How to Change Guitar Strings

Video Transcript

"Hi my name is Jared and today we are going to talk about restringing your guitar. So what happens when you bust out a string or you need a new set of strings. Every once in a while couple weeks after playing you should put on set of strings on because your guitar will naturally rust fro, the sweat and the grime coming off of your fingers. So how we put on a new string, this particular string is the B string. Notice how we have removed the peg off of the bridge of the guitar. We want to take the ball end of the string, the part with the ball in the end and place it in the hole. Make sure it is secure down in there. Take your peg and place it back in. Next, we are going to line up our string with the nut see how there is a file right there, the string should go directly into that file. If you wrap the string around on the outside it will snap the string, it is very important that you wrap the string in the inside. So you want to take the string wrap it around a good one time. Hold it down like so with the thumb, in place, place it through the hole and pull it as tight as you can. Now, this where your peg winder comes in handy. You want to take your peg winder and tighten the string up until it is perfectly in tune. After you have done that take the excess of the string, some people like to leave the excess on I do every once in a while but some people don’t. Take the excess of the string and go ahead and snip it with your wire cutters. And that is how you restring a guitar"