Riff Notes: Guitar String Basics

Strings are the most important part of your guitar. They are the source of the sound and are what you are actually playing.

In this Riff Notes series book you'll discover everything you need to know about strings, so you can immediately get off to the right start, whether you are playing an electric or acoustic guitar.

The two main types of strings, steel and nylon, are fully explored. Steel is metal and nylon is a stretchy plastic. Strings are either plain or wound, and this is how they are ...