The ideas on this page are personal opinions where products are concerned. Obviously, as a luthier, I want my customers to be happy their guitars and the info below is intended to help.

	Superb Strings at low prices
I've no connection with the NewStrings company but they sell excellent quality guitar strings at about £3 per pack post free. I've been using them exclusively since they started selling strings online, as have many of my customers. Basically they sound good, tune well, last a long time and rarely break. What more can you ask?

They also sell this .... Polymer Coating for strings

I can't recommend this enough as it makes strings last far longer and stay shiny too. Enough in a bottle to last for years no matter how often you change your strings. You can buy expensive Polymer coated strings but this works just as well and saves you money. Very neat!

Fitting Strings

Probably the biggest cause of problems with guitars is lack of expertise in fitting strings. As a performing guitarist I want strings that will tune up accurately from new and will stay in tune. My guitars will hold tune throughout a 2 hour performance (almost always) and I can bend strings about as hard as anybody.

Although my guitars, at least those that do not have locking nuts, have Slip Stone nuts, much of the tuning stability is due to putting strings on properly. The method I use is nothing new but I have taught endless guitarists to do it - sometimes more than once.

It's not magic just simple engineering!

Simon Lees (a great guitarist and teacher) shows how to do it properly here! Thanks Simon

How to fit strings perfectly