How to Change Strings on (restring) Your Guitar - Art Eichele

Art Eichele, extraordinary guitar player and a great instructor shows you step-by-step how to professionally change the strings on your guitar. There's much more to it than just winding them onto the tuning peg. Art shows you how to lock the string onto the tuning peg so it will never loosen (and go flat). String your guitar this way. It will tune more precisely and stay in tune longer. Please rate and comment!

[AcSlide]

The person reading this comment, I wish you good health and great luck to you and your family!!!

[Intrinsic.Recording]

I always see people using tools to pull bridge pins.
Here's a tip after 40 years.
Loosen the string, put your hand inside the body, and push the pin out. Won't risk damaging your pins or bridge. Thanks for the video.
Nice one.

[silversteeler]

You're a smoothie! By far the best and most comprehensive instruction on restringing guitars I found on YouTube. Thanks.

[KirklandBird]

I tried using Justin Sandercoe method to restring and could not do it. easily. I had to put the guitar down for a week with a missing string I was so set back. After watching this video and using this method I restrung my guitar in record time and feel like I could work in a guitar shop doing this for a living. Great video, great method. THANK YOU

[juana]

2:20 is the most important part. Thank you. I'm headed off to change my 000-28 to Martin custom light retro monel strings for the 1st time!!

[SeverSTL]

Thanx. Never saw that knot before. makes sense. I'm restringing my new Martin for the first time. Wish Ida known this years ago.

[bairdd]

I have been changing guitar strings for many years and this is one of the best tutorials I have ever seen of how its done. Thanks for putting this out there.

[frankvyvyan]

Good and clear, and glad you demo'd both a left and right-side string - unlike on the official Martin video!

[Doowopsid]

Great job! Very detailed, concise and great visibility to what you are actually doing each step of the way. Thank you!

[BotoLishus]

The best and straight forward restringing video!! Thank you!

[Robnord]

New trick after doing otherwise for 50+ yrs. Thank you! Just did my 2nd one and it's my new method.

[guitarzann]

Still my go-to video instruction after all these years. Thanks, Art!

[chamilathuduwage]

Most Valuable information.Thank you. Good Luck.

[freedomseeker]

Make sure the slot in your peg is facing forward. Put the ball of the string in the hole as deep as it will go before you put the peg in. If needed, get some violin bow rosin and put a good coat of it on the peg before you put it in the hole. Don't tug straight up on the string. It is designed for tension to be exerted only in the direction of the tuning pegs. Hope this helps.

[danvaughn]

one revolution around the peg is criminal

[rosskoumantarakis]

After years of doing this i stopped caring about "string slip"

pull the string through the tuner, pull it tight then turn the tuner, job done, no knots, no wrapping, no farting around.

Changing string is easy now, no more bull

Try it next time, you will be amazed

[foreverjulybass]

I've looked at a few videos for this and this is the best one. My first 2 strings look wonky lol

[Jack-xypz]

Please discuss cleaning & oiling the tunner worm gears on older guitars..
I just subbed

[guitarwithbob]

Thanks Art - great tips! I like the pinching technique you use to restring the guitar. Very effective and does wonders for consistent intonation ;)

[luciorange]

thanks bud :) very helpful. never got how to do the twisty thing before this.. ><