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Saturday, September 26, 2026
Strum Magazine
GUITAR, STRINGS & MUSIC CULTURE

Guitars

Instruments and signal chain in detail: pickups, woods and construction, amp circuits, pedal order, string gauge, intonation, and repairs worth paying for.

Chart of cable capacitance versus treble rolloff by length
Guitars

Guitar Cables and Signal Loss Explained

Cable capacitance rolls off your high end as length grows — a measurable property of every instrument cable, and the reason a 20-foot run sounds darker than a 6-footer.

By Ismail Okafor
Guitar technician restringing an acoustic bridge with pins
Guitars

Pin vs Pinless: Acoustic Guitar Bridges

Pin bridges anchor strings with six bridge pins; pinless bridges thread strings through the block from inside the tail — and the practical differences are speed, string cost, and one controversial claim.

By Deshawn Carter