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      <title>Scale Length Explained: Why 25.5 and 24.75 Inches Feel Different</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[String tension, fret spacing, and bending feel all trace to one measurement. The two classic scale lengths compared from the makers' own spec sheets.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:57:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How Often Should You Change Your Strings? The Honest Answer</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Roughly 100 playing hours or three months, per the makers' own guidance — plus the four signs of dead strings and the cheap tricks that actually extend life.]]></description>
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      <title>The Eras Tour Became the First $2 Billion Tour — and Reset Live Music&apos;s Numbers</title>
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      <title>How to Choose a Guitar Humidifier: Specs, Prices, Trade-Offs</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Two-way packets or a refillable soundhole tube? A buyer's primer built entirely from the makers' own documentation and published federal wood-moisture data.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:50:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Truss Rods Explained: The Mechanism Behind Neck Relief</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A guitar neck is under roughly 200 pounds of pull from a set of light-gauge strings, and the thin metal rod inside it is the only thing keeping that force in check.]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>Oliver Grant</dc:creator>
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      <title>Guitar Humidity Explained: Why 45 to 55 Percent Matters</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Wood keeps trading moisture with the air around it. Here is the equilibrium data behind the humidity window Taylor and Martin both publish, what dry and wet guitars look like, and how to check the hygrometer you are trusting.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:50:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Oliver Grant</dc:creator>
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      <title>The Right Humidity for an Acoustic Guitar, Explained</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Wood expands and shrinks with the air around it, and both Martin and Taylor document what happens to a guitar outside a narrow humidity band.]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>Oliver Grant</dc:creator>
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      <title>NAMM Pushes Back on Tariffs Threatening Guitar Prices</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Two tariff filings from the industry's trade group last month reveal an unexpected split: one protects trumpets and trombones, the other is the one that could actually move what you pay for a guitar.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:50:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Oliver Grant</dc:creator>
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      <title>Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Guitarist Who Wired Gospel Into Rock and Roll</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Long before the phrase 'guitar hero' existed, Sister Rosetta Tharpe was filling stadiums and bending the instrument to her will — a documented look at the player the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame credits with shaping the sound that followed her.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:50:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Ismail Okafor</dc:creator>
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      <title>New Guitar Gear to Catch This August</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[New guitar gear August 2026: July's releases from Gibson, Marshall and MXR hit stores — plus the baritone build and pedal worth a closer look.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Electric-Acoustic Guitars: Sourced Guide</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Electric-acoustic guitars compared from maker spec sheets: Taylor ES2, LR Baggs EAS, Yamaha and Takamine systems, with Fishman architecture and July 2026.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Amelie Rousseau</dc:creator>
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      <title>Capos Compared: A Sourced Guide</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Guitar capo comparison from maker documentation: Kyser, Shubb C1, G7th Performance 3 and Thalia — mechanisms, tension control and August 2026 prices.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Oliver Grant</dc:creator>
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      <title>Bonnie Raitt: Fifty Years of Slide</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Bonnie Raitt built a fifty-year career on bottleneck slide and blues repertoire, from Nick of Time to her 2023 Song of the Year Grammy.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Guitar Cables and Signal Loss Explained</title>
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      <title>How to Build a Classical Practice Routine</title>
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