How to Change Guitar Strings

Marty Reynolds, at The Podium, demonstrates the proper method for changing the strings of an acoustic guitar.

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[graceisahurricane]

If I have the type of guitar where you stick the string in a hole, does that mean i have a shitty guitar?

[podiummusic]

@graceisahurricane

Not at all...your guitar just has a different design...if it takes nylon strings there would be no endpins, just a hole in the bridge where the string is looped and tied.

[podiummusic]

Using a .056 gauge (medium) low E string as an example, you can take it down pretty low...D, C, even A as long as it stays in tune and doesn't rattle around. I would not tune it up much past E unless you use a lighter gauge string and even then you don't want to put undo stress on the top by tuning the guitar above standard E A D G B E.

[podiummusic]

you most likely have strings for a nylon string/classical guitar...they don't have a metal ball on the end...if you have a flattop acoustic guitar then you should buy a set of light gauge phosphor bronze strings

[BeatlesGuitarPlayer1]

K i am really pissed off..i pit the pin and the string and it doesnt lock...

[podiummusic]

@BeatlesGuitarPlayer1

try again...watch how Marty does it...take your time, you'll get it

[TombMan12]

Wait....YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR STRINGS?

So i´ve bought all my guitars for nothing???

[10Mads]

The sound in the background from 1.41-1.44 make me come

[oldloaf]

Thanks so much for this vid - I've been inept at changing my strings all my life and I just changed them on both guitars with ease!

[PoppaSmurf1992]

i've been playing for years and a mate told me to check this out which i thought was weird because i've been changing strings for years but i realise why because i always take all 6 strings off first. shit i wonder if i've been damaging my guitar all this time?

[489177]

1:25-130...critical. Play that part a few times.

[Indys44]

How do i know what order to put the strings in ?

[NiKa83192]

This is the best tutorial for how to change guitar strings compare to other videos i saw! very short and to the point! thank you :)

[Nicole22xx]

This video saved the relationship between me and my guitar. We can now make music again!

[CapeCodBirdfeeder]

the best tutorial, I think. of all the ones i viewed, no one mentioned the slack needed to prevent slippage and the importance not to remove all of the strings prior to restringing. some string sets are packed in pairs, like the 3rd and the 6th, the 2nd and 5th. a good gauge for me. I wondered for the longest time, why they did that.

[ajgoodfella]

Nice a quick, very helpful

[jbaby007]

Ahh I'm so nervous! The memories I'm making with my guitar are just so precious.