Jared James Nichols on an essential guitar playing skill – how to bend the strings expressively

A set of electric guitar strings is no match for the bicep-curling, iron-pumping purveyor of blues power. He shows us how he ...
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System uses lasers to detect the pitch of a guitar string before a note is played

If you've tried to digitally capture a guitar performance or turn your six-string into a powerful MIDI synth using an interface or special pickup, you'll no doubt be familiar with signal lag and pitch ...
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Pitch Pilot puts a whammy bar on individual guitar strings

Vibrato systems like those from Floyd Rose and Bigsby are designed to temporarily change the tension of guitar strings, usually at the bridge, to create subtle pitch variations or monster dives and ...