Placing a Red Hot Nickel Ball on Guitar Strings

Carsandwater did an experiment to see what it would sound like if a red hot nickel ball was placed on top of the strings of an acoustic and electric guitar.

My Uncle suggested testing the effect heat would have on the tuning of a guitar :)”

Scott Beale
Scott Beale

Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Bluesky and sharing photos on Instagram.