Things You'll Need:
- A peg tool to pull pegs out
- Replacement strings
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Step 1
Loosen the string you want to get rid of. Go to where the string goes into the body of the guitar at the bottom and locate the wooden peg that holds the string in place. This peg pops out; you may need a tool to pop it out. When you have extracted the wooden peg, the string comes away from the guitar.
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Step 2
Unwind the string from the tuning peg at the headstock and throw the string away or keep it for later use.
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Step 3
Take your new string and put the ball end into the guitar body as the old string was. Take the wooden bottom peg and slide it into its hole, pulling on the new string to make sure the two are up against each other. The wooden peg will hold the string in place. Make sure the groove on the wooden peg is toward the soundboard.
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Step 4
Bring the string up to the headstock and draw it somewhat tight. Fit the top end of the string into the small groove in the nut (at the bottom of the headstock) and position the end of the string toward the tuning peg.
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Step 5
Fit the end of the string through the hole in the tuning peg. Pay attention to how the strings are positioned: the string should be wound away from the "inside" of the tuning peg, where the string lays across the headstock. This means the three lower strings may be wound differently than the three higher ones.
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Step 6
Wind the tuning peg so that the string coils around the peg, in tight coils in a downward direction. Make sure there are no open areas that will allow the string to slip as you put more tension on it.
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Step 7
Tune the string up to its optimum tuning. Discard the extra string above the tuning peg using wire cutters. Repeat this for all strings as necessary.
