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How To Change A 6 String Acoustic Guitar's Strings

author: Green_Guitar date: 06/17/2006 category: gear maintenance
rating: 8.6 / votes: 25 
POSTED: 06/17/2006 - 05:41 am
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sumfears :
Good lessons

for beginners

POSTED: 06/17/2006 - 12:31 pm / quote |
stratetrippinb0 :
extremely good lesson for beginners.
POSTED: 06/17/2006 - 01:48 pm / quote |
Green_Guitar :
Wow! A 9! Thanks!
POSTED: 06/17/2006 - 03:16 pm / quote |
power1 :
you f u c k ing suck
POSTED: 06/18/2006 - 03:21 am / quote |
Adarsh :
for beginners....but there are a lot of beginners in UG
Didn't help me much, but will be a good article for some others
8

POSTED: 06/18/2006 - 08:34 am / quote |
Rory's_strat :
Very good, a step foreword for yuong people everywhere as i myself am only 12 lol
POSTED: 06/18/2006 - 12:35 pm / quote |
Green_Guitar :
Thanks, it is directed to youth and beginners and power1 you suck The Dick.
POSTED: 06/18/2006 - 06:35 pm / quote |
MaAal_MaAan :
didnt help me, but it would have been handy for my friend last week.
POSTED: 06/19/2006 - 06:06 am / quote |
DaveGilmour1189 :
as if this hasn't been done a half-million times already. Good job dumbass
POSTED: 06/22/2006 - 12:24 pm / quote |
david.seema :
I guess it was good for people who haven't done this kind of thing before.
POSTED: 06/23/2006 - 08:26 am / quote |
Greatatnothing :
Freaking Awesome. Keep charging dude.
POSTED: 06/23/2006 - 10:03 pm / quote |
blinker2thinker :
Very good lession for someone just starting out.
Dont listen to power 1 he's a jackass!!!

POSTED: 06/25/2006 - 02:08 pm / quote |
Green_Guitar :
Thanks for all the comments
POSTED: 06/25/2006 - 06:08 pm / quote |
MiNDROAMSFREE :
power1 wrote:

you f u c k ing suck


Alright then power1, where are all the amazing tutorials you've written? For a first tutorial, and considering the guy's 14 it's brilliant!

Green_Guitar: keep up the good work, and don't let cynical comments phase you - I shall certainly be forwarding this on to my girlfriend so she can restring her own Acoustic for a change! *grins*

POSTED: 06/26/2006 - 06:34 am / quote |
Acoustisoul :
I agree with Blinker2thinker, don't listen to power1
Just the fact that your helping other people with your lesson makes you cooler than him!

POSTED: 06/27/2006 - 01:38 am / quote |
imapunkforlife :
ya watch out for those string snaps they HURT!!! thats happened to me alot and usualy when im sitting down or holding it weird so i get hit in the face... after a few times ud think id learn... but ya good job glad to see some younger people on here other than me (im 13)
POSTED: 06/27/2006 - 06:37 am / quote |
aznskater4life :
Im 14 biach. Nice review.
POSTED: 06/28/2006 - 03:29 pm / quote |
Lithiummm :
cool another 14 year old
POSTED: 07/01/2006 - 08:24 pm / quote |
A_Global_Threat :
yeah
hes right
they do hurt when they snap :p

POSTED: 07/02/2006 - 04:55 am / quote |
captain_jack :
good lesson for beginners. im glad to see that some young people on ug are finally taking part in all the things that some older members seem to dominate.(im 13 myself)keep it up man.
POSTED: 07/02/2006 - 02:54 pm / quote |
kingof_hearts :
lol good job man, ive been playing for 2 and a half years, and could never get strings on right, so thanks a bunch
POSTED: 07/02/2006 - 08:51 pm / quote |
Yassine :
im 14 too
POSTED: 07/03/2006 - 05:03 am / quote |
KnightValor :
I think 14 isn't a very good representation of skill... I remember a sixth-grader doing a friggin' awesome guitar solo for his school's talent show....

That said, power1 = 3 hrs. expirience. :P

POSTED: 07/03/2006 - 09:01 pm / quote |
fox69 :
not bad

POSTED: 07/05/2006 - 04:09 pm / quote |
bgroen :
This is a very good article for beginners, I remember when I was a beginner, I had no clue how to restring my guitar, this article would have helped me a bunch then. Just a pointer though, I would recommend investing in a "string winder/bridge pin puller", they make life so much easier when it comes to changing strings, plus you can get them for just a couple of bucks, and are very easy to use.
POSTED: 08/13/2006 - 03:17 am / quote |
eisaac :
quality lesson especially if this is your first, i am a tutor and i would use it if it was not plagarism
POSTED: 08/28/2006 - 05:12 am / quote |
JPage980 :
This is a good start. But am i the only person who felt left out or unfinished on how to wrap the string? I've changed strings for almost a year now and that is by far the most challenging, pain in the ass part of changing them. Also, maybe there should be something added on the importance of not putting too much tension on the head of guitar.
POSTED: 12/14/2006 - 06:58 pm / quote |
bgarnham :
if oyu can't change an acoustic string you really suck also in the start it said that you need an electric tuner
why you don't have ear to tune it?
this lesson is good not for beginers, is for beginers
that suck
also for that kind of people is a good lesson.

POSTED: 12/15/2006 - 09:59 am / quote |
Worthy :
Great lesson, kid. It is good for beginners as myself. I am 18 and I'm just starting and I had absolutely no idea how to change the strings. Don't let these want-to-be know-it-alls get you down, they're probably just mad cus you're smarter than them. You wantme to kick their butts for you? Cus I will! Lol.
POSTED: 01/12/2007 - 02:51 pm / quote |
[faint] :
hey bro not to bad considering ya only 14. i remember when is was just startin out and i had trouble changin the strings. dont listen to all these ppl that are making fun, im sure a few newbies out there that read this and now know how to change the strings properly. And all all those ppl that are making fun..... SHUT THE HELL UP.
Rock on bro \m/ 'l' \m/

POSTED: 01/25/2007 - 07:15 am / quote |
kailum :
no need to berate the poor kid....
POSTED: 04/17/2007 - 08:35 am / quote |
guilty :
Good Job Kid, Nice article..
POSTED: 04/17/2007 - 10:00 am / quote |
gibsonmaster77 :
Nice Stuff dude, good work! oh and for the gay bender, power1, go suck ur balls...of what you have...
POSTED: 05/22/2007 - 04:43 pm / quote |
MrReMo :
Powerfull tutorial dude! Keep it up
POSTED: 06/10/2007 - 03:00 pm / quote |
Gib-Gib-son-son :
power1 wrote:

you f u c k ing suck


it really doesnt it was a gr8 lesson for begginers well done. and power1 go suck a donkey

POSTED: 09/27/2007 - 12:53 pm / quote |
Gib-Gib-son-son :
bgarnham wrote:

if oyu can't change an acoustic string you really suck also in the start it said that you need an electric tuner
why you don't have ear to tune it?
this lesson is good not for beginers, is for beginers
that suck
also for that kind of people is a good lesson.


yet another nob end it was a gr8 lesson

POSTED: 09/27/2007 - 12:55 pm / quote |
soxfan2127 :
hey dude, nice job with the lesson, oh and power1, **** you
POSTED: 12/21/2007 - 03:50 pm / quote |
tristan1234 :
it sucked i didnt goet it soz
POSTED: 03/14/2008 - 05:39 am / quote |
green~balloons :
bgarnham wrote:

if oyu can't change an acoustic string you really suck also in the start it said that you need an electric tuner
why you don't have ear to tune it?
this lesson is good not for beginers, is for beginers
that suck
also for that kind of people is a good lesson.



oh forgive, almighty master... give the kid a break!! besides, you can't expect someone to know how to change a guitar string at birth or anything. i could have used this. the site i used to try to figure it out [for i am inferior and was not born with mass guitar knowledge] had such vague directions i ended up snapping the string i was trying to put on!

POSTED: 03/19/2008 - 07:26 pm / quote |
demonmouse500 :
Great lesson, and +1 for the person who mentioned the peg winder. They're really helpful.
POSTED: 03/29/2008 - 03:11 pm / quote |
rebugger75 :
good beginner's lesson.

i just changed my first set, and have one tiny thing to add: my fresh strings needed a few tunings before they settled in & held tuning for longer than a day or so. that just me or does it happen normally with nylon strings?

POSTED: 05/11/2009 - 06:51 am / quote |
ormezz :
i've been playig carefully for 2 years, and didn't have a single snap until today, i've been dreadig it! But this really helped. I almost forgot about the gash on my face from that dang string! And i'm only 13
POSTED: 06/01/2009 - 03:56 pm / quote |
Cocolad :
Nice Tutorial For The Beginners.

By The Way; Anyone Know Why The G-String Is Always The Problem?
I Was Retuning My Lindo Acoustic Before, And The G Was The Only One Not Going In Tune. It Was Nearly In G Then IT Snapped Into My Arms... Then You Know The Crappy Strings They Give You Free With A New Guitar, I Thought "I May Aswell Use These For Once" (Cause They Are The Worst), And I Restrung and Tuned The E-No Problem, A - No problem, D, No Problem, Then Once Again, Straight After The Previous 10 minutes, The G SNAPPED AGAIN!!!.
Is This just me, or the rubbish strings you get complimentary with a new guitar, Or Does This Thing Happen With Everyones G String?!


POSTED: 10/17/2009 - 10:48 am / quote |
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