How to String an Electric Guitar For Dummies

Changing strings on an electric guitar is a vital skill for any guitarist. This video lesson shows how to replace a string on your electric guitar, regardless of string brand or gauge, and get back to playing music.

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Howto & Style

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• For
• Dummies
• guitar
• restringing
• maintenance

[ricky642]

im not a dummie.. your a dummie!

[ReeNaissance]

@ricky642 and yet you came here. Oh the irony.

[appleguyforeternity]

Thank you so much! My friend showed me this. Now I dont have to go to the guitar center every time just to get it restrung!

[phantomlord91]

Maybe a good tip for beginners aswel is that you'll have to do it one by one! If you just cut through your strings or loosen all of them up too fast the pressure change will be high and not good for your guitar.

[tamingthechaosdrums]

@ricky642 You're*

[RombusEvilBones]

Not much winding arround the post = unstable string. That's what I wanted to know xD

[RockandMetal645]

This helped me a LOT not gonna lie... I usually have to tie the string before tuning it on the post But this guy made it a LOT better for me o_o

[rojoflojo]

Fml! My string snapped /:

[MizzDrizzyGraham]

my string broke -.-

[jdis]

New strings will not stay perfectly in tune(they always want to go flat) simply because they're new, not because you messed up with stringing your guitar, they just need to be broken in. When I string my guitar, before i tighten them all the way, i leave some slack and lightly bend and flex the strings to 'loosen them up' or 'stretch them out' and they don't dramatically go out of tune.

[jdis]

@sirleftyguitar they will more easily go out of tune, that's about it

[Prodigy4132]

Okay, I have another problem. I put all the strings on my guitar, but some of them are unstable, maybe it's because It's only wrapped around once, but I tried two times to make it two and it didn't work. Any ideas?