DIY: How to String a Classical Guitar

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  • @JuniorTennis
    @JuniorTennis Рік тому +172

    Remember that on one end of the 6th string (Base-E), there is a loosely wound two inches and that end is used on the bridge (the bottom side of the guitar) for easy tying. Just make sure that all of the loosely wound part is brought under the bridge, through the hole. You don't want that part producing any of the vibration/sound.

    • @gerardorosiles8918
      @gerardorosiles8918 3 місяці тому

      Thanks I was about to asking that question. I have always done it that way just by intuition, but always wondered if it was wrong

    • @Benson_Bear
      @Benson_Bear Місяць тому

      I have no trouble making the loop without that part. i cut if after using it to get through the hole on the bridge, dont want it messing things up. it's the g string that is hard to make a nice loop with.

  • @Mike_Marco
    @Mike_Marco Рік тому +7

    Thanks!

  • @SpiralSine6
    @SpiralSine6 Рік тому +80

    First time re-stringing my guitar without ball-end strings, worked like a charm! Thank you so much.

  • @rov3r698
    @rov3r698 9 місяців тому +9

    Always have issues with changing strings, specially with slipping on nylon strings, this was very helpful.

  • @charlespomroy2799
    @charlespomroy2799 Рік тому +180

    Its official, im losing my mind

  • @heatheryoung6025
    @heatheryoung6025 2 роки тому +1339

    i cant see anything move your finger

  • @xmery1966
    @xmery1966 11 місяців тому +30

    Thank you. This is my 3rd time restringing the guitar and this was the first time e string didn't hit me in the face/hand.

    • @Daaaaaaaad
      @Daaaaaaaad 4 місяці тому +1

      This was my first time attempting and yep that happened lol. Damn it

  • @LPMojoGL
    @LPMojoGL 9 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for this. Just restrung a nylon guitar for the first time. Had no idea you had to tie knots on each ends.

  • @Marina-vh7ot
    @Marina-vh7ot 14 годин тому +1

    Thank you so much for this video! This was my first time changing my guitar strings and I was scared. This video was a lifesaver!

  • @robertwaggonerhowie
    @robertwaggonerhowie 22 дні тому

    Broke the D string yesterday. Ordered those same strings. Changed today for the my first classical guitar string change. Thanks for the help. :)

  • @joshparsons5795
    @joshparsons5795 4 місяці тому +6

    Great tutorial. Worth noting that when you're tuning the guitar after it helps to stretch the strings out to help them settle.

    • @hopeolabode6641
      @hopeolabode6641 3 місяці тому

      I know

    • @dolier2802
      @dolier2802 2 місяці тому

      Knowing my luck I'd pull too hard and they'd snap, I'll just play until they settles naturally lol

  • @stavrosk.2868
    @stavrosk.2868 Рік тому +7

    Simple and efficiënt. A must see for all beginners (and more advanced) players.

  • @Helpha-12
    @Helpha-12 3 місяці тому +4

    Super helpful, I don't need to go to the guitar shop to fix a broken string, Thank you for the tutorial!❤

  • @davidmartin5764
    @davidmartin5764 4 дні тому

    Thankyou because I was about to string my classical very wrong you have been quick and to the point which is what ppl need there are too many videos where they teach you like a child and..feck...about too much but your video was concise ..thankyou ...

  • @AdvaS
    @AdvaS Рік тому +69

    This was my very first time changing the strings on my old classical guitar and your video was super helpful ! Thanks for the short and simple demonstration , I appriciate it very much sir 🌻

  • @catarinamonteiro8312
    @catarinamonteiro8312 Рік тому +33

    Thank you so much for this! I'm a beginner and it was my first time re-stringing my guitar. This video was so helpful and told me everything I needed to know!

  • @d4rktr4nqui11ity
    @d4rktr4nqui11ity 2 роки тому +113

    This is extremely helpful! I've been re-stringing and setting up electrics for years, but don't have any experience with classicals. Going to try out this method soon! Instructions are very clear and detailed. 🤘Efharisto Nikos!

