How do you know what type of a guitar you have?

Answer 1

Look on a website for your guitar specs, and checke the string gauge, it should be under specs. if you cant find it online bring your guitar to sombody whos knows what they're doing. Wrong guage strings will make tuning a pain Strings are a personal choice, not set by the manufacturer. tell the sales bods at the shop what you want to achieve, and they will get the right strings for you. Some strings will require a new instrument set-up as the neck behaves differently with every gauge, but its not a big deal.

Answer 2

every guitar bridge these days is different but its the same concept, slide the string through the bottom part and slide it up to the top of the neck and into the tuner and twist until you hear notes again.

YouTube really can help if you're a visual learner

Answer 3

Take the old strings off, put the new ones on. It is a big time-saver to have a "string winder"-- a little plastic crank that fits over the tuning pegs so you can spin them faster for the purposes of changing strings. You can buy one at any music store, they're inexpensive. Crank off the old strings, and simply pay attention to how they were put on, then do the same thing to put on the new ones. Use the crank (if you have one) to just get the string into the rough ballpark of tuning, then do the real tuning by hand. Expect that the strings will take some time to "stretch out" the the point that they'll hold a tune; until then, they'll keep going flat and you'll have to keep tightening them. I'll usually deliberately "bend" the strings a bit after I've got them on and tuned up just to stretch them out a bit more quickly and get that out of the way faster. Be careful not to use steel strings on a classical (nylon string) guitar. Such Guitars are not made with a reinforced neck, and therefore can't take the tension of steel strings. If you have a classical guitar, I recommend getting "ball end" strings. These have a little ball on the end that holds them in place on the bridge (as opposed to the non-ball-end, which you have to tie on to the bridge). Ball-end is just much easier to put on/take off, but I suspect purists turn their nose up at them. When you're done, you'll have to cut off the excess ends of the strings; a wire cutter works well for this. You'll want to be sure to leave a little excess on, in case for some reason you later need to take the string off and put it back on.

Answer 4

First off, buy the right strings. That means get the right strings for your guitar (nylon or steel) and the right string for you (jazz, blues, rock, etc.). Make sure the gauge of the string is correct. If you don't know what kind of strings are currently on your guitar, ask someone when you go to buy new ones. If the gauge is incorrect, the neck of your guitar will start to bend due to an increase of decrease in tension. If you're pretty advanced, you can manually adjust the truss rod with a hex wrench until the neck levels out. I do not recommend this unless you are absolutely sure about what you are doing. Anyway... You have your pack of strings. I recommend you also buy a peg winder. You can get them at any music store for very cheap, but Planet Waves makes a peg winder with a string cutter built in that costs about $10 and will save you lots of time. When you have all of your materials, start to unwind each string. Some people cut the strings so as to not unwind. DO NOT DO THIS! This can cause the wood to go into shock and warp or even snap! It may be tedious, but unwind each string. Depending on the guitar, the strings may be fed different ways. Most electric guitars have strings fed through the bottom in little holes. Gibson and Epiphone guitars have a tailpiece that hovers above the body of the guitar. Most acoustic guitars have bridge pins. If you have an acoustic guitar, remove the bridge pins (they look like little knobs at the top) and the string with them. Otherwise, just push the strings out. Now, take each string and feed them through the bottom of the guitar or the tailpiece. Bridge pins are kind of tricky. Each one has a groove running up the length of it. Put the string into this groove so that the bead at the bottom is at the bottom of the pin. Then place the pin back into its respective place in the bridge so that the string is facing straight up the neck. Make sure the pin is all the way down. You may want to give it a whack with something. The pins may pop up during stringing. Just whack them every once in a while. Now place each string in its respective place at the nut. The nut is a piece of white wood or bone just below the headstock. It has tiny grooves for the strings in it. Make sure the string remains in its groove throughout stringing. Next, feed the string into their respective winders: bottom left- low E, middle left- A, top left- D, top right- G, middle right- B, bottom right- E. When each string is fed through the hole in each winder, wrap them around the winder- I'd say three turns for the low strings, five turns for the G string, and six turns for the high E string. You can feed them back through the hole if you like, but if you have a good grip (a jar opener may work) just pull them so they bend and don't unwind. MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAY IN THE NUT GROOVES. Now, tighten them with your peg winder. You don't have to tune them yet, just get them so they are tense. Now pull each string about three inches away from the neck. Stretching the strings is important, so don't overlook this step. Continue to tighten the string after each stretching. Stretch each one about five times or until you feel that the tension is right. When you are done, tune your guitar. Even though you have already stretched them, they will continue to do so as you play, so tune up constantly. If you have a whammy bar or a tremolo bridge, don't use it for a while, as it will decrease the life of your strings. I recommend never using a whammy bar, but that's just my opinion. Hope this helps!

Answer 5

You buy a new set of strings to match your guitar, take the tension out of each string using the tuning key remove the string find the correct string from your new set and attach the string at the tail or bridge then wind the string onto the correct tensioner, do this with each string then tune to correct pitch.

Answer 6

you stick it up your but and see how it feels. PS wear spandex they make you cool if your a guy

Answer 7

the thickest string on a normal six-string guitar is the E-string. Starting with this string, the pattern is as follows:

E A D G B E*

*The last is two octaves above the first E.

Answer 8

As you hold the guitar in your lap in normal playing position, the first string is the thinnest one at the "bottom", the sixth string is the thickest one, closest to you.