Want to know how to change guitar strings? Our step-by-step guide will show you how to change guitar strings quickly, correctly and safely.
Sometimes called ‘pegwinders’, these little gadgets are cheap and useful. Some even have pliers build in. (Handy!) This model is one of our favourites.
Ideally we don’t want to take all the strings off at once because this sudden change in tension can upset the balance of your guitar’s neck.
Restring A Classical Guitar
It’s ok to take all the strings off occasionally (e.g., when periodically cleaning the guitar neck and rubbing lemon oil into the wood) but this should be the exception to the rule.
It doesn’t matter what order you change the strings in, but if it’s your first time, we strongly advise you start with the 6th string (the thickest string) , as this is the easiest one to change. The 1st string (the thinnest string) is the hardest to change because it is slippier and more likely to unravel as you attempt to wind it up.
It’s very important to do this. If you try and remove a string that is still tight it will spring off the guitar and possibly cut you or catch you in the eye.
How To Change Your Guitar Strings
All we need to do to loosen the string is detune it by turning the tuning peg until it no longer plays a note. (When it’s just flapping and not making any discernible sound, it’s ready to come off.
The final tip of the string may take a little persuasion as it is usually kinked in order to keep it in place.
If that’s the case, just bend it back a little to straighten out the kink and give the string a gentle tug to free it from the tuning peg.
Set Guitar Bridge Pins Pegs Guitar Parts Strings Change For Acoustic Guitar
Important safety tip: the ends of guitar strings can be very sharp (especially if they were snipped with pliers). Handle them with the same caution you would a pin or a needle. If you have kids around, take care.
Working out how to change guitar strings is quite straightforward, but you must use some caution too. Don’t forget that guitar strings are pieces of metal. Jagged and splintered metal can hurt!
Now we’ve freed the string at the headstock end of the guitar, we need to free the other end, at the bridge.
How To Restring A Guitar In 6 Easy Steps
With a steel string acoustic guitar, the strings are usually fixed to the bridge using ‘bridge pins’. (These things are basically little pegs, with a groove running down the inside.)
To remove the bridge pin of the string you can either use pliers, or the string notch on your string winder (which is sized perfectly to help you lever out the pin).
If you don’t have either of those things at hand, you can use a spoon to work out the bridge pin . Two points here:
Easy Ways To Take Out Bridge Pins
Interesting fact: Some bridge pins can be quite loose. These can be lifted out with your bare hands and won’t require any tools.
If you have a nylon-string guitar (a classical or flamenco guitar) then there will be no bridge pins. The strings are held onto the bridge by a loop that’s been threaded through itself. Simply untie the loop.
‘String-through’ is what guitars like the Fender Stratocasters use. This is where the strings are fed in through holes in the back of the guitar body and poke out through the bridge at the front. It looks like this:
Time For New Bridge Pins?
Guitars like Gibson Les Pauls on the other hand are ‘bridge-mounted’. This means the strings feed in straight through the bridge at the
In both cases, the old string should simply slide its way through the bridge once you’ve taken care to ensure that it’s loose and slack.
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