Changing Guitar Strings on a fixed bridge Part 1 of 3

[lumyingluo]

cool^^

[SonOfHylia]

YOU SOLVED MY PROBLEM WITH THE WHAMMY BEING RAISED. Thank you so much.. hadnt played my baby in weeks..

[sniperspikes]

hi mate, i know this is quite an old video, but i would love your help. i stumbled over this vid two days ago. today i bought a guitar with a rosewood fretboard and remember something about rosewood on this vid. thing is, my fretboard has kinda pearly things indicating frets 3,5,7 etc. will this lemon stuff damage it?

[JSwanny1030]

have this style bridge yet my strings refuse to come out. wtf do i do?

[guitgeo]

Well, we live and learn. The main chemical components of lemon oil are a-pinene, camphene, b-pinene, sabinene, myrcene, a-terpinene, linalool, b-bisabolene, limonene, trans-a-bergamotene, nerol and neral.

[guitgeo]

Supergrammas pointed out it does contain a tiny amount of limonene which is, in fact, a solvent. Good for cleaning that fretboard but should be removed as with any soap or solvent. But that's not the issue is it? Leaving strings off your guitar for extended periods will cause a backward bow is the issue and the truth

[SuperGrammers]

If you're honestly worried about the neck shifting while you clean your fretboard you can just adjust it back to taste once the strings are back on and at pitch. It's really not a big deal when you have the required tools.

[lalu49]

You are absolutely correct guitgeo. My instructor taught us to always keep tension on the strings to avoid a reverse bow (warp) in the neck. Good job!

[guitgeo]

Supergrammas - You obviously don't know shit about guitars. Before you open your fat mouth ask somebody that might know. Talk to any guitar instructor {me}, music store owner or luthier about the finer points of caring for a stringed instrument. There should ALWAYS be some tension on the neck to prevent warping. You'll never keep a guitar in tune if you leave the strings off for long periods. Stick to what you know and you wont look like the fool that you are!

[mblach]

Stop it, seriously. Go to ANY luthier and you'll find they do plenty of work every single day with no tension in the neck and plenty of necks spend years in factories without being strung. Yes you need to readjust when it's tuned back up to whatever pitch, that's not "warping" - that's normal and you adjust it to taste. Would love to see you crown some frets with the strings on, moron. Learn what a truss rod is and does before you mouth off at me.

[SuperGrammers]

Too funny. It's good that you believe in yourself, guitgeo, keep on instructing "the truth".

Lemon oil is not that great for fingerboards btw, it contains d-limonene which is a solvent which can (over time) soften lacquers, bindings, fret markers etc.

[IBZ93GRG250P]

how do you tune this guitar? Is it like a flotd rose style? Because i notice there are springs(bottom of the guitar)...

[guitgeo]

NEVER take all of the strings off at the same time!! You run the risk of warping the neck. Sometimes you have to like in this case to service the neckwood. Lemon oil is the best way like he said, I use a toothbruh to work the oil in.

[sirsicklick]

It's fine if their not tensioned.

[SuperGrammers]

guitgeo, stop spreading lies. You cannot warp a neck by taking all the strings off at once.

[shady0brady]

Actually you can, the truss rod that runs the length of the guitar naturally wants to extend - the strings give it a slight bend. Taking them all off is ok, but I wouldn't leave them off for long.

This is much more important for acoustics

[jeffcasey1957]

my srings get stuck in the holes how can i get them out

[yroslav]

Whats a start and . my 15th fret buzzes on the A string means i need to change my strings no ?

[snaer11]

ohmmmm... a "strat" is an Stratocaster.

The guitar in the video is an fender stratocaster. and the reason why your fret buzzes is beacus the neck is twisted, it happens on every guitar but its fixable, if you can't hear the buzz through a amp then its no problem ; )

[yroslav]

Ok i change my strings from 9 to 10 now it doesnt buzz anymore on the 15th fret . i think it might buzz on some frets forther up now (5 or so) and i use an SG so raising the bridige might fix it ? i have on idea how to maintain a guitar

[wuxia6228]

is there a way i can take the strings off without cutting them?

