Again Juha, I leaned something new. The angle of the strings makes sense and releasing the wind is very cool. I have not been doing either of your techniques, but am going to go restring my Strat. Thanks for the info, it is much appreciated!
Very nice! My Stratocaster thanks you! Could you do a video how to fix stripped neck screw holes? Seems to be very common in Fenders where you have to take the neck out to adjust trussrod.
Thank you Janne. Typically the holes are located a bit lower in the locking tuner posts, making the angle sufficient without wrapping the string around the post. There are different types of locking tuners though, and the measurements vary a bit - but the types with staggered posts are a pretty safe way to go.
That's a great looking strat! Can't beat the simplicity of vintage style tuners. Also, learned a trick here about the thinnest strings, thanks! I've always just used a toothpick to hold the string end in the tuning peg hole if it wanted to escape during first winds. I heard you mention in passing that it's a good thing that there is no string tree, why is that?
Thank you for the great video Juha!! 😊 Could you tell me what is the problem of a second string tree for the G and D strings? Is it the additional friction?
Hello Zoltan! Thank you, happy to hear you liked the video. Yes, the second string tree is an additional friction point, and sometimes especially problematic for the D string, as the angle gets easily pretty steep, and a wound string doesn't slide very well when the angle gets too sharp. It is possible to ease this issue by using a higher string tree design that doesn't pull the strings so much down and/or is made of a slippery material (Graph Tech has those available).
Thanks for these tutorials! I've always kind of hated changing strings, because I never really knew what and why I was doing. Weird, after these videos it seems that I'm starting to love restringing my stuff. By the way, what about the best possible way to restring basses? :-)
That is a proper video. Excellent tutorial as always. Thank you very much Sir! Keep posting great videos.
Thank you! 🙏
Brilliant! As a life-long Les Paul player, getting to know how to restring old strat properly -> 🤩.
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works great...see I was paying attention!
Again Juha, I leaned something new. The angle of the strings makes sense and releasing the wind is very cool. I have not been doing either of your techniques, but am going to go restring my Strat. Thanks for the info, it is much appreciated!
Very nice! My Stratocaster thanks you! Could you do a video how to fix stripped neck screw holes? Seems to be very common in Fenders where you have to take the neck out to adjust trussrod.
Very useful information once again, thank you Juha and keep up the good work!
Thank you Esa!
Thanks, Juha I learned a lot from this tutorial, now I own a strat it will be very useful.
Hey Rob! Great to hear you found the video helpful!
Good looking Strat ;-) Great video!
Thank you for providing the guitar for this video! 🙏
Perfect video! I learned a lot!
Thanks Nic! :)
Nice video. However, I guess there is no way to get that angle with locking tuners?
Thank you Janne. Typically the holes are located a bit lower in the locking tuner posts, making the angle sufficient without wrapping the string around the post. There are different types of locking tuners though, and the measurements vary a bit - but the types with staggered posts are a pretty safe way to go.
Thanks. Original Fender instructions recommend the same technique.
That's a great looking strat! Can't beat the simplicity of vintage style tuners. Also, learned a trick here about the thinnest strings, thanks! I've always just used a toothpick to hold the string end in the tuning peg hole if it wanted to escape during first winds.
I heard you mention in passing that it's a good thing that there is no string tree, why is that?
Thank you! Glad to hear the video was helpful to you. :)
Thank you for the great video Juha!! 😊 Could you tell me what is the problem of a second string tree for the G and D strings? Is it the additional friction?
Hello Zoltan! Thank you, happy to hear you liked the video. Yes, the second string tree is an additional friction point, and sometimes especially problematic for the D string, as the angle gets easily pretty steep, and a wound string doesn't slide very well when the angle gets too sharp. It is possible to ease this issue by using a higher string tree design that doesn't pull the strings so much down and/or is made of a slippery material (Graph Tech has those available).
I have the backplate, but I position the block with tremolo that I have access to the restringing without removal.
Thanks for these tutorials! I've always kind of hated changing strings, because I never really knew what and why I was doing. Weird, after these videos it seems that I'm starting to love restringing my stuff. By the way, what about the best possible way to restring basses? :-)
Thank you Tuomas! Glad to hear these vids have helped you start liking restringing better! I have a bass restringing vid coming soon, too. :)
Hey man, loved the vid, have you done a vid on the history of your strat, or do you know the history of the strat, its beautiful
Thanks Jameson. It’s not my guitar - borrowed from a friend for this video. :) Don’t know the history very detailed, sorry.