Restringing the Guitar - Step-by-Step Guide

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   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



     Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments



Kristofer Dahl
post 24th February 2008


GMC Founder & Rocker


WOW Ivan - this is a fantastic restringing tutorial. Very well done! biggrin.gif
Tuubsu
post 24th February 2008


Member


Great! this will surely help beginners on restringing. I remember I didn't like the fact that I had to figure out restringing by myself...
kaznie_NL
post 24th February 2008


Member


Cool, I realy need it.
botoxfox
post 24th February 2008


Member


Very useful.
Muris Varajic
post 24th February 2008


Instructor


Cool topic Ivan,I'm sure many will benefit from this! smile.gif
Henkka
post 24th February 2008


Member


Allright, this is golden. smile.gif
Marcus Lavendell
post 24th February 2008


Instructor


I wish I had this tutorial when I started playing guitar! Great job Ivan!
Bogdan Radovic
post 24th February 2008


Bass Instructor


Awesome tutorial Ivan! smile.gif
Ivan Milenkovic
post 24th February 2008


Instructor


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! smile.gif
The Uncreator
post 24th February 2008


Fire Up The Blades, Moderator


Great idea, im glad to see this kinda stuff now, fantastic!
Dejan Farkas
post 24th February 2008


Instructor


Great job Ivan smile.gif
Kristofer Dahl
post 24th February 2008


GMC Founder & Rocker


I still have alot of problems restringing - in fact it drives me crazy!! No more of that hopefully smile.gif
Toni Suominen
post 24th February 2008


Instructor


Great tutorial Ivan, really helpful for guitar players of any level! smile.gif
Xranthoius
post 24th February 2008


Member


Cool I can use some of this!
Rodnator
post 24th February 2008


Member


Great tutorial very well done. Great editing
DeepRoots
post 24th February 2008


Member


This is awesome- never reused strings before- cheers Ivan
David Wallimann
post 24th February 2008


Instructor


Excellent video, very well done.
fire
post 24th February 2008


Member


cool stuff
"i'm really gonna learn this" tongue.gif
Eat-Sleep-andJam
post 24th February 2008


Member


This is great smile.gif We now should have one for a Floyd Rose Tremelo just to complete the cycle tongue.gif
kyldeee
post 24th February 2008


Member


Awesome tutorial Ivan smile.gif Very useful, thanks smile.gif
Gabriel Leopardi
post 24th February 2008


GMC Coordinator & Instructor


Great job Ivan!
Joe Kataldo
post 24th February 2008


Instructor


Useful and well done biggrin.gif
Ivan Milenkovic
post 24th February 2008


Instructor


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!
Sweden
post 24th February 2008


Member


I would have needed a floyd rose lesson earlier this week! biggrin.gif haha Had to solve it on my own!
seagull
post 24th February 2008


Member


I 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. smile.gif
Pablo Vazquez
post 24th February 2008


Instructor


Great tutorial Ivan! Thanks!
Davidian
post 24th February 2008


Member


Great 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 ohmy.gif
Hisham Al-Sanea
post 24th February 2008


Instructor


usefull and great tutorial Ivan for all GMC,rs
Nick325
post 24th February 2008


Member


awsome
Andi F
post 24th February 2008


Member


Great Job Ivan! Very helpfull lesson! More lessons like this one, please!
Ivan Milenkovic
post 24th February 2008


Instructor


Sure, but....what like this? smile.gif
visi0n
post 25th February 2008


Member


very usefull .. thankyou smile.gif but its great i do exactly the same way you describe in your lesson smile.gif
Iluha
post 25th February 2008


Member


Great! 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?
Juan M. Valero
post 25th February 2008


Instructor


It's really cool !!!! great lesson my friend, yo did an excelent work wink.gif
Gerardo Siere
post 25th February 2008


Instructor


Please watch out, specially on classical guitars.
Nice lesson and topic, and one more coment. If you have a set neck guitar donīt 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 doesnīt 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.
at lights end
post 25th February 2008


Member


very useful.
vikingraider1
post 26th February 2008


Member


Thats 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.
Fran
post 26th February 2008


Member


Really well done Ivan!

Ivan Milenkovic
post 26th February 2008


Instructor


QUOTE (Gerardo Siere @ Feb 25 2008, 12:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Please watch out, specially on classical guitars.
Nice lesson and topic, and one more coment. If you have a set neck guitar donīt 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 doesnīt 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.
Sonny
post 4th March 2008


Member


This 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!!
Carlos Carrillo
post 6th March 2008


Instructor


beutifull sounds!!!!!!!!

great lesson!!!!!!

thanks ivan,..
shideru_guitar
post 27th March 2008


Member


i love the speed it takes!
Ivan Milenkovic
post 29th March 2008


Instructor


@ Carlos

Thanks man, the sound is kind of nice wink.gif


@Shideru Guitar

Actually some parts are somewhat sped up to keep the flow wink.gif
Young Guitarist
post 17th April 2008


Member


I really needed this! Thanks alot!
Ivan Milenkovic
post 17th April 2008


Instructor


I'm glad that I could help man. Rock on! smile.gif
Pi38
post 18th April 2008


Member


This is going to be very useful for me. Do you have the wet cloth dripping wet, or just damp?
Pi38
post 18th April 2008


Member


Really cool background music, too!
Ivan Milenkovic
post 18th April 2008


Instructor


QUOTE (cathyybe@yahoo.com @ Apr 18 2008, 09:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
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! smile.gif

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. biggrin.gif
Pi38
post 19th April 2008


Member


lol Yeah, it does. Thank you.
Ivan Milenkovic
post 19th April 2008


Instructor


No problem wink.gif


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