    • @hiraljogani4724
      @hiraljogani4724 Рік тому

      Thanks
      😮😮😮😮😮😊😊😊😊❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @chrismiracle
    @chrismiracle Рік тому +3

    Invaluable stuff. Long live Moussaka!

  • @iggypreilly
    @iggypreilly 7 місяців тому +15

    It’s been a long time since I changed strings on a classical. This was super helpful!

  • @Pearliciouss
    @Pearliciouss 3 місяці тому +20

    Seeing the comment section, I'm glad I'm not the only one going crazy

    • @custardcreamzzz
      @custardcreamzzz 3 місяці тому

      Should I get it professionally fixed or fix it myself bcuz i do not have the tools(extra Strings)

  • @Maxhesp
    @Maxhesp 4 місяці тому +3

    Thank you my friend. You've helped me. Best wishes.

  • @placeholder8671
    @placeholder8671 10 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for a great and informative video, much appreciated!

  • @emmastoppedby
    @emmastoppedby 16 днів тому +2

    This video saved me, thanks for the amazing content ❤

  • @rikpaenen
    @rikpaenen Рік тому +4

    Thank you so much for this! I'm a beginner and it was my first time re-stringing my guitar. This video was so helpful and told me everything I needed to know!
    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @entheo302
    @entheo302 10 місяців тому +1

    This made it so easy thnx

  • @hni7458
    @hni7458 4 місяці тому +3

    "There is not only one way of doing it" sound very sympathetic, and quite a bit different from many vids I've seen here.

  • @charmanderlover6433
    @charmanderlover6433 Рік тому +3

    Thank you so much! I was able to fully restring a guitar in desperate need of a string change and tune it. I'm teaching myself to play while in college, and the one I brought from home has laid in disuse for... years. Thanks for helping me get it back to being playable!

  • @Kholin1351
    @Kholin1351 Рік тому +12

    massive help! Couldn't figure out how to restring, beginner player. Thanks so much!

  • @Ang3r87
    @Ang3r87 8 місяців тому +3

    Thank you yet again. I guess its the 12th time I use this guide.

  • @fallingleaves827
    @fallingleaves827 Рік тому +1

    thanks this was helpful. Only thing else I would wish for is to hear you pluck each string so I know what 'octave?' to tune it to. I'm rusty

  • @PJKassak12
    @PJKassak12 Рік тому +1

    Thanks. I never never tied to winder. And didn't know proper way to tie string up at end. Knowing macrame and crochet, like half-hitches.

  • @chryssanthistell
    @chryssanthistell Рік тому +5

    Γεια σου Νίκο! Είχα πολλά χρόνια να πιάσω την κιθάρα μου και, ενώ είχα κάνει αυτή την κίνηση δεκάδες φορές δεν μπορούσα να θυμηθώ πως δένουμε τηχορδη στο κάτω μέρος. Με ξεμπλοκαρες!Πολλά ευχαριστώ!

  • @miketrew9715
    @miketrew9715 6 місяців тому +2

    Thank you so much for showing this technique. I was worried about the tying method and type of knots. Greetings fae Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @groovyhippie1165
    @groovyhippie1165 2 роки тому +8

    Thank you for this video.

  • @scottshores6847
    @scottshores6847 3 місяці тому +1

    Thank you very much. You ere the only one who didn't block the view while you were giving the demonstration. I have an older Amigo AM-40 classical guitar by Lotus made, inade in Romania. I finally bought some D'Addario Pro Art' EJ-45's to put on it. Never used them before. I haven't put strings on it in forever, but it has a really nice tome. I'm not sure I like these strings. It's a more muted sound so we will see how long they remain. Any way the point: Great vid straight and to the point. Thank you!!!

  • @Lyvarious
    @Lyvarious Рік тому +5

    Super helpful! Really enjoyed the layout for this one. I'd been struggling with figuring out the method in my head before I got stuck in so this was a great place to start.

