How to change classical guitar strings
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Odd question..but yes, Associate of the Royal College of Music (Guitar Performers)
and Post Grad teaching certificate.
1 year ago 7
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Bad idea! Acoustic guitars are heavily reinforced to take the strain of steel strings. The neck will also be reinforced with a truss rod and the bridge will often be screwed to a wooden block under the soundboard. Classical guitars will have much lighter strutting, the bridge will be glued on and usually no truss rod. In short, if you put acoustic strings on a classical guitar, it will eventually rip the bridge off or fold in half!
Steve
1 year ago 5
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Thank You!
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My high e string keeps coming off real fast as I try to get a higher tone. The tone won't go any higher and suddenly it comes off. Just got new strings and I really don't know if it's my fault this is happening or because of the strings. Anyone knows what to do?
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Kudos to you.
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thanks for the video!! it help me so much more =D
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Very good video! helped alot thanks!
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Thank you so much for this easy and noob-friendly tutorial. You really helped me out with this.
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Bravo
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You don't say at which end. If the machine head end, tie in an half hitch as in the video or thread the string through the hole again and again, as many times as the hole width will allow. If at the bridge end, thread the string through the hole then hold a match 1cm away from the end. This will melt small ball on the end. Tie the string to the bridge as before and the string can't slip through. Hope this helps.
Merry Christmas!
Steve
SteveHiggsGuitar 1 month ago
Glad it helped :)
SteveHiggsGuitar 3 months ago
My pleasure...thanks for the comments.
SteveHiggsGuitar 3 months ago
Yes..it's not pretty but it is secure if you can't get the string to go through the hole twice. Steve
SteveHiggsGuitar 5 months ago
brilliant tutorial !
The only thing I missed is how much "leeway" the strings should have before winding up. You should have enough in order to still be able to wind them up properly.
For electric guitars you should be able to put 4 fingers underneed the strings I guess.
Keybern 7 months ago
@Keybern
I really don't think this is an issue worth worrying about. If you think how many turns of the tuning button it takes to get from 'slight tension' to 'fully tuned', that's usually more than enough slack to take care of things.
Steve
SteveHiggsGuitar 7 months ago