Musical instruments need to be maintained properly for a long term use. Restringing a guitar is a necessary thing as the string needs to be oxidized and tarnished by various factors. When you keep them openly in the moisture, dirt or even your sweat from your hands, results in lifeless sounding strings with little sustains. When you perform using them the sounds that the string produces vary. So here we are providing a guide to restringing your acoustic guitar.

Step 1

Get a replacement string, place your guitar on a flat surface, have some cloth or any material on the floor where you place your guitar in order to avoid scratches. If necessary give a neck support according to your wish to change guitar strings. This allows your guitar to be in a steady position.

Step 2

Unwinding the string at the machine head, when you use a string winder it will dramatically speed up this process. You have to check for the bridge pin, in which the string will be attached by a plastic peg. If you are stuck anywhere while restringing classical guitar be confident and ready the guide carefully and start the process again.

Step 3

It is a good opportunity to clean the board when you remove those strings, use lemon oil to do that.

Step 4

Remove your whole string packages out and then place the bridge pin loosely in its hole. Take the ball end of the string and move inside the whole as it should fix on the pins slot.

Step 5

Push the bridge pin down, and when you are pulling the strings ensure that the ball end is placed properly.

Step 6

Have your guitar in a straight position by tuning post facing the bridge, and the thread of the string upwards through the hole.

Step 7

The above position will give you a comfortable position to pull your string upwards and ensure it is tight.

Step 8

Ensure the tension in the string and hold the string close to the nut, place them in the appropriate place to tune the string.

Step 9

Check your guitar on a desired pitch and clip off the excess guitar string. In the same way you can change the other strings too.

It is not certain that you have to change these strings often, sometimes it is not good when it is exposed to some temperature and sometimes the strings may be torn due to usage, so accordingly we have to check the instrument and replace the string whenever it is necessary.