Steps to Install Your Guitar Strings

As you all know I am a big fan of the electric guitar. And in this post I will be showing you the correct and quickest way to install all the strings that you need for your electric guitar. First off before starting with anything you will need to know all the type of strings that you can buy. There are several brand that is very outstanding out there, but here are the top 3 brand that I have experience in using.

Ernie Ball

Dunlop

Fender

On top of that, you will also need to consider the size of string that suit your style of playing. All the size are available for every brand. There are 5 different size for strings here are the tables

“extra light": .010 .014 .023 .030 .039 .047

"custom light": .011 .015 .023 .032 .042 .052

"light": .012 .016 .025 .032 .042 .054

"medium": .013 .017 .026 .035 .045 .056

"heavy": .014 .018 .027 .039 .049 .059

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And to be able to identify the right size and brand for you, there is no other way other than to try it out yourself. You can go to the nearest guitar shop and ask for these type of strings and try playing it so that you can find the right comfort zone for you.

Step 1:

Unstrings all the used up 6 strings from your guitar, start off with the low E string since it is the quickest to handle and go down till the higher E string. Try and be gentle since you do not want to scratch your fretboard.

Step 2:

Cleaning your fretboard. Since there is no more strings in your way you might aswell clean all the grease that might occur throughout the month of playing with the instrument. Use a proper cleaning tool. You can find out more at  Cleaningguitar

Step 3:

Start installing the strings starting from the low E string and slowly work your way to the high E string. Be careful not to put too much stress on the string for it might break. Try having the correct tool. You can find out more at Amazon

By following these 3 simple step you can gain more knowledge on the guitar. Here are video tutorial that you can follow.

Strings on the Electric Guitar

Strings on the Acoustic Guitar