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Cosmin Lupu31st December 2013Hello ghandi
glad to hear this was useful! Please let us know if the re stringing went well and if the guitar stays in tune 
gandhi of space30th December 2013Thanks a lot, I've never restrung a guitar and this really helped.
- Cosmin Lupu8th February 2013
Glad you like it man and if you have any questions, please direct them to me
- alfredsuresh8th February 2013
great awesome!
Daniel Realpe2nd May 2010great tutorial
Ivan Milenkovic15th May 2009Love the wiping speed in video 5. Did you develop that speed from playing guitar? lol.
years of practice man
I just snapped my high e-string, so this lesson was very convenient ! Perfect explanation and background music !
Great man, glad it was useful, thanks!
Alexiaden9314th May 2009I just snapped my high e-string, so this lesson was very convenient ! Perfect explanation and background music !
- reallylongnickname29th October 2008
Love the wiping speed in video 5. Did you develop that speed from playing guitar? lol.
- Ivan Milenkovic19th April 2008
No problem
Pi3819th April 2008lol Yeah, it does. Thank you.
- Ivan Milenkovic18th April 2008QUOTE ([email protected] @ Apr 18 2008, 09:30 PM)This is going to be very useful for me. Do you have the wet cloth dripping wet, or just damp?
I'm glad you like it man!
The cloth is just damp wet. Don't know the expression since english isn't my mother language, but I think it means like not too wet. - Pi3818th April 2008
Really cool background music, too!
- Pi3818th April 2008
This is going to be very useful for me. Do you have the wet cloth dripping wet, or just damp?
- Ivan Milenkovic17th April 2008
I'm glad that I could help man. Rock on!
Young Guitarist17th April 2008I really needed this! Thanks alot!
- Ivan Milenkovic29th March 2008
@ Carlos
Thanks man, the sound is kind of nice
@Shideru Guitar
Actually some parts are somewhat sped up to keep the flow 
shideru_guitar26th March 2008i love the speed it takes!
Carlos Carrillo6th March 2008beutifull sounds!!!!!!!!
great lesson!!!!!!
thanks ivan,..
Sonny4th March 2008This is Grate! i've been playing for some years now, and i still have some problems restringing... but i guess i wont have problems any more!!
Thanx Ivan!!- Ivan Milenkovic26th February 2008Please watch out, specially on classical guitars.
Nice lesson and topic, and one more coment. If you have a set neck guitar don´t take the all the strings at once. Change them one by one. Set necks guitars like classical (I think this should aply to electricals too) have the neck glued and the angle of the neck is very straight, It's calculated that with string tension the neck bends a little so the strings doesn´t buzz on frets, If you take all the strings in and out in a year your weakening the glue so in a time the neck will bend a lot, watch out.
This is true Gerardo, with set neck guitars it is best to change the strings one by one. But here the guitar has a truss rod so it gets back into it's original position after a while, with my guitar, around 24h. 
Fran26th February 2008Really well done Ivan!
vikingraider126th February 2008Thats really helpful. Thanks! I have a Floyd Rose guitar and would love to do a video on how to restring it. I have found a lot of methods on you tube to be slightly misleading, its only through trial and error that I've finally come up with a good technique on how to do a Floyd.
at lights end25th February 2008very useful.
Gerardo Siere25th February 2008Please watch out, specially on classical guitars.
Nice lesson and topic, and one more coment. If you have a set neck guitar don´t take the all the strings at once. Change them one by one. Set necks guitars like classical (I think this should aply to electricals too) have the neck glued and the angle of the neck is very straight, It's calculated that with string tension the neck bends a little so the strings doesn´t buzz on frets, If you take all the strings in and out in a year your weakening the glue so in a time the neck will bend a lot, watch out.
Juan M. Valero25th February 2008It's really cool !!!! great lesson my friend, yo did an excelent work
Iluha25th February 2008Great! really needed a lesson about restringing Ivan..
