Acoustic Guitar String Changing pt 1

tuning2If it is time for you to change the strings on your guitar, then you need to know what tools and equipment you need and also have an understanding of the process involved. The following guide is designed to help you remove the sixth string so that you can change the string on your acoustic guitar.

What you are going to need

For this process you are going to need wire snips, pliers, a cloth that you can use to wipe down your guitar, a bottle of guitar polish and a string winder. The string winder is optional, but we highly recommend it.

You should begin by locating a flat surface that you can lay the guitar down on. A table is going to work well but you may also use the floor if you are in a pinch. Position yourself before the instrument so that the sixth string of the guitar is the one that is closest to you. Slacken the lowest string, the sixth string, as much as you possibly can using the tuner. If you are unsure of what direction you need to turn the tuner in so that you can slacken the string, try plucking it before you begin to turn that tuner. The pitch of this note that you played should be getting lower as the string is slackened.

Once it has been slackened, you should uncoil the string from the guitar's tuning peg, which his located at the guitar's head. Next, you are going to want to remove the string's other end, the one located near the bridge, and this can be done by removing the bridge pin for this string from the guitar's bridge. Most bridge pins are going to provide a certain amount of resistance when it comes to attempting to remove them. Should this happen to be the case, you can use a set of pliers to gently coax the pin out of the guitar's bridge.

Now you are going to want to discard the removed string. With the cloth that you supplied, gently wipe down any guitar areas that cannot be reached when the string is on the instrument. If you happen to have guitar polish then now would be a good time for you to use it.

It is vitally important that you note that many guitar players will remove all of the strings from their guitar at one time, replacing them all at once. This is actually highly advised against. The six strings when tuned properly on a guitar are producing a great level of tension on the instrument's neck, and this is actually a good thing. When you remove all of the strings at the same time, the tension is drastically changed and many guitar necks are not capable of reacting well to this. Sometimes when you replace all six strings at once, they sit impossibly high away from the fret board. To avoid this issue you need to change the strings of your guitar one at a time.

Photo Credits: Brian Lane Winfield Moore

Originally posted 2009-10-15 03:57:52. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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