[gedp1213]

dude, if you take off all the strings at the same time the neck will bend

[leonardo006]

If you have a cheap ass guitar it will

[GodsOtherHand]

aint that true only with a acoustic guitar? on electric guitar's the tension is alot lower..

[Rockinnsk8inallday]

well, my tremelo uses only 2 springs and its floating, and it stays in perfect tune

[LaLaLaGuitarX]

2:52 Fail..

lol

 thanks :D

[sophie1zita]

thank you very much! very helpful!

[darknessgodzamorak]

Beautiful Strat!

thanks.

[mike2tone]

I was told not to take all the strings off at the same time cause it will affect the fretboard tension, therfore truss rod adjusment was needed, is there any truth on that????

[ivanyhy]

it does screw up the tension

[wbjackson517]

As long as you change them immediately, it will not affect anything

[Songwriter4God]

@mike2tone You will need ot adjust the truss rod probably, but when I ladt did it it didn't change much. However, all the myths and lies about taking them all of and ruining your neck aren't true. If you ever watch video of factory tours, see pictures, or go to one you'll notice they all have a point where they don't have strings on them but have a neck. So obviously nothing happens by taking them all of at once but making it need a truss rod adjustment.

Also it's easy to adjust the truss.

[gh3heroboi]

Thanks man!!I needed to change these rusty strings !!

[dehoff89]

fsk no u dont need to

[fsxdeluxe1234]

PLEASE<PLEASE HELP!!!

I have a Fender Squier Strat and do I have to take off the back to reveal the 6 holes?

Cos on mine there are already 6 holes on the back cover itself, showing through the under side of the 6 holes on the bridge.

So does that mean I needn't take off the back??

[wheelchairvideos]

you probably had size 10's on it. I would go with D'addario strings.

[judgerudge123]

ok thanks i really didnt know which ones to use and also on mopst guitar strings it says like for example 12-48 or sommet like that what does that mean? and what ones should i use?

[judgerudge123]

umm hey i have a new guitar a recently snapped the high e string

what size come with the guitar like the stock soze strings

it is a cruiser by crafter( basically a cheap make of a strat lol, and it has the fixed bridge tremelo system) what size string should i use/? as i dnt wanna adjust any screws or anything

?

[miguelstratos]

my strings are stuck they wont come out

help!

[scarfacedan09]

Either push them down really hard or pull them up and cut them. Thats what i did, cut the strings then pulled the small leftover piece up.

[boffin92]

What would I use for a maple fretboard when cleaning, that same stuff?, and could I ask exactly what the stuff you're using is?

:)

[boffin92]

EDIT: sorry, continued to watch the rest of the video and you said you don't need to. :)

[indieplayer]

hii i have a question well yesterday i watched your videos about guitar adjustment trustroad guitar height and intonattion but when i just purchased my strat i changed the strings to 10s and happend what you sid about the tremolo amm if i ajust it with the screws will mi intonation and action stuff be modified or screwed??

[rockguitarpower]

they won't be screwed but you should go through and re-adjust them for the new string size.

[indieplayer]

ok i see

but i have already changed the guitar strings size to 10s

but i have already gone through the adjustments

but the bridge is up like just a little bit

soo i would not have to reajust the action etc stuff if i tight the screws in the back?

[ActCreation]

what would you recommend for cleaning a maple fretboard?

[ATOMICPUNK27]

can you use plain lemon juice on the rosewood fretboard?

[rockguitarpower]

Don't use lemon juice, lemon oil is what you want to use if you don't have an oil specifically made for fretboards

[BlueLeppard]

Cool! lol

[firmly6]

the problem with this is that you dont leave any on for keeping the tension...you will have to get it set up again

[yllsacky]

hih 1#