street. You get a lot of love out of it – playing on Sunday mornings as the light streams in through your windows and the smell of fresh coffee fills the air.

Metal saddles bind and rigidly lock strings in place, like a vice. Unfortunately, that means when you’re actually playing your guitar...

Over the past 35 years Graph Tech Guitar Labs has expanded into the world’s largest manufacturer of nuts and saddles.

Plastic nuts and saddles vary greatly; many are made without any consideration for the instrument...

Graph Tech’s String Saver Saddles are installed on the guitars of many professional musicians around the world. Why?

For a long time, guitarists all over the world have been captured in the middle of musical rapture (perhaps to their own chagrin), expressing an epic soul transmigration.

Ever met someone who thought a ukulele was just a “cute mini-guitar”? And then have to resist from raging about how totally wrong they are?

Guitars have strings. And just like any other stringed instrument, there needs to be a point at which all the strings are kept in place for them to be able to make sound.

There are many reasons why someone might opt for a vintage guitar over a brand new one. First off, vintage guitars are beautiful.

As guitarists, we’re all connected by our appreciation for the greats - their music, their instruments, their style… and even their homes.

A couple weeks ago, we shared a picture of a giant bag of cash and asked our Graph Tech friends and family to tell us what gear they’d buy if they found all that money lying around somewhere.

Anyone who knows anything about music and guitars knows that the NAMM show is THE definitive platform for music, sound, and event-tech communities to unite over their passions.

We’re revisiting the top five most popular guitar videos from 2017 to re-live some strum-worthy moments together.

We all know how nerdy the guitar world gets. And that’s ok, because we all join in. But even for us hardcore guitar nerds, there are a few things we’ve seen that have us raising our eyebrows.

What are the magical properties that make a good quality guitar sound so good you get the tingles?

What’s scarier than having your string slip out of tune in the middle of your jam sesh?

An American guitarist, songwriter, singer, composer and producer, Vai was voted the 10th Greatest Guitarist of all time by Guitar World magazine...

What if we told you these next few guitars are going to make you question everything you thought you knew. Why were they made? How were they made? What are they?

Recently, the Graph Tech team got together and created the Hardest Guitar Quiz You’ll Ever Take to see who out there could really make the cut and take the title of “Ultimate Guitar Hero”.