Changing Your Guitar Strings By Jake Croft At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

Just visualize this situation- you’re playing in a sold out stadium and the girls are crying out your name and throwing “you know what” at you. You soon feel that you’ve got to turn it up a notch to drive them more wild and then you hear “TWANG”. Wondering what that was and some of the girls in the front row have already started giggling at the situation.

You soon realize that you’ve broken your guitar strings and still try to create a “I don’t care about anything” look but the embarrassment is seen twitching all over your face. That’s right, that could be your worst nightmare but you don’t have to do much to avoid this. All you’ve got to do is change your guitar strings.

It may feel strange when you’re changing your guitar strings for the first time but you shouldn’t forget that it’s nothing but just another maintenance that your guitar needs. Even if you’ve never changed the guitar strings ever in your life, you needn’t worry as it is very easy. There are some important aspects to which you have to notice such as which way to turn the tuning keys so as to loosen or tighten the strings, which is the heaviest string, etc.

You have to remember these directions so that you don’t get frustrated along the way in case you forget the direction of the tuning key or some other aspect with respect to changing your guitar strings. You can either remove all of the strings at once or you can unwind them one by one. The whole process is divided into two broad categories of removing the strings and the restringing process.

The Removing Process: Simply use the string winder to loosen the guitar string until the string are completely loose. Then, gently pull the string through the hole. Once again, with the help of the string winder, using the cutout at its end in order to get hold of the bridge. Then simply pull the pin out through the hole and voila, you’re done with the removing process.

The Restringing Process: In case of the restringing process, you have to bend the spherical end of the string and slowly set it through the hole. If your guitar doesn’t have any pins, all you have to do is pull it through the hole. When you’re winding up the string, apply some pressure to the strings using your right hand. Continue this winding process until the strings are tight enough, but not that tight that it would break when you play it. After you’ve wound up the strings, tune the guitar accordingly.

Now that you’re able to change your guitar strings, you can easily clean your guitar and re-tune it effortlessly. Whereas, for the nightmare mentioned at the beginning, lets just keep it a nightmare impossible to occur. Now go forth, practice till your heart’s content, start a band even and never let the fear of changing your guitar strings haunt you ever again.

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