How to Change Strings on (restring) Your Guitar - Art Eichele
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- čas přidán 30. 08. 2009
- Art Eichele, extraordinary guitar player and a great instructor shows you step-by-step how to professionally change the strings on your guitar. There's much more to it than just winding them onto the tuning peg. Art shows you how to lock the string onto the tuning peg so it will never loosen (and go flat). String your guitar this way. It will tune more precisely and stay in tune longer. Please rate and comment!
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The person reading this comment, I wish you good health and great luck to you and your family!!!
I always see people using tools to pull bridge pins.
Here's a tip after 40 years.
Loosen the string, put your hand inside the body, and push the pin out. Won't risk damaging your pins or bridge. Thanks for the video.
Nice one.
You're a smoothie! By far the best and most comprehensive instruction on restringing guitars I found on CZcams. Thanks.
Good and clear, and glad you demo'd both a left and right-side string - unlike on the official Martin video!
Excellent video tutorial! Quick and concise yet he hit all the main points that I wanted to know and which is why I searched for this video. I compare it to one which did not make the grade which I just viewed before this one and all of the main points were glossed over. This video by contrast used excellent use of close-ups and the string the tuner the nut and the bridge and pegs. Especially so was the locking of the string into the tuner peg and which direction it went. I can’t praise this highly enough! When you see it done badly and it’s a source of frustration to see it done the right way is very gratifying! Well done sir!
What a nice compliment and to us, worth every word. I'm glad you found it useful!
Great job! Very detailed, concise and great visibility to what you are actually doing each step of the way. Thank you!
Thank you! That is very kind.
I tried using Justin Sandercoe method to restring and could not do it. easily. I had to put the guitar down for a week with a missing string I was so set back. After watching this video and using this method I restrung my guitar in record time and feel like I could work in a guitar shop doing this for a living. Great video, great method. THANK YOU
Thanx. Never saw that knot before. makes sense. I'm restringing my new Martin for the first time. Wish Ida known this years ago.
Very clear and easy to understand
The best and straight forward restringing video!! Thank you!
I have been changing guitar strings for many years and this is one of the best tutorials I have ever seen of how its done. Thanks for putting this out there.
New trick after doing otherwise for 50+ yrs. Thank you! Just did my 2nd one and it's my new method.
Thanks for this great lesson,,,
2:20 is the most important part. Thank you. I'm headed off to change my 000-28 to Martin custom light retro monel strings for the 1st time!!
Thank you!! and complimets for your sound record!!!
Still my go-to video instruction after all these years. Thanks, Art!
Thanks, Kim!
Most Valuable information.Thank you. Good Luck.
nice clear explanstion, thanks
You are the best!!! Thanks a lot!
THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH MAN YOURE A LIFE SAVER!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I've looked at a few videos for this and this is the best one. My first 2 strings look wonky lol
3:03 the sound of my last brain cell
Best video! Thanks
Thanks, Daniele!
thanks bud :) very helpful. never got how to do the twisty thing before this.. >
Make sure the slot in your peg is facing forward. Put the ball of the string in the hole as deep as it will go before you put the peg in. If needed, get some violin bow rosin and put a good coat of it on the peg before you put it in the hole. Don't tug straight up on the string. It is designed for tension to be exerted only in the direction of the tuning pegs. Hope this helps.
Thank you!❤️✨🤘
Thanks for commenting, glad you liked it!
Finally someone who knows the correct way to restring a guitar.
thank you
Thank you I was confused about the crossing on a string
Super frustrating I wasted probably 3 string packs trying to do this. When I do the under and wrap around it won’t stay and ends up looking wonky . I’m so lost and confused
Thanks Art - great tips! I like the pinching technique you use to restring the guitar. Very effective and does wonders for consistent intonation ;)
Thanks, Bob, for watching our video!
Thank you....my little sister thought she could tune my brand new guitar for me.......yeah.....thank god it came with an extra string
No problem! Thanks for watching!
Excellant ! No theatrics, just great info and demo. Thanks.
Please discuss cleaning & oiling the tunner worm gears on older guitars..
