Tips On Changing Electric Guitar Strings
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Changing Electric Guitar Strings
This article is useful for anyone who has had to change electric guitar strings. It can be a bit fiddly, but if you follow these steps, you should be able to chnage the strings with relative ease.
Tools Needed to for Changing Electric Guitar Strings
* Small needle nose pliers to cut and bend the strings
* A string winder to help wind the strings quickly
Procedure to Use for Changing Electric Guitar Strings
1. Removing the Old Strings: a. Change each guitar string one at a time to avoid warping the guitar neck so you will be able to quickly tune the new string to the other strings.
b. Remove the 6th string first. Use the string winder and turn the tuning peg until the string becomes very slack.
c. Cut off the twisted end of the old string so that it slips easily out of the guitar. Then wind the top section of your string out of the tuning peg. d. Remove the old string. Pay close attention to the way the old string comes off. You will be reversing the procedure when installing the new strings on the guitar.
2. Replacing the New Strings: a. Feed the string through a hole in the body of the electric guitar, or the tail piece and seat the ball end of the string.
b. Pull the string over the bridge, over the nut of the neck, and past the tuning peg. Ensure there is no slack. The new string is very long so you will have to cut some of it off. Leave enough string for a few winds around the tuning peg. Two inches above the peg should work.
c. Pull the string through the hole of the tuning peg and begin winding the string. The string should have no slack. To keep tension on the string, place your fingers under the string. With the guitar facing you, wind the tuning pegs on the left side clockwise. Wind the tuning pegs on the right side counterclockwise.
As an aside, here is a video that helps illustrate some of these points.
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Now that youve changed and tuned your 6th string, you can just repeat the process for all the other strings. Note: To speed up the winding process, place your string winder over the tuning peg and wind until the string becomes tight. Then take off the peg winder and use the tuning peg to tune the string.
3. Conditioning the Newly Installed Strings: a. Because the strings are new, they will stretch and go out of tune easily and will need to be conditioned. The conditioning process can be accelerated by stretching the string yourself. Give each of the strings a few gentle pulls and do some spirited strumming.
b. The guitar will have to be retuned several times after replacing the strings. After one or two days everything the strings should begin to remain in tune and changing electric guitar strings will have been well worth the effort.
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Al Peacock writes ‘How to’ articles on a wide variety of topics