Iv'e got one question though, isn't using water to clean you'r guitar hurts you'r guitar? shouldn't you use polish instead?
visi0n24th February 2008very usefull .. thankyou
but its great i do exactly the same way you describe in your lesson - Ivan Milenkovic24th February 2008
Sure, but....what like this?
Andi F24th February 2008Great Job Ivan! Very helpfull lesson! More lessons like this one, please!
Nick32524th February 2008awsome
Hisham Al-Sanea24th February 2008usefull and great tutorial Ivan for all GMC,rs
Davidian24th February 2008Great tutorial,
A Floyd Rose one sure would come in handy because i need to restring my Floyd Rose for the first time in a few days
Pablo Vazquez24th February 2008Great tutorial Ivan! Thanks!
seagull24th February 2008I think this guide is great. The majority on this site probably already knows how to restring a guitar, but the point about saving the strings as a spare set is great I think, because far to many times have I broken a string and been in need of a new set, when, of course, the stores are all closed.
- Sweden24th February 2008
I would have needed a floyd rose lesson earlier this week!
haha Had to solve it on my own! - Ivan Milenkovic24th February 2008
Thanks guys I really appreciate the support!
Unfortunately I don't have a FLoyd Rose equipped guitar, but if someone else could do it it would be great! 
Joe Kataldo24th February 2008Useful and well done
Gabriel Leopardi24th February 2008Great job Ivan!
kyldeee24th February 2008Awesome tutorial Ivan
Very useful, thanks 
Eat-Sleep-andJam24th February 2008This is great
We now should have one for a Floyd Rose Tremelo just to complete the cycle 
- fire24th February 2008
cool stuff
"i'm really gonna learn this" 
David Wallimann24th February 2008Excellent video, very well done.
DeepRoots24th February 2008This is awesome- never reused strings before- cheers Ivan
Rodnator24th February 2008Great tutorial very well done. Great editing
Xranthoius24th February 2008Cool I can use some of this!
Toni Suominen24th February 2008Great tutorial Ivan, really helpful for guitar players of any level!
Kristofer Dahl24th February 2008I still have alot of problems restringing - in fact it drives me crazy!! No more of that hopefully
Dejan Farkas24th February 2008Great job Ivan
The Uncreator24th February 2008Great idea, im glad to see this kinda stuff now, fantastic!
- Ivan Milenkovic24th February 2008
Thanks guys. I remember too having a lot of trouble with restringing when I was starting. I just hope I can help a little to all those who need some restringin' advices!
Bogdan Radovic24th February 2008Awesome tutorial Ivan!
Marcus Lavendell24th February 2008I wish I had this tutorial when I started playing guitar! Great job Ivan!
Henkka24th February 2008Allright, this is golden.
Muris Varajic24th February 2008Cool topic Ivan,I'm sure many will benefit from this!
botoxfox24th February 2008Very useful.
kaznie_NL24th February 2008Cool, I realy need it.
Tuubsu24th February 2008Great! this will surely help beginners on restringing. I remember I didn't like the fact that I had to figure out restringing by myself...
- Kristofer Dahl24th February 2008
WOW Ivan - this is a fantastic restringing tutorial. Very well done!
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- My notes
Hi GMC, welcome to my new guide on restringing the electric guitar. This video can serve as a guide how to properly restring a telecaster type of guitar with stoptail but applicable to similar types of guitars. Note that I'm showing one way to change the strings and not the only way. You can make your own restringing process, and I hope you will learn something from my own that you already don't know. Have fun!
STEPS:
1. Unwinding the old string set
2. Straightening up the old string set
3. Removing the old string set out of the body
4. Making the spare set out of old strings
5. Cleaning the Guitar
6. Inserting new string set into guitar body
7. Winding the new string set
8. What to do with string leftovers
9. Tuning and stretching the strings
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
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Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
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Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
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