  • @matthewroadnight208
    @matthewroadnight208 11 місяців тому +1

    Thank you. Great video

  • @sammwaura3818
    @sammwaura3818 Рік тому +2

    Ευχαριστώ πολύ από την Αγγλία 👍🇬🇷

  • @christopherwolf75
    @christopherwolf75 2 роки тому +14

    This was so helpful. I was restringing my classical guitar and could not get the trebled to stop slipping as I was using high tension strings for the first time. Your video fixed this right away. Thank You so much!! 👍😊

  • @naztubes
    @naztubes Рік тому +7

    Useful guide, thank you. Just restrung a classical for the first time

  • @whywhy3049
    @whywhy3049 Рік тому +2

    Finally found one that I could follow along with and was able to get my string in and tuned!

  • @YaTuSabes__
    @YaTuSabes__ 8 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for this excellent tutorial, brother!

  • @Hana_goes_East
    @Hana_goes_East Рік тому +2

    Thank you for a very clear tutorial!!

  • @randallbraun844
    @randallbraun844 Рік тому +2

    Thank you for the video sir

  • @DougHinVA
    @DougHinVA 7 місяців тому +1

    Bass E and Treble E strings are wound from the tuner hole outward to keep the string travelling in a straight line...

  • @hopeolabode6641
    @hopeolabode6641 3 місяці тому +1

    Thanks my dear

  • @glocknboopin3526
    @glocknboopin3526 8 місяців тому +3

    Anyone know what song is playing in the background it sounds so good

  • @1stovetop
    @1stovetop Рік тому +3

    Very good video, easy to understand.

  • @darynxx_zx
    @darynxx_zx 4 місяці тому +2

    thanks, this helped

  • @Asylus
    @Asylus 3 місяці тому +1

    That was so much easier than i thought it would be

  • @Patrick-d6z
    @Patrick-d6z Рік тому +1

    This is a great tutorial. Thank you!

  • @johnnybeachit2294
    @johnnybeachit2294 11 місяців тому +9

    This is so clear, so straight forward, everything shown, and appropriate time length! Love the suggestion to do one string at a time! Thank you!

  • @mamborickyclassicalmusicac4733

    Wonderful thanks

  • @u266bmusic
    @u266bmusic 7 місяців тому +3

    did it, tysm!

  • @nycewiddit
    @nycewiddit 8 місяців тому +2

    I literally followed every step but for some reason the last string when I wind it goes out of tune? like it will be okay but then a few minutes later it goes back down to a lower tone? but also though Im not sure why the more I go up the fret to play chords or single notes the sound gets stuck and plays out of tune?? any suggestions anyone please? thanks In advance! :)

    • @AradYar
      @AradYar 8 місяців тому +5

      Because the string is new it isn’t used to being tuned so it unwinds more. Just keep tuning it

    • @nycewiddit
      @nycewiddit 7 місяців тому +1

      @@AradYar Thanks for your reply! any idea on why the sound gets out of tune and stuck the more I go up the fret?

    • @nixonprod
      @nixonprod 6 місяців тому +1

      Hey, did you fix it?

    • @nycewiddit
      @nycewiddit 6 місяців тому

      @@nixonprod unfortunately not :/ do you have any advice?

    • @nixonprod
      @nixonprod 6 місяців тому +1

      @@nycewiddit not really, if it keeps happening then i should visit a guitar store

  • @Fall.0.Yamihere
    @Fall.0.Yamihere Рік тому +5

    So helpful I had no idea I always play electric❤

  • @PegeCovers
    @PegeCovers Рік тому +2

    Solid guide. Cheers.

  • @alexandervandenberge8384
    @alexandervandenberge8384 11 місяців тому +1

    THANK YOU!!!!!

  • @lared112
    @lared112 Рік тому +5

    Super clear, thanks so much!!

  • @OrdinaryNimda
    @OrdinaryNimda 2 роки тому +3

    I learned 2 new elements. Thanx!

  • @unkindleddovahkiin8900
    @unkindleddovahkiin8900 5 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for the video, it was a great help! This was my first time restringing a classical guitar, and the lack of ball end strings made me very uncomfortable.

  • @vincentmaloney5835
    @vincentmaloney5835 Рік тому +2

    Thank You so much! It was very helpful.

