How To Change Guitar Strings (locking tuners)

This lesson is on how to change strings for guitars that have locking tuners.

**EDIT**

Actually (I had no idea) but Gotoh and some Grover tuners are different than my Govers... I haven't used them in years but this guy has a great vid on how to use them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsEpGyjHoxs

I think they work in the same way as mine; a shaft inside the tuner pushes upwards to squish the string and hold it. The difference seems to be that these tuners do it in the first few twists of the tuning key, whereas with mine there's a gear behind the base of it.

Hope this helps and feel free to check out my site and ask in the forum if you need more help!

http://walkerguitar.com/basic-musicianship/257/changing-strings/

cheers!

-coire

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[christianjerrypogi]

nice D'adarrio string :)

[fishbellyrocks]

@christianjerrypogi thanks!

[CalumHarrison]

why not just tune it normally and lock it at the same time? sure if it was wound quite a lot as well as being locked it would stay in tune better?

[fishbellyrocks]

@CalumHarrison It's easier to not have to deal with winding strings around the tuners, plus the windings tend to compress/stretch-out over time and make it harder to get in-tune--just one more thing to go flat. Some guys say winding a string gives it more sustain, but this is never done with locking tuners, only standard ones. Hope this helps.

[purplepineapple117]

Is it possible to buy tuners like yours? Grover keystone  modern chrome locking tuners?

[fishbellyrocks]

@purplepineapple117 Dunno. try ebay. I wonder if gibson has exclusive rights. They're nothing special anyway, just decent tuners ;)

[wojkel]

Thank you for this video. I never had guitar with locking tuners before so, uh, let's say I had a lot of problem with high E string :)

[CalumHarrison]

@fishbellyrocks cheers yeah it does. i dont wind it as little as your example however i certainly wind it wayyy less than before :P

[fishbellyrocks]

@96lolstar Yes, just make sure you use them correctly and they will be as good (if not better than) standard tuners.

[fishbellyrocks]

@purplepineapple117 I'm not sure. Check on the Grover website. It's possible that Gibson has them custom-made for their Les Pauls, but I doubt it.