Restringing

[Lucas Hitchcock]

ive been into guitar for about two three months now and i just bought a three pack of regular slinky’s 10-46. i restrung my guitar today, but tons of excess string come out of the tuning pegs, seems like too much (didnt make enough loops?) need help or guidance with a proper restringing method

 

[Ed Seith]

There will usually be at least 4-6 inches of excess that you cut with snips, depending on the string and the headstock design (3+3, six on top, six on the bottom, etc). On the thickest string and the other wound strings, two full winds should be sufficient (assuming your guitar doesn’t have locking pegs, where a screw holds the string in place). On the plain steel strings, 4 or more winds is good. Either way, you WILL have a minimum of a few inches to trim from the end if you’ve done it right.
Get a string winder. They’re dirt cheap and will save you some tears.

 

[idssdi]

Excess strings are pretty common if you don’t cut them off and like Ed said a string winder is nice to have!

 

[Andrew Fernandes]

cut your strings off i poked my eye once missed my retina thankfully

 

[Lucas Hitchcock]

kinda fucked one of the strings, luckily i got a three pack and can learn from my mistake. first time changing them but now i know