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Hey Mark and other guitar peeps

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  • jon-nycJ Offline
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    jon-nyc
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    #1

    Any tricks or tips for restringing a guitar?

    It seems straightforward but I’ve either never done it or haven’t done it in 40 years and don’t know what tricks there are.

    Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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      Aqua Letifer
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      #2

      I do one string at a time, starting with low E working down. I make sure the strings curl out, not in, and wrap bottom up for about 4 rotations.

      Just how I do it. I can't speak to how important any of that is, it's just how my friend taught me.

      Please love yourself.

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      • RenaudaR Offline
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        Renauda
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        #3

        What AL wrote, unless it is a resonator guitar.

        Elbows up!

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        • Doctor PhibesD Online
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          #4

          Buy locking tuners 🙂

          I was only joking

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          • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

            I do one string at a time, starting with low E working down. I make sure the strings curl out, not in, and wrap bottom up for about 4 rotations.

            Just how I do it. I can't speak to how important any of that is, it's just how my friend taught me.

            jon-nycJ Offline
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            jon-nyc
            wrote on last edited by
            #5

            @Aqua-Letifer said in Hey Mark and other guitar peeps:

            wrap bottom up for about 4 rotations.

            What does that mean?

            Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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            • MikM Away
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              Mik
              wrote on last edited by
              #6

              Wrap the strings around the machine head shaft four times.

              "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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              • markM Offline
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                mark
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                #7

                Minimal wrapping on the post otherwise tuning will drift. Let me find a good video...

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                • markM Offline
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                  mark
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                  #8

                  Link to video

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                  • jon-nycJ Offline
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                    jon-nyc
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #9

                    Thanks Mark. And everyone else.

                    Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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