How to Change Strings on a Classical or Nylon String Guitar

Restringing your classical or nylon string guitar is simple. Here's a quick and easy video on how to put new strings on your guitar in just 3 minutes!

[HealthyCriticism]

the large scale demonstration really helps

[TLMuse]

Something worth paying attention to—done correctly here, but not highlighted—is the direction to wind the string at the peghead. Look at the image around 2:40. You'll see that the outer strings (low and hi E) are wound toward the outside of the knot hole, while the other strings are wound inward, toward the center of the peghead. This is done to make the strings travel as straight as possible through the nut. —Tom

[TheRedApache]

Thank you for the best video I've seen on how to restring a classical guitar. I really liked the idea of showing the process with a bigger piece of wood, it becomes instantly clear what goes where.

[JH-fses]

This song made me want to get into playing classical guitar more, it was cool hearing it in the intro 😊 Jose Gonzalez is a wonderful musician

[martinsvendsen]

Great video, thank you very much, I now learned and managed to change strings on my guitar for the first time! 😀
(Only took me about 1-3 hours but hey)
My beginners tip would be to MAKE SURE YOU ARE ABLE TO GET IT IN TUNE AND THAT THE KNOT HOLDS BEFORE YOU CUT OFF THE EXCESS STRINGS so you don't wobble for hours trying to make knots with very little excess string left if the knot doesn't hold (the nylon strings can be very slippery with the knots)

:) :) :) Hope this saves someone some frustration xD

[GodfreyGuitar]

This is the clearest, most easy-to-follow tutorial I've seen. This is a great video to share with my students!

[davelanciani-dimaensionx]

As commented by others, the large block and rope is SO HELPFUL! I'm looking at a nylon string classical guitar for Christmas, and I was really worried about putting new strings on, since I've only ever owned electric guitars. Thanks for your demo!

[TheLesExit]

Well its been 5 days, but I've finished my 3rd string :D!!

[TheClownfight]

i million thank you's for this. I have been stringing steel string acoustics for 30 years, but this was my first nyon string change. Your video was SO much help, especially using the big wood block as a visual aid. All the other videos I tried watching... I felt i needed a jewel's loop to see what was being done. thank you thank you thank you!

[clarkkent]

An instructional video that actually instructs without shouting, jumping around, making a fool of themselves. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[chrisluff]

Been turning away nylon restring jobs because I was scared and it looked complicated but it's actually alot easier than I thought.

Definitely more confident to do this now

[ritualafterlife]

Thank you for the simple, short, to the point clip. People stress SO much over the atom splitting algebranometry involved, and the knowledge and skill it takes to do this extremely complicated task. When it's actually easier than tying your shoe.

[TheShadowPerson.]

Best tutorial ever for this topic!
The other videos were insanely confusing with their hands covering the process of the tying if the string or they didnt explain clearly.
The tie block was what helped me alot.

[michaelyahn]

Short, simple, easy to see and accurate! Thank you!

[superkyr]

This is really a helpful and illustrative and easy-to-following guide! It helped me change my 5th string in just 10 Mins, and it was my first time changing a string of a classical guitar. It turned out to be very successful! Thumbs up and thanks a lot!

[HaFannyHa]

Thank you for a brilliant demonstration. I'm about to attempt changing the strings on my 1/2 size guitar and now I feel reasonably confident that I won't screw it all up! Thanks!

[matthewjohnson]

Just bought a new Cordoba at an auction of some store that closed. Hadn’t even strummed it yet and one of the strings just popped. It’s my first classical guitar so had to come to YT for help. This was helpful. Thanks.

[francislevesque]

WOW. The demonstration with a block is fantastic.

[Bobywan]

Thank you for the big knot demonstration... all I need now is a bigger guitar.

[ltd-edition-koa]

That's about as straightforward and illustrative as one can get.Thank you!