Altered tunings can be one of the most fun and rewarding elements associated with the guitar. Specifically, the ability to change the tuning of some or all strings in the pursuit of finding new chord ...

In his latest GW column, the Blackberry Smoke guitarist shows us how open G frees us up from the same tired old note choices ...

In fact, we’ve borrowed the general feel of Zep’s bluegrass-hued track Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp for this month’s transcription. Mr Page aside, open G has been used by many legendary players, including Robert ...

There's huge inspiration in your choice of acoustic and electric guitar, effects pedals and guitar amps. Even the guitar pick you choose plays a part, but before all that there's the huge world of ...

My eyes tell me that Keith is not playing a traditional chord shape in this photo, just barring the neck in typical G-tuning fashion. Check out Chuck Yarborough's interview with Keith's bandmate, a ...

OK, we’re still on tuning by ear. Last week, we talked about the fifth-fret method. This week, we’ll talk about the octave method; then we’ll talk about the harmonics method. The most important thing ...

No matter how dextrous your fingers might be, if your best guitar is out of tune, you won’t sound great. Experienced musicians can often tune by ear, but even with years of experience under your belt, ...

When I reviewed the original Roadie Guitar Tuner back in 2016, I loved that it was easy to use and offered a database of alternate tunings, but wished it supported bass guitars. With the Roadie 2 ...

Following a successful Kickstarter last year, a combination tuner, string winder and metronome is now available to buy. There ...