How to Change Strings

Guitar sounding a bit out of tune? Here we offer a few different ways to tune your electric guitar using on-line tools from Fender.com and other classic methods.

Guitar sounding a bit out of tune? Here we offer a few different ways to tune your electric guitar using on-line tools from Fender.

How to Change Strings on an Electric Guitar. On the whole, the strings on an electric guitar will need to be changed more frequently than the strings of steel-string or classic guitars, depending on usage and bridges.

Learn the best way to change acoustic guitar strings.

Need to change a string or a complete set of strings? This Fender University video will provide step-by-step instructions on how.

How to Change Guitar Strings. Changing guitar strings is really not a complicated task, but it is for some reason intimidating to new guitarists. Intimidating or not, it is an easily acquired skill that any guitarist should have.

Acoustic guitar string changing guide.

Learn to change the strings on your electric guitar, via this illustrated electric guitar string changing tutorial.

All you need to know about guitar strings and replacing them.

These 4 amazing secrets will help with changing guitar strings on your acoustic guitar or electric guitar better and faster and keep them alive longer!

Changing your guitar strings is part of routine maintenance. Dirt, stress, and environmental factors can determine when to change your guitar strings.

This is a “how to” guide. If you’re not sure how often you need to do this, check out our other article on how often to change your guitar strings.

Electric guitarists need to change their strings more often than do acoustic guitarists. Because of this, electric guitars are built with hardware that makes the process of changing strings very quick and easy.

In this video guitar lesson you will learn how to change the strings on an electric guitar.

As a guitarist, dead or broken strings can be huge bummer. If you’ve only got a short amount of time to practice, or if you’re already running late to a gig, taking the time to change strings doesn’t fit into your schedule.

Loosen the tension on your current strings. Then, using a string puller/peg winder, pull the bridge pins from the bridge and remove the strings.

A lot of guitar players simply don’t change their strings often enough. And if they do, they often don’t know how to change guitar strings the right way. Truth is, changing your own guitar strings regularly and properly is one of the many ways you can show your instrument the care it deserves. And if you take care to do it the right way every time, you’ll have the satisfaction that you’ve not only done the job yourself, but that you’ve also done it well.

Changing guitar strings isn't a complicated task, but try convincing a new guitarist of that. It can seem plenty intimidating to a beginner. Some players are so unnerved at the thought of restringing their guitar that they never learn to do it and rely instead on the local guitar shop to do it for them. Some players are simply too lazy to change their strings, while others don't even realize that strings need to be changed!

Here is our step-by-step guide to changing your electric guitar strings.

There are as many variations on the process of changing steel strings as there are players, and not all methods are equally effective. Some interfere with tuning (too many wraps), while others make strings susceptible to breakage (too few wraps). Developed over decades of experience, the current Taylor Guitars method has proven to provide outstanding results for all steel-string guitars.

A detailed, step by step process demonstrating how to correctly change the string on an acoustic guitar.

Need to change a string or a complete set of strings? This Fender University video will provide step-by-step instructions on how to get your Acoustic guitar back into action. Grab a fresh set of Fender strings and let's get started.