{"id":15987,"date":"2018-07-19T02:08:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T02:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roadietuner.com\/?post_type=blog&p=15987"},"modified":"2020-12-07T16:26:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T16:26:01","slug":"restringing-your-electric-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/restringing-your-electric-guitar\/","title":{"rendered":"Restringing Your Electric Guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Restringing Your Electric Guitar can be a hassle. I\u2019ve been there, you\u2019ve been there, we\u2019ve all been there. The live performance<\/a> is going great, the crowd is loving it, and then your guitar string snaps. Quick, quick, what do you do? Ask the roadie to restring it? He doesn\u2019t have time to come on stage<\/a> before the next song, what are you thinking? You have to do it yourself, and fast! Don\u2019t know how to?<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s have a look at some restringing techniques for your electric guitar so you don\u2019t disappoint the fans. There is a lot of ground to cover, but at the end of this post, I\u2019ll share a little tip with you that will make your life a whole lot easier.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re rocking with a Les Paul or similar, you will have a 3+3 headstock. As you can see from the picture above the name makes perfect sense, unlike 4×4 cars which don\u2019t have 16 wheels. Anyway. Step one is of course to remove the old strings. If you\u2019re really good at snapping strings, this part will be somewhat covered already. Detune each string until it doesn\u2019t make any sound, and remove them one by one. Safety first, kids. Since the bridge will most likely not have a pin, the strings will be going through the boy or stop bar. Pull the end of each string through over the saddles and the other end through the tuner. You want to make sure that the holes are aligned in the same direction as the string. Now, you pull the string back for around the length of one distance between your tuners and wind the strings. Sounds complicated? That\u2019s because it is. Let\u2019s look at some visuals to help us out below.<\/p>\n\n

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