Eh, romance … Summer, evening, fire, field or forest, friends, and she … One of the most beautiful creatures in this world … She just beckons, pulls, the desire is irresistible … you take her in your hands, start working hard with your fingers, getting incredible pleasure from it. Friends in ecstasy, you are the king of the world, the lord of minds and emotions, and then … Suddenly, a guitar string breaks! Apparently, he hit hard on the metal element of the instrument. But, lo and behold, you "quite by accident" had a spare string! Now it remains only to replace the torn one with a whole one.
It is necessary
- - guitar with broken (or stretched) strings
- - new strings
- - patience
Instructions
Step 1
The reasons for changing strings on a guitar can vary. Without going into details, we will try to immediately answer the question posed - how to replace the strings on the guitar.
So, let's take the guitar. The surest step in this situation is to methodically sit and spin the tuning pegs (these are the things on the headstock that attach the strings to - if anyone doesn't know). Having unrolled the tuning pegs (one, several or all - it will already depend on how many strings you want to change).
After we are absolutely sure that one end of the strings is free like the wind in the field, scratching the back of the head, we can move on to the next step.
Step 2
The next logical step is to turn all our attention to the body of the guitar. If we are dealing with acoustics or semi-acoustics, then we can see one round hole in the middle of the front wall of the case. This is called a resonating hole. It amplifies the sound of the strings. So, we found this eighth wonder of the world called the "resonating hole", looked at it, and with complete confidence in the safety of our loved ones we immerse our hand there.
Yes, by the way, an important fact - it is recommended to "immerse" the left hand, and move in the right direction, towards the snarers (this is also the kind of thing that holds the strings at the other end and is located on the guitar body).
In principle, if there is a wild desire to "walk" with the right hand, then you can immerse your right hand inside the body and move to the left side of the same notorious snare. We grope on the back of the anchors of our strings - and voila, we were able to pull the old strings out. Now our guitar is just a piece of wood with no soul.
It is necessary to correct this historical misunderstanding. Namely - to use all the strength and skills to return the strings to your beloved guitar, and with them the soul of a musical instrument.
Step 3
We take out new strings from the package. Be sure to pay attention to the numbers - the number "1" means that this string is the thinnest and should be the lowest. We act accordingly with the number "2", "3" and subsequent ones.
We take out the string from the bag in which it is inserted, take it by the end, free from the anchor, and put our hand inside the guitar body. There we grope for a snare already known to us, and try to get the string into a small hole specially designed for it. The apogee of this work will be the moment when we can get into this small hole and pull the string outward, and the anchor will hook it onto the inner side of the snare. We do a similar operation with the remaining five strings. When all six anchors are hooked on the inside of the body, you can safely start winding the strings on the tuning pegs.
However, the experience of many professional musicians should be taken into account: if you pulled the strings, made them elastic and sounding, let the guitar brew for a day. New strings must get used to the guitar, just like the guitar must get used to new strings. When enough time has passed, you can take the instrument and feel free to tune it. And if the string suddenly breaks, then now you already know what you will need to do.
