10 Guitar Mistakes You STILL Make (And How to Fix Every One)

There are some guitar mistakes every player makes — even after years of experience. Most aren’t obvious, most aren’t taught by teachers, and most are never mentioned in guitar lessons online… but they absolutely affect your tone, your rig, and your reliability on stage. In this video, I’ll walk you through 10 guitar mistakes you STILL make — and how to fix every single one of them the right way. From cable handling to wattage confusion, ground noise, buffers, daisy-chain power, noise gates, batteries, and tuning accuracy… these are the fundamentals every guitarist should know. If you want cleaner tone, less noise, better reliability, and fewer headaches at gigs, this video will save you years of trial and error. 🎸 What You’ll Learn • How to roll and store your cables properly • Why long cables kill your high end • When (and when NOT) to use a buffer • Why you should never use a guitar cable as a speaker cable • Wattage vs decibels — what players get wrong • How to avoid ground hums at gigs • Why daisy-chaining your power supply causes noise • Where to place a noise gate for best results • The battery mistake everyone makes • Why your band sounds “out of tune” even when tuners disagree 🎧 Watch now and shortcut years of trial and error. 👇 [    • Advice for beginner guitarists   ] I'm a Stringjoy artist, and play their set of Broadways on all my Electric guitars. I play the 10/13.5/17/28/38/50 on all my Gibson and Epiphone. I play the 9.5/13/16/26/36/48 on my Strat and Telecaster. NONE-Affiliate link: https://stringjoy.com/shop/strings/el... ⏱ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:18 Roll your cable properly 3:24 Keep those cables short 5:15 Use the right cables 6:43 Watts vs decibels 8:11 Ground hum 8:48 Orange outlets 9:23 Daisy chain power 10:52 Noise gate placement 11:50 Battery mistake 13:23 Why tuners disagree ✅ SUBSCRIBE:    / @tl_toneworks   ►I upload new videos every SUNDAY! ⚡ 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀: 🔴 VFP series:    • 𝗩𝗢𝗫 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗟𝗬 𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗔𝗟𝗦   🔴 AC15 series:    • Vox AC15 series   #thetonelounge #stringjoy ➡️ thetonelounge3247815624350876