How to String an Electric Guitar
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- Looking for a fast, accurate method for stringing an electric guitar? Look no further. We have you covered. This is one of our customer service team's most frequently asked questions so we decided to make a video showing you exactly what to do if you're just starting out.
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Finally a video which gives a method for enough slack all videos just say “get as much as u need” and how am I supposed to know that 😂
Right? Doesn't matter how little or much slack I leave I still end up with 10 wraps around each tuner peg 🤣
The worst part is some don’t tell you how to properly install the string into the knobs and his method with turning the string. I broke 2 strings already because of that. This is my first time changing strings and believe me I was dreading for this day.
The most common rule of thumb is pull each string (2) tuning pegs past the specific peg for each string. I go 2.3 pegs past just to be sure. I use a different method for the first wrap than some videos. Just make sure that you have some sort of bend of the string over or under the string in the first wind to ‘lock’ it. Wound strings (low E, B, and D) strings, pull the end of string over the rest of string. Wound strings (G, B, high E), wrap first wrap over and second wrap under the rest of string. Too much extra string winding created more potential for tuning issues. Hope this helps.
I did this method and ended up with loads of winds around the tuner
I've played guitar for literally decades and still dread changing my strings. Great instructions, best video I've seen, best it's ever gone for me.
Your method of wrapping the string back around the post before turning the tuner is excellent and appreciated! Thanks!
The best explanation with the clearest footage of exactly how to gauge the slack and how to wrap around the tuning pegs. If you’re not a super frequent player (like me) you need a quick refresher each time. Save this vid!
1:36 Best bit of info right here.
Noice
1:49 Perfect view. Was struggling with this bit. Thank you!
The restringing part was a game changer for me. Successfully changed my strings on the first try. Can't thank you enough for making this video man.
God damn finally a good technique for giving slack that’s not just “Give it as much as you need”
Highly underrated technique here.
Great video. Used this technique and changing the strings just flew. I found it way easier and faster. I always had trouble with the thinner strings but doing it this way I had no trouble at all.
I personally skip the first step because I like risking my eyes.
I managed to break the high E string...
hell yeah same
I broke A 😔
high E and low E
I didn't even know about that step with leaving slack and now I broke a brand new e string :/
me too
lol, you'll learn kid
Thanks for a great tutorial. I just changed my own strings for the first time
Okay, these are actually helpful.
Only this video, help me to save my nervous system and my new strings, thank you man
I been restringing my guitar all wrong 😅 Yours looks very clean and mine comes out all to the point of the string almost over the peg.. I will do it next time like this when I restring it . Thanks for the great video
Didn't know Starlord was a guitar technician
😂
Underrated comment
BAHAHA
Hah I was thinking more like the main guy in the Limitless series. Jake McDorman.
I never comment on people on TH-cam, but heck that was pretty painless and straight to the point educational for putting on the guitar strings. Stay down with your bad self
Clearest lesson I’ve found, with perfect close ups.
The part where you have to wrap the string around the peg I cannot get that part right.... i wrap it around and then it just pops loose and back over the peg.... do you have to pull the string tight to kind of secure it in place before you start winding???
I'm having the same problem.
After you wrap it, keep hold of the string and keep tension, then with the other hand bend the excess up and then wind with that hand, the whole time keep tension on the string with the hand you wrapped with.
Yes after you wrap it over pull it tight and then use your index finger to hold the string down then start winding.
IM HAVING IT TOO
Hands down best channel for guitar maintenance. BUMP
Best video for restringing ever, thank you so much!
based on the fact that I have started the adventure with my electric guitar around 25 years ago, when I was 12-13 years old, I doubt I would be cutting the strings because as a kid, you you would still keep them safe as a "spare ones"
Nowadays.... 2 days ago ordered a new set of strings for a price (with delivery) of a coffee from Starbucks.
How times are changing.....
TYVM! This info saved my 7 strings Ibanez. Cheers!
Great guide...just restrung two guitars following this and it went flawlessly. Great advice on the slack.
