)David- always restring one string at a time unless you have work to do in the soundhole or work on frets. I don't think modern guitars will be damaged by a reduction in string tension but why take a chance? I do it one at a time so that I can quickly bring the new string up to the right pitch. You can very quickly get close to the adjacent string and when you are done, use your chromatic tuner to finish up! Quick and easy!I've just restrung my guitar (Elixir Nanoweb Custom Light 0.11
I've encountered two schools of thought concerning the restringing sequence:
[ul][li]Remove and replace one string at a time, keeping tension on the neck[/li]
[li]Remove all strings, then restring[/li][/ul]
Which do you think is better, and why?
CatMan
I restring my guitar like this:
But yeah - you can take all the strings off to clean the fingerboard. I also read somewhere that taking off all the strings (or at least loosening them) is a good idea if you are going to be storing the guitar for a long time - because it won't have all that tension on it.
I do hope you didn't think I was being serioussl83 wrote:I restring my guitar like this:
But yeah - you can take all the strings off to clean the fingerboard. I also read somewhere that taking off all the strings (or at least loosening them) is a good idea if you are going to be storing the guitar for a long time - because it won't have all that tension on it.
Storing your guitar? How can you practice if it's in storage?! LOL!
By the way, I've never seen a guitar strung that way before. I was always told, probably incorrectly, that you always want your strings to take the most dirrect, meaning straightest, path from the bridge to the tuning pegs? Possibly to minimize wear on the nut. :cheer:
