guitar.care is an independent site about one thing: keeping guitars playing, sounding, and feeling the way they should. It grew out of a simple frustration — most maintenance advice online is either vague (“adjust until it feels right”) or buried in hour-long videos. Players deserve exact specs, honest gear picks, and routines that fit real life.
The site is run by a guitar player, not a media company. The design on these pages is modeled on the instrument that started it all — a Gibson Les Paul 1960s reissue that has been cleaned, set up, humidified, and fretted over for years.
Our editorial standards
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No invented anything
No made-up statistics, fake reviews, or fabricated experience. When an article makes a claim about news or gear, it comes from a verifiable source.
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A vetted gear registry
Every product recommended on this site comes from a single curated registry. If it's not something we'd put on our own workbench, it doesn't get linked.
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Kept current
Published articles are reviewed and refreshed on a fixed schedule, so specs, prices, and advice don't quietly go stale.
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Exact numbers over vague advice
"Adjust to taste" doesn't help anyone. Where a measurement exists — relief, action, humidity — we give you the number and the tolerance.
How the site is funded
Two ways, both disclosed everywhere they appear. First, the Guitar Care Guides — paid digital booklets that turn everything on this site into a system you can follow. Second, affiliate links: when an article recommends a product and you buy it through our link, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate links never decide what we recommend — the gear registry comes first, the link comes second.
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