I just subbed
My Martin doesn't have the bridge grooves...it's a Mex made. Which is ok, I use my strat more . I figure that I can the strings on my Martin.
When I remove the Endpins, I use a Endpins Puller or Stringwinders usually have a Endpins Puller Slot built into them to use so metal plyers or cutting pliers do not damage the Endpins Heads or String Grooves. You can take and use a Guitar Pick or Wooden Round Disc or Popsicle Stick to press against the bottom of the Endpins applying pressure pushing upwards to remove Endpins from their Bridge Plate Hole Slots. Never wiggle Endpins out of their Hole Slots because you will wallow out the Hole Slots and may have to have your Hole Slots reamed out to a Larger size along with having to use a Larger Sized Endpins.
I String my Strings through the Bridge and make sure that the Strings stay Straight with No Kinks, No Bends, No Serpentine Curves anywhere along the lengths of the entire strings from Bridge to Headstock Strings Post Holes. Any such makes a string Sound Out Untrue Tonally, Decreases String Resonance and Jeopardizes String Life & Longevity & will never Tune Up True & Maintain True Tuning & make sure any "Tuner's Gearing Backlash" is removed from Tuners Gearing Travel by Tuning Strings Down then back Up to Tune. Never Tune Strings Up Past the Tuning you use to play in, & then Tune Back Down to Tune you use to play in, because such Tuning Method will create Tuners Gearing Play or Backlash, which will make your Strings become Out Of Tune as the guitar sits idle as well as when you play it. These facts I learned years ago from a Master Luthier named "Frank Ford", along with the Luthier's Strings Posts Knots demonstrated in this "TRES GR8T Video Tutorial" by "FreedomSeeker01" , " Thanks" & Play On FretBro's & FretSis's . . . 👍😎🎸🤘☺️🎼🇺🇸🙏 DDH 7-11-2023.
When I was about 11 my folks had some friends over, I went in and announced I had just broken my G string and needed a new one. “IF” they ever stopped laughing they never told me what was so damn funny,
Super helpful thank you so much , your awesome and keep making great content
What is easier for me when replacing the pegs is just tuning down all the strings and pushing the pegs on the bridgeplate from the under :)
Do you start with the 6th and 3rd as a rule of thumb and if so why?
Hey man!!... i have a question... for all the strings its the same process?
Till now I still press on the pins when tuning to pitch and guitar facing away from me..of coz after 20 years strings got a lot stronger..😁
Safety glasses are a Very good idea, Whenever stringing a guitar.
Almost every string wider that exists has a semi circle cut into the tuning key holder. The reason for this is so you can easily pull the bridge pegs out; you don't need to use wire cutters or any other tool to do this. If your winder doesn't have this feature, go buy one that does for a couple bucks at just about any guitar store.
Umm...he owns a guitar store. So he likes to use a stiff, metal tool rather than a piece of plastic. So what?
@@freedomseeker01 😂
@@freedomseeker01lol
@@freedomseeker01actually my winder is plastic and I used it for the pegs ....they still make metal tools ⁉️😂🤣
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Regarding the winding the new string on the peg part. Will the same down n over twist application work for electric guitars?
Absolutely. It will work great on electric guitars. Actually, they typically have less tension than an acoustic so it will work even better.
I frayed and broke my G string first time doing this 😳. Not sure what I did wrong compared to the other strings
Nice instruction. But I shuddered when you pulled the bridge pin with the side cutters. But I’m sure you’re very careful.
“This is Brad our cameraman’s favorite move here” grabs G String *****
All you have to do, is run the entire string through the post. Back it up maybe a post-and-a-half's worth. Bend the excess toward the middle of the headstock. Wind the string down like a coil. Then bend the excess string back and forth until it breaks off cleanly. No need for clippers. No stickers to nail your fingers. However, you have to twice overwrap the string-through on the 1st and 2nd strings, otherwise, when you break off the strings, they will slip on the posts.
Trust me. You will love having no stickers to draw blood. By bending the excess string toward the middle of the headstock, you form an "S" through the post, adding to a tight fit.
Interesting concept but I can't visualize what you are saying. Please shoot a video and post it to your channel.
So when you're tightening the bass strings you turn the peg away from you but the high strings, you need to turn the peg towards you ?
