How To Change Your Electric Guitar Strings

Many guitarists, especially beginners, struggle withNow pull the string over the bridge, over the nut of the
changing electric guitar strings. But it really is a simpleneck, and up past the tuning peg. Make sure it isn't
exercise. Here's a straightforward guide you canslack. The new string is very long so you will have to
follow:cut some of it off. Leave enough string for a few
Tools.winds around the tuning peg. Two inches above the
You will need a small needle nose pliers to cut andpeg should work.
bend the strings, and a string winder to help you windPull the string through the hole of the tuning peg and
the strings quickly.begin winding it. The string shouldn't be slack. To keep
Remove the string.the tension, place your fingers under the string. With
You should change each guitar string one at a time.the guitar facing you, wind the tuning pegs on the left
That way, you will avoid warping the guitar neck, andside clockwise. Wind those on the right side
you will be able to quickly tune the new string to theanticlockwise.
other strings.To speed up the winding process, place your string
I usually remove the 6th string first. Use your stringwinder over the tuning peg and wind until the string
winder and turn the tuning peg until the string becomesbecomes tight. Then take off the peg winder and use
very slack. Now cut off the twisted end of the oldthe tuning peg to tune the string.
string so that it slips easily out of the guitar. Then windNow that you've changed and tuned your 6th string,
the top section of your string out of the tuning peg.you can just repeat the process for all the other
What you do next will vary depending on the type ofstrings.
electric guitar you have. The one I'm using, the stringsBreaking in.
go through the body. Remove the old string. Pay closeSince the strings are new, they can stretch and go out
attention to the way your old string comes off, and doof tune easily. They need to break in. You can speed
the opposite when putting a new one back on.up the breaking in process by stretching the string
Replace the string.yourself. Give the strings a few gentle pulls or do
Now let's put back a new string. Feed the stringsome spirited strumming.
through a hole in the body of your electric guitar, or theYou will find yourself having to tune your guitar quite a
tail piece. As said earlier, it depends on your particularbit after replacing your strings. But after one or two
electric guitar. Get the ball end of your string in place.days everything should be okay.