Id reccomend replacing the strings one at a time because the tension of them is mainly what is holding the neck of the guitar in place- you may end up with a bent neck if you dont :))
Thankyou... very detailed and well explained
Ok played on and off for over 30yrs always scared to change the strings going to attempt it this weekend
I CANT FIGURE IT OUT?!!?!?!?'v
One of the best videos out there! Really easily explained and I strung my guitar in no time! Thanks for putting out there.
On a Strat or a Tele I would cut off almost no string at all on the top strings so that the strings go down from nut to string tree and down again from string tree to tuner. Extra winds on a post are less 'sticky' I've found, than a butterfly tree
Thank you for the video changed my strings with ease :D
Thanks for making this video. This video has the clearest explanations for multiple different types electric guitars.
Nice, thanks
Gave 1 tuner width of slack and it’s not enough to wrap the string back under the folded string 😢
On Stratocasters and guitars with floating bridges, I prefer to put the strings on one at a time and bring each string to close to tune. This keeps the bridge tension in the same relative position. If I take all the strings off, then the bridge has collapsed due to spring tension. This results in time-consuming tuning to bring the bridge back up to its correct balance or neutral position.
Excellent point!
Best guide I seen. Thanks.
That was a gr8 video but can you please make a video for restringing a yamaha pacifica 012 .........
As I was watching this, my high ‘E’ string blew like a landmine😂. Guess it’s back to the store for me.
How do you get the right slack for the high e string?
Just give it around the same amount of slack as the other strings..?
Broke all my strings thanks
It was really hard for me to wrap the steing around the post and they ended up not completely snug around the post.
They kept bouncing off before i could start tigheting them. Any advice?
Thank you for an amazing video. Helped me alot. What typ of locking tuners is your favorite to use?
Great tutorial, really well explained. 😎
I need the tabs to that amazing solo, you've guys posted these vids with the craziest solos at the end and i just need to learn em. I'm a beginner so how long would it take me to learn em?
I rally needed this I just broke a new string after I convinced my mom hundreds of times to buy me new strings so that I can replace a broke string that I under tuned and that smacked me in the face ughhhhhh
How much do i need to detune so that the slack go through? I don't know how it works 🙂
"You're gonna need to the slack a bit differently" is such a memeable quote
i have an idiotic question: i have a clone of a stratocaster with a floating bridge,but my string seem to never get out of tune.i play everyday and i only retune oonce a month.btw, i leave no slack when i tune.i just take the string,pull it all the way trough the hole and then tune it,and cut the end of the string.my strings dont slip out and my guitar never goes out of tune.the string dont even complete one turn.ive been playing guitar for 5 years and i never had to tune more than once a month.why is that?
I re-strung my old electric for the first time in years. Despite leaving plenty of slack, every time I threaded a string through the machine head and wrapped it around with the tuning peg once, the strings all sounded very tight -- like they might snap at any moment. I actually snapped by high E after barely getting it above the correct pitch. So now I've got a 5-string guitar and they all look pretty unstable and I'm getting a little buzz when I play on the 12 fret of the B and G strings... can someone tell me what may be wrong anatomy-wise with my guitar? Thanks.
Check that you've got the ball-end tight and the string is completely in firmly. And more trouble, take it to a good repair shop, they'll help you out.
the neck is probably crooked/bowed...an expensive repair ... your room is not humidified enough
I almost got it! I strung the last one backwards from the rest! (The little e). THANKS 😊
Just broke my E string so gg
Hey I've tried to string my guitar but is making a buzz everytime I play a note
thanks bruvv
Does treble strings need more slack than bass side strings?
THIS IS AWESOME TY
1:50 Just a note for this part don't be afraid to pull the string a little bit it gonna be scary but it worked
The best restringing video on The Toob.
Been playing over 20 years. Just changed my first set of strings ever after watching this. I've tried I bet a hundred times and always broke a string in the process. Not anymore!
Way to go!
Okay, what happens if the bridge is too high up after I get the guitar in tune?
you'll get out of tune easily. thats why i always hold the bridge while putting the strings on each tuning peg so the bridge doesn't go up
Perfect, just restrung my guitar for the first time and it's good as new. Thanks for the concise tutorial :)
ok, it appears simple enough but how do you do it if you don't own the expensive tools, such as the guitar?
Was smooth sailing then broke the A string. Fml.
