RESTRING: WITH GARY BRAWER - LES PAUL STYLE GUITAR

Dunlop Strings is proud to partner with world renowned guitar expert Gary Brawer in the production of our new series RESTRING: WITH GARY BRAWER. In these very straightforward videos, Gary gives you the skills you will need to take charge of your guitar, save some money, and change your own strings. He shares wisdom he has gained over the years about string changing and specific guitar styles. Most importantly, both Gary and Dunlop want you to have the confidence to change your own strings so that you can quickly replace a broken string, or replace a dead set with a fresh one. With this knowledge you will be one step closer to reaching your full musical potential.

Gary has been a long time friend of the Dunlop family and also shares his home turf with the organization. For those who aren't aware, Gary has a guitar shop in San Francisco and has been doing set-up an repairs for a multitude of top-shelf guitar players such as Jerry Garcia, Santana, Slash, The Rolling Stones, Metallica, Johnny Winter, Zakk Wylde, Warren Haynes, Jim Dunlop, Muddy Waters, Jeff Beck, Aerosmith... You get the picture.




Produced & Directed by Joey Tosi
Featuring Gary Brawer
Executive Producer is Jimmy Dunlop
Art Direction by Graham Shaw
Sound Engineering & Edited by Max Baloian
Musical Direction by Bryan Kehoe
Cinematography by Jim Granato

[jeremyfahrni]

Start @2:00
So for a 3x3 Headstock:

Left 3 pull the string tight then, pull back 1 whole fret and then bend LEFT to lock. Then cross over wrap CLOCKWISE RIGHT.Wind toward the TOP of the guitar, keeping the string constantly moving under the last layer.

Right 3 pull the string tight then, back 1.5 whole frets and then bend RIGHT to lock. Then cross over wrap COUNTER clockwise left; twice. Wind toward the BOTTOM of the guitar, keeping the string constantly moving under the last layer.

The give your guitar a tug job!

I'm ADD, and have been watching this video every time I restring LOL.
Figured Id put this in engrish, since the dame video switches angles so much.
Good instructional video non-the-less.

[Fretfeeler]

I've been playing (and restringing) 30 years and this method is the best. Twice as fast as I used to do it, and I don't have issues with the strings popping out of the tuners while trying to get them under tension. Thanks for the video, this is good stuff.

[Lydomina]

He gives 1.5 frets of slack to the long part of the string(the part in between the bridge and nut) starting his count after the first fret wire, with that extra slack he wraps it around the tuning post twice counter-clockwise(only on the treble side[e, B, G, strings]). After that, he forces the string downward with his index finger as he tunes the string up to pitch which causes there to be windings above and below the string, hopefully locking it into place.

Hope that helps.

[Vadim_D]

This is the best method to stay in tune. I've tried all but this one is similar to locking system. Even cheap guitars never loose tuning. That is just amazing! Thank you for the tip!

[Justin]

I tried this on my Gibson SG an I have to say... it works! Guitar stays in tune more consistently and feels "tighter." Thanks Gary and I'll be using this method from now on.

[Lysdexia]

So helpful - 30 years of playing and I finally learn how and why to do the wind-over.

Thanks!

[Josh-ogsv]

How did I even fuck this up? I went to do the bend around the string on the low E before I started to wrap around the tuning machine, and just did it completely wrong. The string ended up with a bend in it and now I'm left with a 5 string guitar. Might as well tune the rest of the strings to open G and play Rolling Stones songs for the rest of my life

[indyclarke]

You gotta commend a person who can use the words nut slot so many times in a video and still be cool

[DuaLeaD]

Anyone else jealous of that powered string winder?
God I have been wasting so much time....

[FinalConsensus]

I know this video isn’t new but thank you so much! I’ve been playing guitar for 20 years but couldn’t change the strings for the life of me, every person was showing me a different method and they always made it look so easy but I would get frustrated and over complicate it. This video is hands down the best tutorial!

[EmptyBottlecap]

Best slack measuring technique I've seen so far

[AndersMcTee]

Awesome!! 32 years of guitar playing and now I know how to string properly!! Works a charm 👍

[LightningJackFlash]

Sure, there are lots of comments like "changing all strings at once will damage your guitar", well I guess it's too much. In this video you said exactly what it is about - the truss rod actually bends off because of lack of the strings tension, causing it feels different for some time after changing the strings all at once. It doesn't damage the guitar anyway, but it's inconvenient simply, the guitar is off the setup you like for a while. Also the bridge doesn't fall off in case when it's not protected with a screw. That tip is really good :)

[goatfish]

Just tried this method for the first time and I can't believe how much easier it was to do. Got it done in not even half the time it usually takes me.

[ChrisLeaton.]

I’m not sure if you are still checking the comments here, but thank you for posting. Tried this method on a Les Paul today with very positive results. Thanks Gary!

[sammetal]

I’ve been coming back to this video every time I needed to restring for years now. This is objectively hands-down the best method. My Les Paul has never had the notorious G string detuning problem since I’ve started doing this.

[BibaswanNarayanDatta]

I have been referring to this video for 10 years now. thank you Gary :)

[a.j.garrett]

I'm so frustrated with the camera work on this video the camera pans out as the string is actually winding!!
Why can't they just keep a close up?

[Ryokon]

really enjoyed the tutorial of JK simmons

[XSFlanger]

One thing to remember: Always wrap from the outer side.