How do you string a guitar?!
Question: How do you string a guitar!?
i know this sounds extremely stupid, but my friends busted one of the strings on my guitar and I'm a little bad at stringing it!. If you had like step-by-step that would rock!. and don't tell me i know nothing about guitar, because i do!. I just have trouble with putting the strings on sometimes!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
REMOVING THE GUITAR STRINGS
Acoustic Guitar
1!. Using the string winder, begin slowly loosening the guitar string(s) until completely slack!.
2!. With the needle-nose plyers, carefully grab the string from the capstan (the part it winds around) and pull through the hole until it is free!.
3!. Taking the string winder again, use the cut-out at the end of it to grab the pin at the bridge!. Gently pull the pin until it comes out of the hole!.
4!. Clean guitar surface thoroughly!.
Classic Guitar
Follow steps one and two above!. When you come to step three, take your needle-nose plyers and carefully loosen the figure eight knot at the bridge!. Pull the string free!.
Electric Guitar
Follow the same procedure as described for an acoustic guitar!. However, if you have an electric guitar with a movable bridge you may want to take it to your local music store and have them show you how to do it safely!. If the bridge is moved from it's correct position you will not be able to tune your guitar when you're through!.
RE-STRINGING YOUR GUITAR
Acoustic Guitar (Get Acoustic Strings Here)
1!. Bend the ball end of the string slightly and place it inside the hole below the bridge!. Some acoustic guitars do not have pins!. When this is the case, just pull it through the hole!.
2!. Line up the string with any grooves in the pin!. Insert the pin into the hole, making sure it is secure!.
3!. Take the other end and insert into the hole on the capstan!.
4!. Pull it through leaving a fair amount of slack between the capstan and the bridge!.
5!. Bend the string at the point it comes through the capstan to keep it secure!.
6!. Watching out for your eyes, begin turning the key with your left hand!.
7!. As you are winding, apply some tension to the string with your right hand to help keep it taught!. Make sure you are winding in the right direction! On the bass strings you will be winding counter-clockwise (away from you)!. On the treble strings you will go the opposite direction!.
8!. Continue to wind each string until all the slack is taken up!. Do not worry about tuning yet!.
9!. Cut off all excess length!.
Classic Guitar (Get Classical Strings Here)
1!. Put the string through the top of the hole found just below the bridge!.
2!. Pull about 3 inches through!.
3!. Bringing it up over the tie block, pass the string underneath itself at the original point of entry!.
4!. Come down over the tie block again and wrap the end around itself in a figure eight type pattern!.
5!. Insert the other end down through the hole on the capstan!.
6!. Wrap the string around the back and then underneath itself in order to secure it in place!.
7!. As described above, begin turning the key with your left hand while maintaining some tension with the other until all the slack is taken up!. With a classical guitar you will wind clockwise on the bass strings and the treble strings!.
8!. Always keep the guitar strings as straight as possible as they continue from the capstan through the nut and down onto the neck!.
9!. You should not have any excess string length, but if you do, cut it off!.
Electric Guitar (Get Electric Strings Here)
Follow the same procedure as described for the acoustic guitar!.
*Note - with some electric guitars, such as Fender, the strings are fed through the back of the guitar!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Acoustic Guitar
1!. Using the string winder, begin slowly loosening the guitar string(s) until completely slack!.
2!. With the needle-nose plyers, carefully grab the string from the capstan (the part it winds around) and pull through the hole until it is free!.
3!. Taking the string winder again, use the cut-out at the end of it to grab the pin at the bridge!. Gently pull the pin until it comes out of the hole!.
4!. Clean guitar surface thoroughly!.
Classic Guitar
Follow steps one and two above!. When you come to step three, take your needle-nose plyers and carefully loosen the figure eight knot at the bridge!. Pull the string free!.
Electric Guitar
Follow the same procedure as described for an acoustic guitar!. However, if you have an electric guitar with a movable bridge you may want to take it to your local music store and have them show you how to do it safely!. If the bridge is moved from it's correct position you will not be able to tune your guitar when you're through!.
RE-STRINGING YOUR GUITAR
Acoustic Guitar (Get Acoustic Strings Here)
1!. Bend the ball end of the string slightly and place it inside the hole below the bridge!. Some acoustic guitars do not have pins!. When this is the case, just pull it through the hole!.
2!. Line up the string with any grooves in the pin!. Insert the pin into the hole, making sure it is secure!.
3!. Take the other end and insert into the hole on the capstan!.
4!. Pull it through leaving a fair amount of slack between the capstan and the bridge!.
5!. Bend the string at the point it comes through the capstan to keep it secure!.
6!. Watching out for your eyes, begin turning the key with your left hand!.
7!. As you are winding, apply some tension to the string with your right hand to help keep it taught!. Make sure you are winding in the right direction! On the bass strings you will be winding counter-clockwise (away from you)!. On the treble strings you will go the opposite direction!.
8!. Continue to wind each string until all the slack is taken up!. Do not worry about tuning yet!.
9!. Cut off all excess length!.
Classic Guitar (Get Classical Strings Here)
1!. Put the string through the top of the hole found just below the bridge!.
2!. Pull about 3 inches through!.
3!. Bringing it up over the tie block, pass the string underneath itself at the original point of entry!.
4!. Come down over the tie block again and wrap the end around itself in a figure eight type pattern!.
5!. Insert the other end down through the hole on the capstan!.
6!. Wrap the string around the back and then underneath itself in order to secure it in place!.
7!. As described above, begin turning the key with your left hand while maintaining some tension with the other until all the slack is taken up!. With a classical guitar you will wind clockwise on the bass strings and the treble strings!.
8!. Always keep the guitar strings as straight as possible as they continue from the capstan through the nut and down onto the neck!.
9!. You should not have any excess string length, but if you do, cut it off!.
Electric Guitar (Get Electric Strings Here)
Follow the same procedure as described for the acoustic guitar!.
*Note - with some electric guitars, such as Fender, the strings are fed through the back of the guitar!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I'm gonna stay away from the step-by-step thing cos:
a) I'm pretty bad at restringing myself
b) Sure you could Google it
But I will give you one piece of advice which has helped me a lot: Hold the restrung string down at a low fret (like 2 or 3) and gently stretch the rest of the strings the whole way up from your finger to the pickups!. Done a few times, your new strings should stay in tune!.
Good luck
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a) I'm pretty bad at restringing myself
b) Sure you could Google it
But I will give you one piece of advice which has helped me a lot: Hold the restrung string down at a low fret (like 2 or 3) and gently stretch the rest of the strings the whole way up from your finger to the pickups!. Done a few times, your new strings should stay in tune!.
Good luck
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You haven't said what type of string, etc is involved!. I'll assume its a steel string with ball end!. Take advantage of the neighboring, unbroken strins!. Uncoil string and be careful not to kink it!. Slip it through the hole down by the bridge!. Pull it through the hole at the tuner!. Pay careful attention to which way the tuner needs to go!. Pull the free end around the tuner and pull it behind the attach string so it will be held as the tuner tightens!. Check again to be sure you are turning the tuner the right way!. Tune the string!. Clip off excess before you poke out your eye!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Very Carefully!.Www@Enter-QA@Com