Changing Strings on a Gibson Les Paul Electric Guitar
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- čas přidán 11. 03. 2015
- Here's a detailed video of me changing the strings on a Gibson Les Paul electric guitar. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy this one!
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Thanks for stopping by and watching this tutorial video on how to change your strings on a Les Paul electric guitar. Hope you got something out of this lesson!
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Very informative. Thank you so so much for Oz. Given my muso former/late husband passed away late 2016 and was teaching me to play his LP electric & resonator, sadly he had not showed me how to restring the LP or resonator (hopefully a resonator will not be as difficult). Unfortunately for his verbal bequest, I did not receive the verbally promised LP & resonator but nevertheless I purchased, I believe a better one - a very rare vintage Les Paul Studio 1999; Ferrari Red; Gold Hardware & Dot Fretboard which I am extremely happy with. Thank God one of his loyal mates supervised/helped me with advice when buying this one, so I didn't buy a fake. Your video on changing LP strings was the best I found and learnt 'How to' and 'more'.
I believe you should loosen the strings with the tuners before you cut.
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Your video is a lifesaver! This is by far the easiest video I've found to follow and I love the little tips. Thanks again!
Welcome my friend. Glad to have been of help! Rock on Graham! e:)
Wow this super helpful! When you buy a guitar and even after taking lessons, this is one thing nobody EVER shows you how to do!
Thank you for uploading this video, Eric! It will be very helpful to me when it's time to change my strings!
Man you are awesome. Thanks for all you do. It's endless how valuable you are to so many of us. I wish you nothing but the best my friend.
Ninja trick: Priceless! Thanks Eric.
Mark Emmett You are so welcome Mark. Keep rockin!e :)
Nice video, Erich. Thanks for sharing! Detailed and took your time. Great
dkmcl2 Thank you so very much for your very kind comment. Stay in touch! e :)
Greatest video of changing guitar strings ever, really love it and thanks for the ninja skills.
+Heh Stein Thank you Heh. I appreciate your very kind comment! Please, stay in touch! e:)
Thanks so much for the video! This is very useful to me! :)
Best guitar strings changing video imho
Thanks so much
+DaMadnessIsReal Thank you my friend!!!! I appreciate you! e:) Stay in touch and keep rockin!
Thanks a lot for the video, that trick where you avoid using wire cutters is really cool
Thanks great information. Going to change my acoustic guitars to vibe strings.
Very cool. Love the ninja string breaking trick at the end. A couple of things. You didn't specify (but I guess it was obvious) that you are going clockwise for the strings on one side of the guitar and counterclockwise for the strings on the other side. Also, are you putting the windings on top of the string, or underneath? A close up would have been good, but hey. Thanks a lot.
Thanks man you're a lifesaver!
Great Lesson, you are probably the best teacher
Zane Joseph James Thank you Zane. I appreciate your very kind comment. Please, stay in touch.e :)
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! Helped ALOT best tutorial on CZcams!
So kind! Thank you so much Jacob👌
Very helpful...I removed bridge by mistake and I slightly turned one of the screws... Is it going to affect anything? The guitar sounds right by the way after the re string (I'm a beginner)
You wit is as dry as an Arizona day, and lovely. Also I learned how to change my strings, cool!
Great video, thanks!
Thanks friend.
Nice video and thanks. I am surprise you do so much turns on the mechanics. When my luthier change my strings he only makes one or two turns. Which method is better?
Great vid man! I have read you guitar mastery book and I love watching your other vids as well. Just wondering, do you know of any way to figure out what year my guitar was made? I'm not sure if it changes between guitars, but if it does, it's a Les Paul. Thanks!
Nice video. And good tip on tying a knot. Hadn't seen that before.
I also wish to know how to keep a cat off the lap/table/sofa/guitar while I work.
IdoN0TneedTherapy In answer to your question about the "cat" ...you can't! :):):) They walk where they want, sleep where they want and sit where they want at all times...on their terms! However, sometimes a squirt gun works but then again, not while she's on your guitar or laptop. So... I just suck it up. :) She's "da boss"! Thanks for your comment and maybe we should start a therapy group for cat owners....wait we are their servants so I guess for "abused cat servants! :):):) Hang in there. e :)
Awesome Erich!