  • @11InVinoVeritas
    @11InVinoVeritas 26 днів тому

    Success! Thank you!

  • @thomasfl1
    @thomasfl1 Рік тому +3

    Thank you so much for your video.

  • @amy-janefoster982
    @amy-janefoster982 Рік тому +1

    It so nice to see this - a great, fresh way compared to how I have re-strung my guitars for years ^^. Is there any particular set you’d recommend? Thank you 🎵

  • @akaoveve
    @akaoveve Місяць тому

    My guitar came with high tension strings. Can I mount ultra low tension strings on it?

  • @freddyhaug9379
    @freddyhaug9379 8 днів тому

    This video got me through it!

  • @jpcalisthenix
    @jpcalisthenix 27 днів тому

    very useful, thank you

  • @limitededition3295
    @limitededition3295 3 місяці тому

    Each time i change strings on the tuning peg when i make a knot to tie it around and tune it beacause i dont have any mechanical tuner or that tuner thing plastic i just use my fingers to turn the tuning peg up and each time first time the string goes around the peg it has like wiggly first circle all other ones after that follow nice and snug its quite hard to explain but i have it for years beacause im not the best at installing new strings but it never brakes or goes out of tune. Matter of fact my guitar never is out of tune.

  • @michalzaw5575
    @michalzaw5575 Рік тому

    what can I do to no get any string slipping. My expensive flamenco got a whip from it & now I have to try to fix dent on my own. Need advice. Please share

  • @TheDeedeeFiles
    @TheDeedeeFiles 2 роки тому +5

    Good work

  • @christianraccuglia6009
    @christianraccuglia6009 5 місяців тому +1

    You didn’t say, but for the treble strings, do they ALL go through the bridge twice to avoid slipping? Or just the high E?

  • @rewind2play
    @rewind2play 9 місяців тому +1

    Great video easy to follow nicely produced...

  • @rashams1605
    @rashams1605 6 місяців тому

    all my treble ties dont look to be exacly behind the bridge. should i worry? will they go out of tune or is it more a danger of them coming untied?

  • @computernerd8157
    @computernerd8157 Рік тому

    I will try, I poped my strings twice already so I have to buy new strings. First I am goinf to seee about see if they will fix the one string since I paid money foe the a string to pop on me. Normally they do a good job with it, so I am wondering if its my guitar.

  • @gerd2213
    @gerd2213 5 місяців тому

    Nice Video, but I missed that the new strings first should still be stretched with your fingers/hand, to get an optimal tuning without loosing time☝️
    (and sorry for my 55 years old "School-English"! 🙈 Greetings from Germany🤘

  • @Rickandtwocrows
    @Rickandtwocrows Рік тому

    So basically its like the first step when tieing your shoe? (cris/cross and through the loop) but you do it twice. In a nutshell its your standard basic double knot ...thats all it takes? It'll hold?

  • @HeavyMetalNerd
    @HeavyMetalNerd 6 місяців тому

    I have a problem with the high E-string. It always either slips through the hole at the bridge cause the knot tightens under too much pressure or it slips out of the tuner hole...🤷🏼‍♂️😅
    The other strings worked perfectly normal.

  • @semipro6600
    @semipro6600 Рік тому +1

    I restrung mine but it can’t stay in tune for a second? Is there a possible common reason for this?

    • @Alexsmithyboy
      @Alexsmithyboy Рік тому

      Mine does that AND IDK what to do 😭

    • @audiosurge6405
      @audiosurge6405 Рік тому +6

      It's NORMAL at first. Nylon strings stretch A LOT when they're brand new. As they stretch, they will go flat. The solution is to play them for a while and re-tune constantly, soon enough the strings will finish stretching and the instrument should hold its tune for a reasonable amount of time (well, assuming the guitar isn't shit).
      Optionally, to speed up that stretching time you can also do big bends or even pull on each string. Example: pull on a string 2-3 times, tune back to pitch, then repeat it a couple times for each string. I hope that helps :-) Rock on!

