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Learn When to Change the Strings on Your Acoustic Guitar
Pick New Strings for Your Acoustic Guitar
Get the Tools Necessary for Changing the Strings on Your Acoustic Guitar
How to Loosen the Strings on Your Old Acoustic Guitar
How to Remove the Bridge Pins & Pull Out the Guitar Strings
How to Remove the Guitar Strings from the Tuning Posts
How to Remove Broken Strings from Your Guitar
Clean Your Guitar Before Re-Stringing
How to Lubricate the Nut with Graphite on an Acoustic Guitar
How to Insert the Ball End of the Guitar String into the Guitar
How to Insert the Guitar String into a Tuning Post
How to Measure the Guitar String
How to Lock the Guitar String into the Tuning Post
Wind the Guitar String to Lock it into the Guitar
How to Tune New Guitar Strings in a Guitar
Change All of the Strings on Your Guitar
How to Stretch & Re-tune the Guitar Strings
How to Clip the Excess Off the Guitar Strings
How to Dispose of Old Guitar Strings
Summary: Learn how to clean your acoustic guitar before re-stringing it to ensure that your instrument will remain in tune and play music beautifully in this free video series.
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"MATT GRAHAM: Now that you've removed all the strings from the guitar, this is a premium time to clean your guitar. A lot of the time, dust will accumulate here under the strings right by the bridge and also under the strings up by the headstock. So what I'll do is just take a clean cloth that's soft and not going to be abrasive to the finish of your guitar and just give it a good wipe down to clear all the dust out. You can also wipe the frets down and then just wipe the dust off of the headstock where those strings were covering it up. Then you can also take a Q-tip or a cotton swab and come back down to the bridge and I just like to go along this edge of the bridge, all the edges of it. And it's just a good way to pick up any dust that maybe there accumulating on your finish. Again, not a step that's necessary to restringing your guitar but this is the best time that you have to clean your guitar while it's not obstructed by the strings."
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