Thank you my friend.
tensile ( strenght and flexibility before breaking /snapping point ).
What gauges are the string you use
Facing you, clockwise, String's on the inside. Gibson style guitar. Got it.
Thank's.
Hey erich I have a hellraiser with a Floyd rose bridge setup, how far down can I tune down without adjusting the deck height? Is half step down too far...and would you suggest adjusting the deck on my own or paying someone else to do it, love my guitar except when I gotta mess with the tuning :\
The Floyd Rose tremolo is a pain in the butt when it comes to tuning down. Yes, you for sure will have to adjust the deck even for a halfstep. It's just the nature of that beast.
Awesome video, would have been great if you added the neck adjustment and action.
Thank you for the great video. One question, where did you find that brush?
Jack Stephens Got the brush at Guitar Center. I think it is made by Planet Waves.e :)
P.S. Thank you for your kind comment.
I always give 2 fret lengths of slack per string before tightening
Would you ever elaborate more on the "knot" method for the high e string? No offense (because the rest of the video was great) but the vid quality was a tad blurry, and idk, the exact method of how to do it wasn't really explained. Please respond ! Thanks so much!
I replaced my son's strings on his Schetcter Diamond Series 006 without endplate. the D'addarios were very stubborn. we are putting Dunlop 10-46. better-- like butter ,not burred or kinked. I'll use this video when I replace my Charvel Desolation dc3-st. Thanks
omg you almost lost an eye around 23 mins when you reached for the cable!
I have been restringing guitars for 40 plus years, and I never take all string off at one time, I restring one string at a time high e to low e and clean under each before adding new string. it may take me 30 minutes sure, but the hold tune great never slip and I don't have to reset the neck.
Is this video good for Epiphone Les Paul?
yes
Hey, maybe you know this if you dont mind me asking. I found I like "nickel" strings. My fav right now are GHS burnished nickel rockers, but I read the unwound strings are plain steel. I guess only the wrap on the wound strings is nickel. Manufacturers say "nickel" but I guess it isnt like they have to list their ingredients like food or something. What do you know about nickel strings? Are there any strings that are 100% nickel?
Great question! I love GHS boomers. I've never had a complaint with them.
+yourguitarsage I found some Gibson Vintage Reissue (VR10) strings at Guitar Center after making the guy take down a bunch of strings. They say "Pure Nickel" so I got a couple sets. My fav are still the Burnished Nickel Rockers, but I'll try these Gibsons and see what they are like.
+Chris Mann Nice find Chris!
It's no problem to cut all the strings in once? (for the neck of the guitar)
Bend it toward the middle of the head stock not outside. Also, you should pull it one fret toward the bridge a after you thread it through the peg.. That's enough winds. I would do 1 string at a time to not take tension off neck and then you might have your neck go out and then buzzing occurs..unless you want to clean the fretboard..then ignore what I said. Or else .you have to adjust truss rod and all that comes into effect.
Fun fact:
"Schmutz" is german and means "dirt"
I got a cheap Gibson Les Paul that was in VERY poor condition - it was dirty, mouldy, cover in red spray paint over spray, no bridge, no strings and mismatched machine heads - not now it's a gorgeous gloss black with cream trim and cream scratch guard.
Sounds beautiful!
could you do a string changing video on a tele too?
Yes, I will put it on the list my friend!
+yourguitarsage Thank you!
+mariaH :)
If you heat up your strings with a lighter before stringing you can decrease the amount of stretch when first tuning. Just a tip an old bass player passed on to me a long time ago.
That old bass player was hallucinating. Or else he was just winding you up ...
Cmon Armando, that’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard in my life. Guitar strings BARELY stretch, not nearly as much as you would think...look it up.
So my new Gibson Flying V has 10-46 strings from factory according to Gibson and they say one has to use Gibson strings. Is this true?
Renaissance Man no. Use any brand you like.
