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most stores only charge you for the strings, however if they do charge it will be no more than 5 U.S. dollars, but restringing is fairly easy, so if you want to refrain from paying to have some one else do it just do it yourself the strings are made long on purpose so if what your afraid of is cutting them too short, you have nothing to worry about
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agomaybe 50 bux? but hey! if you really can't restring a guitar you should not be playing guitar in the first place. REALLY! it's the easyest thing in the world. I have no doubt whatsoever that if you just TRY and stop that silly thinking you can't do anything you never tried before, then you will see how easy it is. why pay good money for something you can do your self? ANYONE can restring a guitar and YOU CAN TOO! PERIOD! Im not kidding, it's really easy! if you can tune a guitar then you can restring it. go to your local music store and tell them what kind of guitar you have, then they will find the correct strings for your guitar, buy em, go home install them.
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∙ 13y agoIt is literally a 10 minute job so should be no more than a coupleof pounds/ dollars. In fact if you buy the strings from a music shop a lot will happily put them on the instrument for you free of charge.
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∙ 13y agoVery little- the only cost is in the strings which can be as low as £5 . You can buy these off the internet (they tend to be cheapest off sites like amazon) and restring it yourself which is really very simple (i'll lave instructions at the bottom of this answer). Or you can buy the strings from a shop, and if you ask a lot of shops will restring it for you there and then, at no extra charge. If they do charge you it should be no more than a couple of pounds/ dollars. One final option is to get a kindly friend to show you how to do it- which should defo be free :P
So if you do try to restring it yourself......
Actually not as simple as "taking them off and putting on new ones".
When replacing strings on any instrument, you want to do them one at a time. So, for example, on a guitar, I start with the low E string (low meaning tone, not position). Remove it by unwinding it until it's loose (never just cut strings) and then replacing it. Then move to the next and so on.
The reason why we do this is because there is a balance between the string tension and the neck tension. If you remove all of that string tension at once, it can "mess with" the natural memory of the wood and metal truss rod that make up the neck.
In order to actually change the strings you need to take the new string and hook it into the bridge (there should be a small lump which hooks in.
The take the other end and poke it through a small hole which should be in the bolt on the machine head- leaving about 5/6 inches on the other side. This is the fiddly bit so you might need to try this next bit a couple of times.
OK- so pull both ends of the string against the bolt so they bend and stay in place. Then start turning the machine head (you can do it in either direction- just ensure you turn them all the same way). Whilst doing this you need to keep pulling on the end which is attached to the bridge in order to keep the tension and get it wound nice and tight. Keep turning- this may take a while until it is fairly close to the right tension.
Something I would advise is running your finger under the string when it's nearly tight enough which stretches the string slightly so the guitar won't fall out of tune so often after changing.
Repeat with all the other strings until VOILA! you have a newly strung guitar.
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