Thank you so much I understand the proper way to replace strings now
What about high e string how much slack should i give?
It can vary based on the guitar but we'd recommend at least 3-4 clean wraps for an unwound string. That amounts to about 2-3" of slack. You can use the space between your high E and G string tuners as reference. Thanks!
@@stewmac thanks mate.
How you keep the E string from going everywhere. You can't just bend it out of the way like that smh
Remember guys to wait a while to tune your strings after you change them, they can sometimes need time to stretch out after being loose for so long, I snapped my high e string trying to tune it immediately after
wait, is this the origin of the term 'to cut the slack' ?
This is the perfect method for getting the string to lock, now my strings look as neat as the day I bought the guitar, thanks.
You know, what I really needed was the part with the bridge...so thanks for not showing that
This video should be named "How to Ruin your Brand New String" LUL, this was pain to watch.
Why? It's a great way of doing it. Just done it myself.
I love Stew Mac even more now that they’ve hired Chris Pratt
Just restrung my guitar for the first time ever with no issues in less than half an hour, great video thanks for this!
thank you, very clear, easy to follow, very informative, your string guide was excellent too, all the very best to you
I got some new strings for mine and the upper 2 don’t fit 😭
how can i get the tone at the start of the video on bias fx 2?
The 4th one keeps snapping and I don't know why.
3:47
I’ve been stuck on the last string out of all of them for 3 hours I’ve been waiting weeks to play this electric guitar I’m gonna break it and my fingers are gonna bleed. Pls help I need to gain my sanity again
Great vid - brief, to the point. Hate to admit I took a break from playing long enough I didn't remember exactly how to restring a guitar. Need a refresher so I didn't mess up a string or 6!
Perfect. Thank you
Excellent and easy. I'm going to string my guitars like this from now on. The part about slack was pretty good.
Do locking tuners need slack?
No
Just snapped my high e string 😭 and now I'm here
Aaron, I felt like an idiot because I could not string an S style guitar. Your instructional video answered all my questions and showed me exactly what I needed to do. Yours is the best video on this rather basic topic, specifically with regard to string slack and the proper methods for wrapping around the post. It was only after watching your video, several times, that I restrung my Strat exactly the way I wanted to, pinching the end of the string between the upper and lower wraps. Thank you again. Stewmac is the best.
listening to this without watching gives me 'patrick bateman explaining which huey lewis and the news albums were genius' vibes.. in a (clinically) good way lol
also thank you, super helpful video. gotta relearn everything after 15 years cuz i usually play acoustic electric
Thank you soooo much it’s soo easy to understand from this vid 🙌
After 2-3 yearsof playing the electric I learn this method. Damn, I have missed out. This is the best way to do it by far. Thanks so much bro, you saved moe so much time and suffering.
Thanks for the awesome video, I hadn't changed my strings in over 6 months and I kinda forgot so this video was a nice refresher. I only broke one string but I had a spare then I installed the rest without any issues.
thanks how to show us the right way.. (which in knew)..
Any video to clean the guitar #stewartmacdonald?
Super channel. Liked and subbed.
I did fine with exception of the A string. I had way too much slack somehow on that string. It’s has like 10 wraps
I know how to change strings....I've known for years since I been playing but I'm just trying to see which locking method is best. So far I've used this locking method and I haven't tried the around-under-and over method in years. Anyone who's done both recently wanna share their favorite method and why it's better for less paul style guitars perhaps?
Aaron was my go-to guitar tech for a while. Great guy!
Nice video, very helpful except that you show that you hold the string with your finger but you don’t mention that. Had to see the comments below to figure out what I was doing wrong. All in all, very helpful video, thanks!
How tf do you put tension on the first couple strings. They’re so god damn slippery
Haven't strung a guitar in so long and needed a refresher and I still stabbed my finger i was trying to prevent that but I guess the guitar lords are pleased with my blood sacrifice but thank you for the awesome tip now next is actually learn something instead of strumming different chords
Does anyone have any beginner songs to learn because I'm trying to start all over again to improve myself
Thanks, I’ve been rocking vintage tuners and came to a dark realization when restringing on a new guitar with modern tuners.
On gibson styled heads with three tuning pegs each side how do you work out the exact slack for the D and G Strings