Yes. On a conventional acoustic. Not on a Tele or Strat though where all pegs are on the same side. Think of it as raising or lowering the pitch and just turn it in the direction that accomplishes what you want to do. Don't turn it without listening to what is happening. You don't want to over tighten and break your string.
Well that's my problem today that's why I'm here watching my sons guitar lose one string holder and I don't know how to change it
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@Cjaz84 That's funny! I take it she thought the note was way too flat!
From here on, my go-to instructor on anything to do with the guitar and all its basics needs… I have been stringing, guitars the locking style for so long, following people like Joe Walsh, countless luthiers, people who work on my guitars over the past 30 years, and I am just now finding out how it's really done. I have a wrap on my guitar machine heads that ensures staying in tune until those strings are worthless. They sound beautiful - I am going to get laid by women who don't even know or could care less about guitar set up, but just by the enthusiasm of guitarists around me seeing how it actually gets done...... I don't have to tell any of you guys who have been around the block a few times how energy is what makes a woman enthused and amused to the point of being abused (although, I don't care if you're a Hells angel, I catch you abusing a woman and you're fucking done… Just kidding guys I'm just kidding 1000 times over but I had to make an extreme point )I have a Taylor just like the one he's working on, and I cannot believe that for the first time I did a professional job just by watching this guy..... I am so proud of myself, but it's this man who has instilled my pride. He's bigger than Jesus. And to think there's more to learn! Thanks, Art.
@foreverfaithfultogod Tighten it.
I have that shirt lol
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@Cjaz84 THATS FUNNY:)
I'M VERY SORRY FOR BREAKING YOUR GUITAR, LAURIE BERKNER!
Damn G guitar string broke while lowering it. Glad it didn’t hit me.
I messed up so many times that my new string also broke... Now I'll have to wait till after this weekend dor new strings... -.-'
Me too ffs
Would like some accurate advice on how much slack to actually measure and use. And I don't think anyone should ever use wire cutters to remove the pegs at the bridge.
The amount of slack depends on the string. A very thin string can be wound around the peg many times with minimal bulk and no overlap whereas a wound E string will fill up the peg quickly. Just experiment a bit and allow progressively a little more slack on the thinner strings. Regarding the wire cutters, Art is holding them open at the ideal width to create a perfect two pronged pry bar. He has changed hundreds of sets of strings and I'm confident he has never cut or dented a peg using this method. Furthermore, he can cut whatever string whenever needed and doesn't need another tool to do it. Do what you want, but Art is the SME here. If you want to contradict his wisdom, you should maybe listen to him play guitar first. He changes strings as a courtesy to his customers yet, like all great guitar players, changes his own strings regularly because it is one of the essentials required for the awesome tone he can pull out of an otherwise inanimate object.
I will pull the string tight, through the peg and then pull it back to the next tuner.
That is for the E A D and G. For the B and high E, I will pull a little less.
Those wire cutters are doing to damage the pins over time. No?
No.
One of the oldest HD guitar restricting videos I suppose?
So...
@@freedomseeker01 So?
Just surprised it aged well. :)
By corrosion, do you mean...cheese?
You over kill with that tool why not use dynamite.daaa.
LOL sorry but this is to funny to me
pretty sure he just changed the G string so he could make a G string joke =p
Why in the hell would cut the string so sticks up to cut you when you accidentally rub against it. Just like idiots who cut zip ties with diagonal cutters. Leaves them razor sharp. I’ve been working on trucks and been playing Gutair for forty years. Been getting cut up from stupid people who do this. At least wrap the the excess a couple times, then cut it a 3/4 of a inch away so it coils into it self. And anyone who says you’ve never been stabbed by a string is a lier.
Thanks for chiming in so expertly, and kindly I might add. Cut the string off any way you want. You are free to make your own video if you don't like ours. Ragging about free content is relatively crude. Have a nice day, and don't cut yourself on anything sharp. BTW, when your video is finished, we'd be happy to link it here. Spellcheck..."guitar"..."liar"...
I do like your comment about the sharp top on the string. It should at least be bent over a bit, especially if you have a soft gig bag that it could jab and tear up.