Restringing an Electric Guitar

Zach Smith, store manager at The Minor Chord music store in Littleton, MA
demonstrates how to properly restring an electric guitar.

[paddyvenner]

This was incredibly helpful to a dad and son restringing the son's first electric for the first time. Thanks for clarity.

[mikefrancis]

This video was even better (showed more details) than the official Fender video. Very helpful, Thank you!

[PartyJonesBand]

Dude - this is so great. I've played guitar for about 20 years and ALWAYS struggled with restringing! This is so simple and effective - THANK YOU.

[boredashell]

I watched at least a dozen other videos and this one is the simplest method out there. Excellent job.

[DarylLunsford]

You just taught an old dog a new trick! In 50+ years of playing I've never seen this method, and I could never get the hang of that locking loop thing a lot of people use. I'm about to try this for the first time. Thanks!

[paulwebb]

The stretching technique here works beautifully. My guitar stayed in tune for practically 2 months(!) and I play a few hours every day. Thanks a lot for this!

[chrisold]

It’s probably been 10 years since I had string a guitar with these style tuners so I couldn’t remember for the life of me how to do it. This video was great, a massive help. Thank you very much!

[ZarkionUltimate]

This is probably the best restringing video out there, solid job!

[jeremyaguilar]

11 years l8er. Thank you so much! So many of the other videos I found skipped over some of the finer details. This was a very helpful resource.

[therealheyyous]

Thank you. I broke a string using a different method and had to buy a whole new set. Just got my low E string on much much smoother with this method and am about to cut the excess string :D I had to wait for the new set to come in from amazon and it was such a frustrating wait because I love my guitar, Super glad to get it done right this time.

[doom]

Best fucking restringing video on YouTube. Holy Fuck why do people find it so hard to explain the string slack. Thank you so much!!!

[ahmed-alnoor]

Great video, i really hated the other methods i found online, some people swear by them but after only a week of practice i found my strings were a mess. This method worked perfectly since i did it last week. Came back to thank you.

[JoelvdVoort]

Simply brilliant video. I followed the instructions accordingly and it's exactly as he says. My guitar is strung very very cleanly on the tuners and the guitar doesn't go out of tune for at least three days or more. Amazing. Thank you.

[vacuity__]

Ive only been playing for 2 years and never re-strung my guitar bu myself and this was very helpful

[kouki]

Man this helped so much!!! I was always so scared to restring my guitar I would have to rely on my friend to come over and string my guitar but this tutorial actually helped me restring my guitar so easy, thank you!!!

[Deuce]

Thank you Zack. Your formula of 1 fret of slack, does the job! Perfect!

[DannyLovesCallOfDuty]

I agree with everything he says besides the stretching, every one has their own way but the proper way to stretch your guitar strings is to have the string along inside of your fingers where your fingers bend and have your thumb sitting at the side than pull towards your with your fingers and push away from you with your thumb. That's what I've been advised by many people, but like I said everyone has their own way.

[ronnoco]

Excellent video. Previously, I just kept tuning it many times. Didn't know to stretch the strings the way you showed. Thanks 👍

[simonabsalon]

thanks this vid helped me a lot
i've been playing the electric guitar for 1 and a half year and this vid is the best tutorial so far

[WillsJazzLoft]

This was very good. I will have to watch it again to understand how to stretch the strings