How to Restring your Martin D28 Acoustic Guitar

[@vicshere99]

I’ve played D-28s for 40 years, tried all sorts of tuning methods with success, but never seen this one before, taking the string round the peg and then trapping the end. It had been done at the factory this way on my D-41 but I couldn’t replicate it firs time I changed. Your video, somehow, made it simple, I tried it on the 28, and it feels more rock solid than I’ve ever had. Thank you so much!

[@SKOVDEPETE]

Nice. I´ve watched a looot of these instructional restringing videos. Yours is by far one of the best. Thank you so much for sharing. :-)

[@safeeffective385]

Awesome, thanks!

[@guitarwithbob]

Very clear tutorial. Thanks for the video ;)

[@darknight7788]

That was super helpful! Thank you (:

[@Blackdog4818]

What if you're not playing your Martin for an extended time? Do you leave strings on, or loosen or even take them off?

[@ricklevine3571]

Yes loosening the strings will reduce the stress that can affect the guitar top. BIT more important is to keep the humidity between 40-50%. Esp in the winter. You need to buy a humidifier. And constantly check the humidity. York guitar will play much better and last much longer and have better sale a bility.

[@sumankurapati7984]

Sir please make a video of tuning from the begining 1st 2nd and 3rd strings without breaking them

[@tonynaska7213]

Did you stretch those while tuning? I always hear you need to stretch the strings. Thoughts on that? I find that they stretch naturally as you play, but I am just curious. Thanks for the video!

[@dennielittlesr4600]

If you put a cordless drill on my D28 I would lose my mind!! I can't even watch that again! I mean really? You are too lazy to use a hand crank? How many guitars are you really tuning? BTW...it's tuner hole at 90⁰... string thru...around and back under...tip straight to the top of the tuner, so that the string is trapped under itself. It does make a difference. Ok students...schools out!