Guitar How-To

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To change your acoustic guitar strings you will need a pair of pliers. You won’t need expensive ones; they just need to be small, sharp nosed ones capable of cutting through guitar strings.

Many people also use a string winder. They do help, and some have built-in string cutters so you don’t need the pliers but they are not a necessity. Take a look at this string winder at amazon.com

You can change your strings one at a time if you like but taking them all off at once lets you give your guitar a wipe down and allows you to clean all the grime off the frets.

If you start at the top of the guitar, unwind or cut through each string and use the pliers to pull the ends out of the machine heads. The strings will be left attached to the bridge and they can be easily pulled out.

Next replace each string in order from the lower E to the thin e string. At this stage you are just winding the tuning pegs enough to keep the strings on the guitar.

Next comes the job of tuning the new strings. There are a number of methods you can use but a free online tuner will co the job. Be prepared for the new strings to constantly go out of tune, but as they stretch, they will begin to stay in tune for longer periods of time.

Here is a video on changing acoustic guitar strings from Justin Sandercoe.

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