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Stringing an electric guitar

  • 09-12-2008 11:44am
    #1
    Dr.Winston O'Boogie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,831 ✭✭✭


    Alright all,

    I have both an acoustic and electric guitar, and while I re-string my acoustic quite a lot I have never done it with my electric. I tried and I seem to be making a bit of a balls of it, the top 2 strings seem really stretched and not at all how they should. I may have bought the wrong gauge, I am not sure, although I don't know the guage of my acoustic and it always seems to be ok.

    Anyway what I am getting around to is does anyone know if I brought the guitar into a music shop like waltons etc, would they string it up for me for a price??


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  • #2
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    If you can string the acoustic ok, there shouldn't really be a problem for you to re-string the electric. You could get a shop to re-string it for you of course, any of them will do it, but it is better in the long run to figure out where you're going wrong, it shouldn't be anything major.

    What guage strings did you buy? It should say so on the packet.


  • #3
    Dr.Winston O'Boogie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,831 ✭✭✭Dr.Winston O'Boogie


    I just got medium gauge I think (bought them a while ago), thought that would be the safest bet.


  • #4
    felim
    Closed Accounts Posts: 157 ✭✭felim


    Can you explain a little more, what do you mean the top two strings seem "stretched"? Do you simply have them tuned up to too high a pitch?

    If it's a case of not having put enough winds on the tuning peg before the string reaches pitch, the string is probably only fit for the bin. A hint to get a decent amount of winds on the peg is to pull the string taut from the bridge to the nut by hand, then, holding the string at the nut, slacken the string by roughly the length of two frets and crease the string around the tuning peg....this crease is where the string will go through the peg and the slack of two fret lengths will be what you have left to wind around the pegs. The two frets length is only a guide, you should have it slightly longer for wound strings and slighty shorter for unwound.

    I hope that makes some bit of sense, it's kinda harder to explain than to simply show someone.


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