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Follow these electric tutorials to learn all about electric with WonderHowTo's collection of free how to articles, like Connect an Electric Guitar to a Combo Amp, Have Great Electric Guitar Tone, and Install Outdoor Electric Wiring.

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How To Connect an Electric Guitar to a Combo Amp

Connect an Electric Guitar to a Combo Amp

If you’re considering getting an electric guitar, one of the first things you’ll need to know is how to connect it to an amplifier. While ...more

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How To Have Great Electric Guitar Tone

Have Great Electric Guitar Tone

The sound of an instrument goes a long way toward the quality of musical piece. Imagine a beautiful sonata played by the screeching sound of ...more

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How To Install Outdoor Electric Wiring

Install Outdoor Electric Wiring

Methods to get power from inside your home to another point outside (ie: pole mounted lantern), or other point that requires passing through ...more

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How To Play Beginner's Electric Guitar

Play Beginner's Electric Guitar

Do you want to learn how to play the guitar like Hendrix, Van Halen, and Clapton? Then this is the perfect page for you! Follow this and ...more

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How To Save Money on Electricity

Save Money on Electricity

For most people, the monthly electric bill accounts for a significant part the monthly budget. In fact, the energy bill is often only ...more

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How To Install an Electrical Outlet from Scratch

Install an Electrical Outlet from Scratch

In order to install an electrical outlet and circuit from scratch you need a roll of 14-2 or 12-2 Romex cable (depending on how much load ...more

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How To Master Do It Yourself Electrical Safety

Master Do It Yourself Electrical Safety

Many of us DIYs perform carpentry, gardening, painting, and even plumbing. But when it comes to home wiring, fear keeps us from completing ...more

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How To Wire a Simple 120v Electrical Circuit

Wire a Simple 120v Electrical Circuit

Hiring an electrician is usually the best way to go where 120 volt circuits are concerned, but if you are up to it, you might save money by ...more

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How To Install Cabling in a Pre Built Home

Install Cabling in a Pre Built Home

This is how to "cable" an existing structure for internet/cable/whatever. First thing you need to do is, decide on a "path" that you want ...more

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How To Play U2's Bad

Play U2's Bad

This is a step by step tutorial that explains the basics of how to use a guitar delay (echo) and play the first riff in the song "Bad".

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How To Install a Stove With 220 Line

Install a Stove With 220 Line

Provide power to a new outlet that will supply 220 (240) volts for an electric range. The steps below describe electrical service panels ...more

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How To Add Variable Voltage to Your ATX Based Bench Power Supply

Add Variable Voltage to Your ATX Based Bench Power Supply

If you've built a bench power supply using an old ATX computer power ...more

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How To Afford an Expensive Guitar

Afford an Expensive Guitar

Tired of staring at Les Pauls or Stratocasters locked up in that glass case? Here's how to take it home. Find some income. Some guitars are ...more

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How To Alternate Pick

Alternate Pick

The key skill to improving your guitar playing is alternate picking. Alternate picking is much faster than just down picking, but requires a ...more

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How To Attach a Garden Hose to a Kitchen Faucet

Attach a Garden Hose to a Kitchen Faucet

It is convenient to attach a garden hose to a kitchen faucet when a large container needs to be filled with water, or when plants need to be ...more

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How To Be a Guitar God

Be a Guitar God

Fancy yourself a fretboard wizard ? To rise to the ranks of guitar master --that is, an exceptionally talented and charismatic guitarist ...more

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How To Build Your Own Air Conditioner

Build Your Own Air Conditioner

If your tap water is cool, you can air condition a room with it at minimal cost. Obtain a radiator from a small car such as a Honda Civic ...more

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How To Choose a Guitar Amplifier for Rock Music

Choose a Guitar Amplifier for Rock Music

Although it is a simple matter to walk into the first music shop you see and pick out a guitar amplifier ("amp") at random, you will ...more

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How To Choose the Perfect Light Bulb for Your Lighting Fixture

Choose the Perfect Light Bulb for Your Lighting Fixture

Now that you have selected the perfect lighting fixture, this helpful ...more

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How To Find a Tap Harmonic on the Guitar

Find a Tap Harmonic on the Guitar

Ever write a solo or a song, but it sounds boring? Well there is a way to add more zing to your song or solo or both, and its very easy to ...more

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How To Fish Wires Through a Conduit or Pipe

Fish Wires Through a Conduit or Pipe

Suppose you have an existing pipe or conduit for electrical wires, speaker wires, phone or internet cables. Trying to push something through ...more

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How To Fix a Leaking Shower Head

Fix a Leaking Shower Head

Fixing a leaky shower head when the leak is at the join between pipe and head. Unscrew the showerhead. Use a wrench if needed. Remove the ...more

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How To Fix a Leaky Faucet

Fix a Leaky Faucet

Why pay a plumber when you can fix a leaky faucet yourself? The most common cause of leaky faucets (taps) is also the easiest to fix. Turn ...more

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How To Fix a Slow Toilet

Fix a Slow Toilet

Do you have a slow-flowing or flushing toilet? Here are some things to try if the weak flush is caused by an obstruction in the bowl's rim ...more

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How To Fix a Water Heater

Fix a Water Heater

This article is brief and incomplete, but may be helpful. It relates particularly to electric storage tank water heaters. If your water ...more

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How To Get Started Playing Hard Rock and Metal Guitar

Get Started Playing Hard Rock and Metal Guitar

This article is intended to show the beginner how to go from having no ...more

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How To Increase Your Speed and Finger Strength on the Fretboard

Increase Your Speed and Finger Strength on the Fretboard

Regular practice of this simple technique will speed up your playing ...more

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How To Install a Ceiling Fan

