How To String A Guitar

Regular string changes keep the tone of your guitar to the most optimum level.  However, there is absolutely no reason why you should pay somebody to string your guitar for you!  Guitar string changes are easy, just follow the links below and we’ll show you how.

How To String A Guitar – A Few Tips

A few quick tips before you begin on your process of changing your guitar strings:

• Type of Guitar String: What kind of guitar do you have?  Replacing the wrong strings on your guitar can have the potential to cause permanent damage to the neck and the wood of your guitar.  Classical guitars have a combination of wound nylon guitar strings and nylon guitar strings (3 each).  Acoustic guitars have a combination of 4 metal sound guitar strings and 2 metal guitar strings (may be steel strings, nickel strings or some alloy, depending on your preference).
• Gauge and Tension of Guitar String: For beginners, try stringing your guitar with a lower gauge guitar string (that has lower tension) so that is easier for you to play.  You can always work your way up when you get better and your fingers get stronger.
• Change 1 Guitar String at a Time: In order for the guitar neck not to experience a great change in tension when you are stringing a guitar, I do not recommend that you change all the strings at once, but rather 1 string at a time.  Occasionally I do break this rule when I want to clean up the frets and the fingerboard but generally speaking, it is not recommended to change all the strings at once.

Videos on How To String A Guitar (of Any Type)

Below are the links to posts which contain the specific videos on how to string a guitar of any type:

• How To String An Electric Guitar
• How To String An Acoustic Guitar
• How To String A Classical Guitar