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7 Tips for Troubleshooting Why Your Electric Guitar Won’t Stay in Tune

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Beginner to Intermediate Electric Guitar

7 Tips for Troubleshooting Why Your Electric Guitar Won’t Stay in Tune

Technique: Electric Guitar Set-Up

Professional guitar technician and international roadie, Ryan Huddleston, shows 7 tips to troubleshoot why your electric guitar won’t stay in tune. He checks everything from your guitar strings to your whammy bar.

 

Ryan Huddleston is a professional audio engineer, technician and backline specialist, as well as an accomplished recording and performing musician.

I’ve been around the world many times with some of the biggest names in music, and I always take Elixir Strings. They sound incredible, stay in tune and I really like how they feel. Since they’re coated, they don’t suffer the typical problems of other strings, so I recommend them to everyone.

– Ryan Huddleston

ELIXIR STRINGS PLAYED

Light

(10, 13, 17, 26, 36, 46)

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Light

(10, 13, 17, 26, 36, 46)

Sold out

THE ELIXIR STRINGS ADVANTAGE

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LONGEST LASTING TONE

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CORROSION RESISTANCE

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UNMATCHED COMFORT

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GREAT TUNING STABILITY

Tuning fork with sound waves emanating from it, on a black background.

RELIABLE PERFORMANCE

THE ELIXIR STRINGS ADVANTAGE

Waveform graphic with a clock icon indicating time measurement.

LONGEST LASTING TONE

Water-resistant symbol with droplets and surface reflection.

CORROSION RESISTANCE

Hand holding a knife above a leaf, depicted in a minimalistic style.

UNMATCHED COMFORT

Sun and rain cloud icon with raindrops.

RELIABLE PERFORMANCE

Tuning fork with sound waves emanating from it, on a black background.

GREAT TUNING STABILITY