Friday, December 18, 2009

How to Restring a Guitar

I just found this great video, produced by Musician's Friend, on how to restring a guitar. He mentions one of my favorite tips: curling the string around itself, up at the tuning peg, to lock the string in to place. Check it out here:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/mediacenter?ch=hc&cat=Instructional&vid=DAddario_Restring_acou_les&playlist=instructional&src=3NL9MI2&ZYXSEM=0

UPDATE: 2/8/2013

Unfortunately, Musicians Friend's videos require Flash, which means you have to watch this video on a computer or tablet that allows Flash. When you follow the link, be sure to watch the Telecaster video to see the "string locking method" of wrapping the string back around itself so that it doesn't slip off the post.