How to Change Strings & Tune a Guitar

Summary: The guitar has been around for nearly 5,000 years, developed from even more ancient instruments akin to the sitar, it has been inspiring audiences since its first chord was strummed. It is the primary instrument involved with many genres of music including country, blues, flamenco, rock, and pop, and has been celebrated as one of the most expressive instruments in the world. Whether blending acoustic harmonies on a classical guitar or shredding solos on an electric guitar, the importance of the guitar to 20th century music cannot be ignored.

In this free video series, our expert Bryan Billhimer will teach you how to change the strings on your guitar. He will teach you how to pick the right kind of string for the kind of guitar playing you want to do. He will also teach you how to loosen the strings, remove them from the guitar head and bridge, and put the new string on the guitar head and bridge. Mike will also show you how to wipe down the new strings and the guitar, cut off excess string, and tune the guitar. Mike will even teach you how to uncoil the new strings and stretch or boil them out so they'll hold tune better.