No you can use any strings
I'm watching a 33 min video about changing strings..... why?!? Hmm... its quite cosy ;-)
+Karl-Henrik Arendt :)
Have you ever restrung a Les Paul before? It's a big deal. I had an Ibanez for years as my only guitar and I love how easy it is to change strings on it because it's through body. My first Les Paul was a major hassle for me to learn how to do this properly. I'd say it takes a long time to do it right and that's only if you can remember how, which I never can. Then you have differing opinions on how to do it best, like people saying don't change the strings all at once or it affects the neck. He says you can. Who knows who is right until you find out for yourself through experimenting? And so on. I followed this video as instructions before and it worked out great. I highly recommend it. Unless you like taking your guitar into the shop.
Too much work lol!
I change them one by one in this order:
6 - 1 - 5 - 2 - 4 - 3
To keep the tension on the neck. So it won't reset to another angle after restringing. (if that happens)
I heard classical guitars should be restring like this.
+Patsik Thanks man!
This is absolutely the best method! Cheers!
12:31 "You want it to be a straight shot"
Yes, tensile. But pronounced like the number 'ten' and 'sile' said like 'sole'. Thanks for the video Erick. :)
Kieron Thomas Reed You are welcome and thank you as well/ Rock on!e :)
Will do! ;)
I'm quite confident that you forgot a step, that you didn't put the ''honey'' on the fret board in the video. Honestly though I somehow doubt of the need for it in the first place. Maybe if you want to keep your guitar for 45 years that would be a good idea but again there's many other things to worry about before worrying about the honeyness of the neck.
shadowdevil666 What is this honey of which you speak? I've never heard of this O_o
I have never heard of putting honey on the guitar neck. Are you talking about the product that has honey in the title? If so I have that, but don't use very often.
Perhaps he means oil, it’s not good to oil your fretboard all the time, maybe twice a year.
I just use Furniture Polish to clean my guitars 🎸. Works for me and cheaper then guitar cleaner.
Strings don't "stretch", as most people envisage them "stretching". There is a common misconception that they require to be "stretched " in order to reach some kind of equilibrium, but that perception is totally fallacious.
When you pull on the string and the pitch lowers, what is happening is that the windings on the tuner post are settling in, and on an acoustic guitar perhaps the ball end is sitting tighter against the bridgeplate, but the string itself is not deforming in any way.
9:19 You gotta aim for the right holes son
28:50 lmfaooo
You need to loosen the strings before you cut them. Because cutting them at full tension will harm both yourself and the guitar because strings are like scorpion tails you could prick your hand or lose and eye. Also that shock can be harmful to the neck as it will create a shock to the neck that could cause damage. Loosen the strings first them cut them.
No scorpions. I made it out alive. It’s not for the weak.
If you don't have "nut sauce" does it work with just a pencil, I saw another guy do it saying it works fine
cut string 3/4 inch from tuner always
5:00 "My little guy"
Can't you use a pencil in the grooves of the nut?
Am I the only childish moron that giggled when he said "nut sauce"?
Why don't you show exactly where the strings are wind?
Sir you are an absolute animal for tearing those strings up like that. That's just dirty... xDDD
Also it deteriorates the connection from the neck to the body, I guess.
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I never use a string winder either
Hey Erich, "Schmutz" is the German word for "dirt" or "dirty" (schmutzig). Obviously you must have some Germans in your family. Erich Andreas is German as much as possible :). Greetings from Germany.
Dad was from Berlin. 👍
"Im going to plug this guy in"
13:01 Size matters.
Why won't my strings come off the post?
Tw25b blow big bends nut sauce out of the water 😬
Tinsel strengths
Indeed! Thanks friend.
"Show you a technique that folks use"
tuning process is rediculas. add one string at a time and tune each one a with a good tuner, stretch each string tune again and your good to go.
TEnsel
wanna know how to put strings in not other tips bud
wtf
"it's gonna want to pull out" so "guide it with your hand" 😂🙃🤪
Stfu
Stfu
@@olivergarza1714 you guys okay there? 🤔 Confinement got the best of your brains?
Kev Musicluva fuck up
Kev Musicluva fuck up
I hated all the bots on the comments. This video is useless. We just watch you change your strings. Not informative. You did not even take close up of head. No one can learn from that