Basic String Change

This video is just a demonstration of a simple string change which is needed every so often. The man in this video has an excellent work station because he’s a professional guitar expert. At home you most likely don’t have a station like this so a table with a towel over it should be good enough. He uses a couple tools such as a pair of wire cutters, a string winder, and a stand to keep the guitar slightly elevated from the top. He also has a specific technique on how to lock the strings into the tuning peg (where the string is put through so the guitar can create tension from both sides), there are many ways to do this with variations of string slack (the amount of excess string you need) and it differs with what type of tuning pegs you have and what gauge (size) of strings you have. This video is very informative for a beginner guitarist who chooses to make this an ongoing practice. Again this is a common procedure that most guitarist do to maintain a beautiful sounding guitar and all these things vary with the type of music you play as different music uses different sized strings for the sound the musician desires. A fresh set of strings can give a guitar a better sound because you get rid of a lot of the “gunk” that interferes with the sound of the strings and you will be surprised of how different it sounds.