For a newbie, this may seem a little intimidating. But with the
right tools, a little knowledge and some practice, you'll be able
to restring an electric guitar like a professional guitar tech.
When I was gigging regularly, I would restring my guitar every
week. My body chemistry is acidic and the sweat and oils from my
hands would tend to dull the brightness of the strings as well as
make them feel "dirty". For me, the bright sound and smooth feel of
a new set of strings would inspire my playing. It became a ritual
for me the night before the weekend's gigs started. I would sit in
front of the TV and restring my electric guitar; my acoustic was
much less frequent.
Gibson Guitars OK, so you've decided you don't want to pay the guys at the
music store and you want to know how to restring an electric guitar
yourself. Here is the list of tools and supplies you will need:
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* A string winder (not required but very handy)
* A pair of wire cutters
* A guitar tuner (again, not required but helpful)
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Bass Guitars You will need to set aside about an hour of time to do this
correctly, but like I stated earlier, with practice you will know
how to restring your electric guitar in about 20-30 minutes.
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Les Paul First thing to remember, do NOT remove all six strings at the
same time. The guitar neck is designed to withstand the tension of
the strings and if all of the tension is removed for any
significant amount of time you could damage your guitar.
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Guitar Lessons Also, there are some guitars that are literally held together by
the string tension. I remember reading a story about a guy who had
recently gotten hired as a guitar tech for the Ramones. Wanting to
make a good impression on Johnny Ramone he decided to restring his
guitar for him right before the show. He removed all six strings
and Johnny's Mosrite guitar literally fell apart in his hands. The
string tension held the whole guitar together! What's worse, the
bridge of the guitar bounced across the floor and fell down the air
conditioning duct.
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Guitar Pro If I remember the story correctly, they spent quite some time
using a coat hanger and chewing gum trying to rescue the bridge
from the duct. He retrieved it and managed to keep his job, living
to restring the guitar another day. But not all six strings at
once!
Bass Guitar But I digress. Some people work in pairs of strings at a time, I
prefer to work on individual strings. You will quickly decide what
works best for you. Use this article as a guideline to get you up
to speed quickly.
Electric Guitar OK, let's get down to it. I always start with the high E string
(personal preference); it helps keep me organized.
Acoustic Guitar If your guitar has a locking nut tremolo (whammy bar) system you
will have to unlock it. It works best if you remove the clamps
completely and work with just the nut until the restringing process
is done and the strings are stretched and tuned. Then replace the
locking clamps and fine tune using the tuners on the tremolo
bridge.
Teardrops On My Guitar * Use your string winder and loosen the string until there is
enough slack that you can unwind the string from the tuning post by
hand.
Guitar Strings * Use your wire cutters to cut off the curled end of the string
and discard. Do this to minimize the chance of scratching the
finish of your guitar. Push/pull the string back through the bridge
slowly making sure it does not drag across the body. You don't want
restringing your guitar to result in refinishing your guitar!
Ultimate Guitar Tabs * Next, unwrap the appropriate new string. Insert it through the
bridge of the guitar, over the saddle, up the neck, over the nut
and into the hole in the tuning post. Again make sure the trailing
end of the string doesn't drag across the guitar body.
Guitar Chord * Start turning the tuner by hand making sure the string wraps
over the top of the tuning post. Ideally you want to have 3-4 wraps
of the string around the tuner, but this in nothing to stress
over.
Guitar Music * Turn the tuner until the slack is out and the string is
properly seated in the nut and over the bridge saddle.
Online Guitar Tuner * Next clip the excess string off close to the tuner and use
your string winder to bring the string up to pitch.
Classical Guitar * Use your digital tuner and tune to pitch.
Guitar Notes * Next, grab the string with your picking hand halfway between
the bridge and the nut and lightly tug the string away from the
fretboard. Do not pull real hard, just hard enough to pull the
stretch out of the string and tighten it around the tuner post.
Gibson Les Paul * Tune to pitch and repeat the stretching process until the
string stays in tune.
Guitar Tuning Now repeat the entire process for the remaining five strings.
Know that the pitch of the new strings may fluctuate as you work on
the remaining strings. This is especially true with a Floyd Rose or
similar type floating bridge. When you have replaced and stretched
the last string make sure all six strings are still in tune. If you
have a locking tremolo system, replace the clamps for the
locking nut, tighten, and use the bridge fine tuners to get the
proper pitch.
Guitar Songs The final step is the best one; sit back, crank up your amp and
enjoy. Make sure you play something with lots of note bending in it
and make sure the stretch is all played.
Guitar Scales Take satisfaction in knowing that you now know how to restring
an electric guitar.
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