Install a Ceiling Fan

If you want to install a ceiling fan but don't know how, this article will take you through the steps. Turn off the power to the light's ...more

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How To Install a Hampton Bay Huntington III Ceiling Fan

Install a Hampton Bay Huntington III Ceiling Fan

The Huntington III ceiling fan uses a revolutionary "QuickConnect" ...more

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How To Install a Light Fixture

Install a Light Fixture

Install a light fixture and switch(es) to control it. Select the location of the fixture for the area that requires (additional ...more

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How To Install a Programmable Thermostat

Install a Programmable Thermostat

If your weekday schedule varies from your weekend schedule, getting a 5-1-1 thermostat (the 5-1-1 means you can set a weekday schedule and a ...more

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How To Install a Reverse Osmosis Water System

Install a Reverse Osmosis Water System

You have decided that a reverse osmosis water system will best suit your needs and have decided you would like to install the system ...more

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How To Install an Inwall Air Conditioner

Install an Inwall Air Conditioner

Install an air conditioner through the wall where windows are too small, the wrong type or where the loss of natural light due to a window ...more

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How To Make a Pop up Drain Stay Closed

Make a Pop up Drain Stay Closed

Chances are you don't spend much time thinking about the little rod that opens and closes your drain — until it fails to work. Fortunately ...more

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How To Make Guitar Picks From Cardboard

Make Guitar Picks From Cardboard

Are you tired of having to buy guitar picks every time you lose one? Or, are you tired of using picks in colors and designs you don't like ...more

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How To Make Plastic Guitar Picks

Make Plastic Guitar Picks

If you play the guitar , now you've got a nifty way to recycle all of those old ID cards and fake credit cards you get in the mail . Find a ...more

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How To Make Your Tap Water Taste Better

Make Your Tap Water Taste Better

The quality of your tap water can vary according to the city or region you live in, the municipal treatment methods used, and even the time ...more

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How To Play a Barre Chord

Play a Barre Chord

Barre chords looks hard to master but with these easy steps you'll be at it in no time.You may ask, what is a Barre chord. Barre chords ...more

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How To Play an Open G Major Chord on the Guitar

Play an Open G Major Chord on the Guitar

Learn one of the most basic and beautiful sounding chords on the guitar . Good electric, but even better on the acoustic. This is the note ...more

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How To Play Fingerstyle Blues Guitar

Play Fingerstyle Blues Guitar

Millions of people pick up a guitar at some time in their lives, and quit shortly thereafter. Few ever explore the acoustic guitar blues ...more

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How To Play Guitar Like Herman Li

Play Guitar Like Herman Li

This is going to show how to play guitar like Herman Li (and possibly better than Sam Totman) from DragonForce. Before even attempting this ...more

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How To Play the Guitar and Sing at the Same Time

Play the Guitar and Sing at the Same Time

Singing and playing guitar can be tricky for a beginner but it is not impossible. A sense of good timing, rhythm and ability to combine two ...more

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How To Prepare Your Guitar for a Gig

Prepare Your Guitar for a Gig

Ever play a show and have everything go wrong? You break a string, drop your only pick, have your strap pop off, pull your patch cord out ...more

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How To Repair a Delta Brand Kitchen Faucet

Repair a Delta Brand Kitchen Faucet

How to replace all of the gaskets and springs in a Delta brand Single-Handle kitchen faucet. Purchase a replacement parts kit from a ...more

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How To Repair a Toilet / Commode

Repair a Toilet / Commode

A complicated procedure made simple if you take it one step at a time. Turn off the water to the toilet by turning the knob on the shut off ...more

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How To Replace a Kitchen or Bathroom Faucet

Replace a Kitchen or Bathroom Faucet

Is it time for an update for your faucet? If it's just dripping, you can usually just replace a washer or other seal. If you'd like to ...more

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How To Replace a Toilet

Replace a Toilet

Replacing a toilet is not necessarily a job for a professional plumber. Many DIYers can take on this project and with the right tools and ...more

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How To Replace Kitchen Faucet Cartridge

Replace Kitchen Faucet Cartridge

No matter if you have a modern up to date faucet or a real old fixture, fixing a drip is something anyone can do themselves. Turn off the ...more

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How To Replace the Ballast in a Fluorescent Lighting Fixture

Replace the Ballast in a Fluorescent Lighting Fixture

All fluorescent light fixtures consist of at least lamp(s), lamp ...more

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How To Rock Like Angus Young

Rock Like Angus Young

This is for all you AC/DC fans out there. Here is the most accurate guide out there on how to rock like Angus Young. This guide includes ...more

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1000+ Ways to Open a Beer Bottle

Here it is, the first 15 methods courtesy of WonderHowTo, plus 1001 and counting from Stefan Lampert's blog solely dedicated to the subject. Stefan's blog is in German, so English speakers should ...

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In spirit of the recently posted brightly frosted cupcake periodic table, here are some equally clever, beautiful science-themed holiday cookies from Not So Humble.  The creative cooking blog ...

Deliverance Style Old Dude Creates Fully Automatic Crossbow

I have to say, this thing is pretty awesome. I find the smooth movement of the apparatus mesmerizing. However, I also have to say, the inventor totally gives me the creeps (no offense, old man). Known ...

Horsesurfing (Swear, No Photoshop Used!)

The Brits have contributed a new sport to the world, coined Horsesurfing. Yes, it is just what it sounds like: the combined skill of horseback riding and surfing. According to the Daily Mail ...

New Super Hybrid Kicks Tesla Motors' Butt

Capstone's CMT-380 stealth looking prototype can hit 150mph, compared to Tesla's 125. Tesla better step it up. Says Engadget: "Rather than mixing batteries and a conventional engine, this whip ...

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