How to Change Acoustic Guitar Strings

If you're looking to keep your acoustic guitar sounding great, then this is the video for you! In this quick and easy tutorial, we'll show you how to change acoustic guitar strings in just a few simple steps.

[@tacguitar]

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[@lancejay4958]

Great! My 6 string guitar recently became a 5 string guitar so this is really helpful.

[@gamesandtech2347]

I came to find a solution for this only. how to know?

[@skittlepuff]

Mine too. Rip

[@altonlewisreacts7055]

Lemme guess it was the 6th string

[@7XT23]

I just Broke 3 string and now I have 0 my hand is bleeding 😢 because it goes inside my skin 😢

[@adamrajkumar9530]

@@altonlewisreacts7055always smh

[@colonelcrackerz2320]

Damn I’ve been playing guitar for over 10 years and only just learned today what the little nub on a string winder is for. Learn summat new everyday

[@brodmitkase]

Me too!

[@0fluffhead0]

Dude same! I was trying to use a spoon directly after unwinding my strings too

[@Coda6766]

Short and simple , I appreciate that. I learned a new trick as well, a little bend in the string before you put the pin in.

[@DarkKnight-yt7tv]

I accidentally popped 2 strings while trying to fix one, now I'm severely traumatized

[@Nebzies]

it happens man what are ya gonna do

[@klapaucius515]

Gotta buy another pack, it’s cheap dw.

[@sejnitram]

Time to throw in the towel bud🤣

[@jessicaharlow685]

This was exactly the video I needed to change my strings quickly and efficiently. I appreciate you taking the time to make this video to help amateurs like myself 😊

[@doomguy2.0]

Your older guitar restring video is how I learnt to restring my very first cheap ass guitar I bought at a yard sale like 5 years ago, I'll always be thankful to that video for where I am now because if it wasn't for that video, I never would've gotten serious about the guitar and come so far with my music skills. Keep up the awesome content man, love your work.

[@alanpayne7656]

This is the best one by far. Thank you 🤩

[@nicolecato634]

Ty! So helpful and quick.

[@eerreet5649]

Excellent tutorial, thanks

[@WorshipGuitarist4life17]

How much slack? Tuner key wise like 2-3 tuners, and 3 for plain?

[@NIKKY-gh9tw]

Thank you so much my brother has a guitar but I started playing is and accidentally broke a string and now I fixed it thank you so much he didn't even notice

[@gregsanders7064]

I'm wanting to put 12-56 elixers on my hd35, will it make the neck warp???

[@badhontalukder4644]

Thank so much dude..💐

[@brendajeannewyche2294]

Thank you.❤️😊

[@elmonte5lim]

Nice.

[@AncientApparatus]

I've been playing for many years using 80/20 & only recently have discovered Martin Authentic Acoustic 92/8 Phosphor Bronze Guitar Strings & they are fantastic! My question is what are Martin "Retros" & how do they sound/last?

[@Matthew8473]

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[@DrMurdercock]

I was kind of hoping you would be super serious, then go all crazy and smash it or something.

[@Magpie7070]

The only thing I'd like to say is, why cut the strings with wire cutters? After they are loosened, a little tug near the tuners and they just fall off. Then you only have to throw away six strings that can easily be coiled together. Cutting leaves twelve pieces to deal with. Yes, I know, not a big deal. Just saying. I've been playing for years and years, and until KZbin came along, I had never even heard of cutting the strings. Anyway, love this channel. Keep up the good work.

[@ashxd6903]

Is it possible to change it without a string winder?

[@zacharynelson9937]

Yes, you could do it by hand, but it does winding and unwinding them way faster if you have one

[@stancoleshill8925]

I agree. There was nothing that followed as to WHY you had to cut the strings. In my 62 years of playing guitar, I have never cut the strings. It's nothing but extra work !

[@alanpayne7656]

@@stancoleshill8925only thing I can think of it gets rid of the tension immediately??

[@Brads-strung-out]

I myself would only do this on an overhaul of a guitar. So I would do this but only rarely, here's my reason.......replacing one string at a time in sequence and being each replaced up to near tune saves pressure on multiple points on the guitar. Everything stays tight, one string being tampered with is much better on the rod, than all six. If I'm taking all six off at once I'm doing more than just strings. Anyway that's me. Have a good one.

[@robcummings100]

Just a little note, work from the middle out to avoid stressing the neck, so D, G, A, B, E, e. Before winding the new string, pull back about 2-3 inches as well, so you know how much you need to work with.

[@Nobody9556_]

Does it matter how I put the ball end in the guitar? I just put it in flat but I don't know if I should

[@davidbelen7199]

No leave the whiskers poking out....Lol... Having a bunch of wires loosely flapping around really makes a statement.

