How to Change Strings on an Electric Guitar : How to Stretch & Re-tune Your Guitar Strings

[prishabal]

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[XxshipleyxX]

I like at least 3 turns on the string post especially little E and B. They tend to slip.

[Livehardproductions]

have any of you guys thought to yourself, "i bet these guys dont even know how to play guitar."? cuz every video i think that.

[ihopesome1readsthis]

dude u realy need to cut the ends of youre strings that will take some1's eye out i cut my cheek open like that it extremely dangerous

[Cokoholicar]

@ihopesome1readsthis

can't happen, mythbusters disproved it, they used steel cables from a mountain lift, nothing happened on pigs skin, so nothing will happen here, can't get hurt by wires

[Cokoholicar]

@ihopesome1readsthis

why doesn't your other comment appear here so i can respond to it, anyway I find it hard to believe you cut your cheek but then again it's plausible so =) ok that's some crazy shit if you did cut your face on a guitar string

[peruoui]

1:15 thats mah guit when it wakes up each morning xD

[Idoyourh0e]

1:54 makes me nervous for some reason

[coolz067]

i would of so laughed if that those strings broke whilst he was stretching them

[gobeco]

cut the strings on the head of the neck. it´s dangerous for your bandmates

[SuperAgustin1]

nooo asi se rompen las cuerdassss

[gobeco]

@SuperAgustin1 Si te pasas de estirar si, sino no. Yo llevo haciendolo más de 5 años y va de maravilla.

[edwinandre95]

I liked that locking technique thing.. but this stretching thing.. personally.. I don't like it that much, but anyway... thanks for the tips :)

[shanmaz92]

is this a silvertone?

[airsoftsmithy96]

ive just changed my strings from ernie ball baritone to extra slinky baisicly the thickest possible to the thinnist and my new strings are too lose but there in tune so you cant play chords i was wondering if someone could tell me how to make them tighter but still in tune

[1015player]

ive got as problem i changed my strings and streched them too.

But i have a tremolo bridge and now after i put the strings on the bride is raised too much as if its about to come out of the body why is that ? how can i make it normal again ??

[rfcbeach]

@1015player Tremolo bridges work on the principle of tension: the string tension must be equal to the tension of the tremolo springs in the back cavity. What's happened to you is that the tension is not equalized, and you have a disproportionate amount of string tension. Just tighten the tremolo springs and keep retuning until the bridge is level again. It's bitchy, but it works. That's why I don't use tremolos anymore :D.

[1015player]

how do u tighten the tremolo springs?

[Anakin1OOO]

@1015player

I know this comment is 8 months old but I want to reply because that happened to me recently =P You put a heavier gauge of string on your guitar and your trem can't handle it. You need to upgrade the springs in your trem to support a higher gauge of string. I don't know how to do it myself, it only cost me like 30 bucks to have it done along with a whole tune up at the local guitar shop lol

[MetalGearSolidRuler]

Damn i wished i watched this before doing mine... I wrapped mine 3 times around it... But i do have a problem. Does anyone know why my strings sound really tinny? The chords sound horrible.. Is it that i simply have to stretch them? Someone please help ^.^ Thanks very much ^.^

[Tomhancox21]

i really liked that rerstringing technique i hardly had to tune my guitar at my gig the other day Thanks!

[BlanFan2O]

I like your guitar, it looks like mine except mine is a different kind, mine doesn't have a whammy bar and my pickups look different. this was good thanks!

[Itachi300x]

do u have to do the locking techneque for the stretching to work??

[rarebanana]

yup or else your strings won't be strong once you tune it

[okamasphere]

Interesting streching technique, I'll have to try it out to see if it works better than stretching down the fret board.

[ODLANIER16]

you suck thats not useful, just waste my time

[synapticspear]

After watching quite a few of these, this guy has a great wrapping technique, when he crimps the string. also the way he teaches to measure your string slack is good for beginner too. I came back to find his video and say Thanks kid! great job.

[SophzRockz101]

I have the same exact guitar

[schnurr31]

when i restring my strat, i leave my guitar slightly sharp overnight. stretches them out perfectly for me. if ur in a hurry though, just tug on the strings a little and keep tuning

[thomashm9]

how to change strings on a double locking trem?

[guitarplayerk11]

@thomashm9 go to the ibanez website, they have a good video on how to do that

[luihitog]

14 years playing and still a mess doing this, thanks for the tips!, one question though...what happens if you want to detune your guitar one half or more in the future? strings will go off! or what...answer please i´m changing my strings tomorrow!! greetings from Buenos Aires

[TiagoMcCready]

@luihitog hi.. did tou get any answer about the detuning? I want to know it too! Thanks

[minupuppy]

umm... when i retuned my high e when using this method... it snapped... and it wasn't high enough! whats up with that???

[Whaffel]

not high enough? sure you're not 1 octave higher then? xD or maybe wrong strings for your guitar..

[minupuppy]

these strings CAME with my guitar... so ya... there for it...

[Whaffel]

well, it doesn't have anything to do with a method. that's for sure.. just bad quality strings then. if they were new of course

[luihitog]

Whaffel said perhaps they where bad strings...another possible reason: that white thing before the head (sorry i speak spanish) where the strings go through...what´s it´s name...well, maybe i´ts too sharp...especially if it is a new guitar...if strings snap too often take your guitar to the workshop, it happened to me, bye

[Smigjo]

Hey, thanks for all your lessons, 2 questions though. Ok, 1) is Ernie Ball the best strings to get? and 2) how many time should u stretch the strings? thanks

[redbird963]

Have you ever broken a string when you stretched them?

[kieranmartin2]

how do you put in the string at the bottom ?

[fkthsh]

Hi, If you have a guitar like the one in this vide, a Stratocaster, then the strings are out frome the back of the guitar. Unscrew the back plastic back plate and you'll see where the strings go through the back and the guitars body. I hope that helped.

[dsuaste23]

how do the springs on the back go because i accidentally took them out of place and my guitar doesnt sound the same

nice vid:)