  • @sophiemckee5396
    @sophiemckee5396 6 місяців тому

    when I go to tune them, my strings are super loose (tied properly on both ends) and it takes almost no tuning to get them tuned to the right note, but then they’re loose even at the right note?

  • @apen310
    @apen310 Рік тому

    I want to ask why my high e string the tune is stuck on b sound, can you help me?

  • @thetnaungsoe242
    @thetnaungsoe242 Рік тому +1

    Thank you sir

  • @alvinopingvino4584
    @alvinopingvino4584 Рік тому

    My string is laying against the top threat and that makes it so that it don’t sound as it should. Do anyone know how to fix?

  • @disc6337
    @disc6337 Рік тому +2

    6/10! Obviously nice chap but some issues
    Music too loud
    Fingers in the way
    Do you do the double tuck on the bridge with only the 1st e string or all first 3 strings - not obvious.
    No mention of which way to tighten strings

    • @Benson_Bear
      @Benson_Bear Місяць тому

      You don't need to do the double tuck at all.

  • @matthewbeyer8861
    @matthewbeyer8861 Рік тому +4

    Thanks for creating a how to vid where you can't actually see the most important bridge tie part.... This is useless! Good job team👍

  • @mattgillard8253
    @mattgillard8253 6 днів тому

    thanks

  • @Taratreehugger
    @Taratreehugger Місяць тому

    Do you have to use nylon strings on a classical guitar? I got the wrong ones. 🤦‍♀️
    Extra light Earnie Ball 80/20 Bronze, with ball pins.

  • @WALLYwall-qj8kz
    @WALLYwall-qj8kz Рік тому +3

    bro ive watched it 8 time and still dont know what im doing lmao

  • @bensassafras1965
    @bensassafras1965 Рік тому

    I would mention that double looping of the last string a bit earlier instead of at the end of the video.

  • @HakuniAkutu2488
    @HakuniAkutu2488 2 місяці тому

    How about guitar with bridge pins sir?

  • @leopost9230
    @leopost9230 2 роки тому +4

    No stretching?

  • @adamusturner2476
    @adamusturner2476 2 дні тому

    My 1st attempt, snapped my G string. Think I'm gonna go with ball ends.

  • @TheForza65432Dude
    @TheForza65432Dude 7 місяців тому +3

    Thank you so much I broke the E string on my guitar and this helped I thought I was fucked

  • @avilacharro73
    @avilacharro73 2 місяці тому

    nothing will happend to the string if you cut it?

  • @gardenia1738
    @gardenia1738 Рік тому

    Any reason for not cutting and discarding all the old 6 strings first?

    • @dirkbender2483
      @dirkbender2483 Рік тому +1

      He mentions that by doing one at a time, you maintain consistent tension on the neck from the other five. That might not matter much, but it's a reason, anyway.

  • @RonnKilby
    @RonnKilby 10 місяців тому +1

    At 1:30 you say "over the nut" when you are running the string over the saddle.

  • @danstune
    @danstune 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for the lesson!

  • @WhiteuElya
    @WhiteuElya Рік тому

    Welp i tried this method amd it worked well but the strings keep going off tune every 5 min. Is that ok? And if yes when will it stop?

    • @annabaukal1588
      @annabaukal1588 2 місяці тому

      I know its a late reply but thats normal, it takes a few weeks for the strings to warm up and they’ll eventually need tuning less and less frequently

  • @OverdriveDiecast
    @OverdriveDiecast 8 місяців тому +17

    Move your fingers man .

  • @quemades
    @quemades Рік тому

    Hello. I have a quetion query and hope someone can help me out. I hope someone could tell me the purpose of the ‘eye’ or eyelet - like the ones found on sewing needles to thread the thread - at one end of the Knobloch strings?
    I haven’t come across these kind of strings before, Knobloch are made in Spain and one feature I like is that they tune and settle in a question of hours, a day or 2.
    Obviously it is somehow made like that to make string up easier or more secure, but I cannot decide which end it is supposed to be used, bridge nut or tuners’ in the headstock? Even then I am mot sure exactly how one is supposed to proceed. I need an expert.