[@ZombieBacon13]

Just tried to change strings for the first time today and I got one in correct and broke 3 others before I gave up.

[@TradvetYt]

Can i ask how to buy string?everytime i go to a shop here and buy a set of strings the 6 string are the same especially 1 and 2 they are always the same

[@yogirllovestito3513]

Where can I get that tool in the video ?

[@nowazafox]

When I redo my strings I just loosen them and unwind them. What’s the benefits to loosening them and cutting them?

[@KaentukiTheFuki]

dude wtf am i doing wrong?? when i put the E srtring into that hole, the damn thing wont stay down the damn bridge pin keeps lifting so i cant even do the 2nd part. wtf.

[@beohyl]

What about the luthier’s knot?!

[@GLiTcHyboii]

Do u need a string winder?

[@mjt7231]

Damn 25 years and I’ve been making the over under wind by sewing it basically. JFC that was so much simpler. Seeing it doesn’t really explain how I did it but trust me. It’s ten times as difficult.

[@everythingisvibration]

That reminds me of my 1st try. Was like sewing 😂😂 then I just watched my Uncle.

[@jmattsworld4089]

Nahh bro my uncle gave me an ibanez V70e ce bkn (note that its old) then when i changed the strings the hand dandy that you said snapped my bridge pin in half

[@1shinyhog]

Hey Tony... Is this really your channel or some hijacker? To make sure it's really you, I've been watching you for ten years or so... What was your hair like before you grew the beard? If it's really you. I'll follow this channel also. 👍

[@barsultra]

what happens if i went from top 2 bottom

[@WorshipGuitarist4life17]

Or wiggle the end until it snaps off. Leaves no jabbers 🤣🤣

[@wrenn1728]

i just broke the spare string trying to restring my guitar is this a skill issue

[@everythingisvibration]

A Bone Nut & Saddle can make A LOT of difference…surprised these longtime players Never knew how to lock a string.

[@Brads-strung-out]

I've been playing 32 years and would only ever take all six strings off during an overhaul. 95% of the time I'll restring one string at a time for springs, pressure on rod.

[@jasper_north]

With a stringwinder dont damage the wood on the side of the headstock!!

[@roberteccles3896]

I start first and sixth then second and fifth I just find it a little bit easier

[@bryanhernandez8441]

What I'd I don't got a string winder

[@skittlepuff]

Do we wind the string the same (over and then under) for electric too??

[@unknownreacts1985]

You can. I know I different method that makes it easier for thicker gauge strings. You can look it up on KZbin. That’s how I found it

[@hyperhyme1911]

I guess I'm learning how to change my guitar strings from Rasputin today.

[@Mimik_lmao]

I failed and now I have a second snapped string

[@bloempotten]

Thx buddy

[@jamesj9614]

I use a fork to take out the bridge pins 😂😂😂

[@venturaVlogger]

Why cut the strings

[@johnyboy268]

That string winder was near useless

[@daguy5000]

ong the coke nail

[@stancoleshill8925]

I never understood the purpose of cutting the strings. (???) You still have to unwind them from the headstock.

[@dmitrizaslavski8480]

Visual and some amount of comfort

[@man_made_marsupial]

I used to be able to restring my guitar now i can't do ot for shit. $14 down the drain

[@user-km4qt3ow2h]

I restring my Acoustic about every 6 years, so it always feels like the first time.😆

[@fixedguitar47]

So much wrong and left out. Going to need a Turbo Encabulator.

[@DrB81]

This is a bad technique. You should always remove one string at a time then replace that string. Sudden lack of tension from removing all the strings at once can affect the intonation.

[@A-Wa]

nah not true, else you could never clean and oil your fretboard

[@DrB81]

@@A-Wa Incorrect. I didn’t say you should never take them all off to clean and oil occasionally. If you regularly change the strings however this technique is bad for the guitar’s intonation. I’ve played hundreds of gigs and professionally recorded many times so the advice comes from experience.

[@Brads-strung-out]

​@@A-Wainstead of cleaning all at once you clean and oil in sequence. The op is dead right. The only reason I'd ever replace all six strings at the same time is during a total overhaul. I'm checking everything. Replacing one string at a time keeps everything right, you take one string off, the pressure changes, 2 off changes, all 6 and all play has no pressure anywhere in the system. There's a handful of reasons you wouldn't do this. The Oap is dead right on this one. I'll be uploading videos on everything guitar over the next few weeks, I'm starting tonight with a video on 'picks'

[@Brads-strung-out]

Yep! 100%.

[@mt_gox]

garbage

[@JeremySheppard]

I'm unsubscribing.... Luthier's knot till I die...

[@kerwynwilliams]

What about string through body guitars?