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Position:Home>Performing Arts> What is the proper way to change guitar strings?Question:if you can give me step by step directions that would really help me out...the person i pick gets 5 stars Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: if you can give me step by step directions that would really help me out...the person i pick gets 5 stars All the responses give thus far are accurate, but with one exception. Nowhere did I see the requirement for the guitarist to clean the fretboard. That is an important step in maintaining a clean instrument because without doing so, crud builds up at the frets and the board needs to be re-oiled and wiped if it is made of rosewood. I recommend loosening all the strings, clip them a few inches from the winding heads, and then remove and discard the old strings. Place the end pins on a table before you and use the same one from which it came. Clean your rosewood fretboard by using OOOO steel wool up and down the board several times, taking care to cover the sound hole. Clean away the wool residue and liberally apply a good fretboard oil. Wipe dry. Then install the strings from the first to the sixth string in that order unless the strings comes in packets labeled first and fourth, second and fifth, and third and sixth. If that is the case, install the strings accordingly. Before tightening the strings to pitch, cover the end pins with one hand while lifting up three strings at a time at the sound hole to stretch them. This procedure will take up the slack in the strings. Tune to pitch, play some chords, and tune again until each string is at its proper pitch. You should now have a clean guitar to play, provided you polished the backs, the sides, and the top. Try it--you'll like the results. Thank you for selecting my reply as best. Having a clean fretboard allows smoother playing overall. Report It * You must be logged into Answers to add comments. Sign in or Register. Other Answers (6) |