For those new to selling guitar strings, or other items that you'd usually find inside a music shop - it can be a little daunting when you start getting into the technicalities of these products such as gauge level, materials, and what is best suited for which kind of model your customer might be searching for. The knowledge of guitar strings and their individual qualities will help you improve your ability to sell these types of items effectively, and who knows, it might even tempt you into picking up your own one.

white electric guitar on blue guitar amplifier

Measuring with the Micro Meter

This is the most popular, and the most accurate tool that is used to measure the thickness of an object. It can be applied universally to different objects (not just for guitar strings). You might be, at this point, wondering why the thickness of a guitar string is important, and that is because it all boils down to tension. High tension = louder, tighter. Low tension = powerful, looser. Click here for a much more thorough guide on guitar string tension.

Preference of materials and specificity

There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.

-Pythagoras

Guitars are incredibly diverse, as are people. This means that some players will have different tastes and preferences for how they want to play, but it is still helpful to know they key differences.

There are five mainstream types of guitar strings, which are: steel, nickel, brass, bronze and nylon. These can then be for the most part be divided into sub categories, typically acoustic and electric, with steel, nickel, brass and bronze being more suited for electric and nylon, steel and brass for acoustic. In all honestly, the team here at My Ameego could talk all day about guitar strings and their intricacies, but this has been condensed into the most relevant fundamentals that everybody selling should be aware of.

Strings for Acoustic, Classical, Bass & Electric

My Ameego stocks strings for all guitar types, but the team here think that you probably knew that already...so on you go then and explore more yourselves just below.


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