How to Change Strings on your Ukulele

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  • Опубліковано 23 лис 2010
  • Tying new strings on your ukulele is easy with this quick tutorial!
    When your strings start to feel like they are wearing thin or when you start to lose intonation, it's probably time to put new strings on your ukulele. Learn how to do it correctly in just a matter of a few minutes!
    Featured in this video is the Cordoba 25CB concert sized all bamboo ukulele (now discontinued), Aquila strings and the Cordoba clip-on digital tuner. Check out more Cordoba ukuleles on cordobaguitars.com.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 286

  • @jaelynncarney9403
    @jaelynncarney9403 7 років тому +172

    THANK GOD finally someone who doesn't put their fingers right in front of the camera when tying the knot

  • @buttonzone
    @buttonzone 9 років тому +272

    THE LARGE VERSION --
    VERY HELPFUL ! thank you!

    • @georgyorgy2
      @georgyorgy2 9 років тому +25

      That's what she said

    • @AdamariMedia
      @AdamariMedia 8 років тому

      +georgyorgy2 lol

    • @saras7355
      @saras7355 8 років тому +3

      +georgyorgy2 Yeah just not to you

    • @keithjohnston8629
      @keithjohnston8629 5 років тому

      The 2x4 version made it much easier to understand. Thank you.

  • @michlz03
    @michlz03 5 років тому +18

    This is hands-down the best uke stringing tutorial on UA-cam. I've been playing for over a year now and this is how I learned to string my very first ukulele. I always recommend this vid to friends who are just starting out. THANKS SO MUCH CORDOBA! 💛

    • @sompannhavuth2602
      @sompannhavuth2602 5 років тому

      otherworldly hey man i’m a beginner, should the G string of ukulele look thiner than the c strinf of ukulele?

  • @dragadeyt
    @dragadeyt 7 років тому +49

    the enlarged view was great, although the white rope washes out a little against the background. Thanks!!

  • @jerrywatts5185
    @jerrywatts5185 3 роки тому +2

    Thanks for the enlarged portion. VERY helpful. I wish you had done an enlarged version of how to secure the string around the tuning peg. No one that I've seen has addressed this clearly.

  • @FoamingPipeSnakes
    @FoamingPipeSnakes 9 років тому +51

    This is the best string tutorial I have found, way better than the others on UA-cam.

  • @malcolmarmstrong7761
    @malcolmarmstrong7761 Рік тому +1

    Wow! As several have pointed out, this is indeed the best demonstration of what can be a frustrating task for beginning Ukulele players. Greatly appreciated how easy your steps are to follow. And that large wood block in the latter part! That really, really helped show in detail what needs to be performed. Thanks so much!

  • @wendywilkins4060
    @wendywilkins4060 6 років тому +3

    Thank you very easy guidelines, on tying at the bridge, winding clockwise or counter & cutting the stings so no buzzing. Better than other tutorials I watched.

  • @Stranded73
    @Stranded73 7 років тому +17

    Finally... directions I can follow! Thank you!

  • @SugarcaneCocktails
    @SugarcaneCocktails 8 років тому +183

    The enlarged version was cool..

    • @ptmgaming06
      @ptmgaming06 4 роки тому

      Sugar Caine underrated comment😂

    • @xLCLIPx
      @xLCLIPx 3 роки тому

      😳

    • @gerrymcguire2648
      @gerrymcguire2648 3 роки тому

      Cool? Try indispensable!

    • @kianleon2383
      @kianleon2383 3 роки тому

      pro tip : watch series at Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching all kinds of movies lately.

    • @darioidris9931
      @darioidris9931 3 роки тому

      @Kian Leon yup, I have been using Flixzone for years myself =)

  • @scottrowe533
    @scottrowe533 5 років тому +1

    Thanks very much for this string-change tutorial. The oversize mock-up made it easy to learn the proper technique for securing the bottom end of the string to the bridge. As other commenters have mentioned, this is the critical step that is often obscured by the installer's hands in other similar videos. I just changed the strings on my uke myself, for the first time, and it went off without a hitch (though it did take me 55 minutes, start to finish). The uke community is much obliged.

  • @paperbagwriterr
    @paperbagwriterr 8 років тому +1

    Way nicer than the first one I saw. Especially because of the enlarged clear image plus detailed instructions

  • @captaincompensation3572
    @captaincompensation3572 7 років тому +9

    Helped a lot, thank you for the bigger demonstration.

  • @Goldenretrieversatla
    @Goldenretrieversatla Рік тому

    The best "how to video" I have ever seen! Very well done! Clear, concise and cogent.

  • @trevor2110
    @trevor2110 12 років тому

    The best Uke re stringing video. Broken down well into easy stages. Well done, much appreciated!

  • @gforgac6580
    @gforgac6580 Рік тому

    I just bought new uke strings today, so pleased I found this simple video.
    Thanks for the clear demonstration.

  • @naiviity
    @naiviity 4 роки тому

    I was pretty stressed to restring my ukulele with this kind of bridge, but this video is so clear and easy to understand! thank you!

  • @lmccr001
    @lmccr001 11 років тому

    Thank you for this short and very informative how to! I think I will do the change out tonight!

  • @traumwandeln
    @traumwandeln Рік тому

    i tried so many tutorials, but this is the only one that found a good solution to show how the strings are attached (with a rope, its wonderful and you can see well)

  • @jonuke4343
    @jonuke4343 11 років тому +2

    Thank You so much for this. I no longer fear changing the strings on my ukulele, and as EVERYTHING you read tells you the first thing to do with a less expensive Ukulele is upgrade the strings, this is a massive help.

  • @jeffreywollard922
    @jeffreywollard922 Рік тому

    Love the enlarged example. Thanks so much!

  • @brianfilsinger9056
    @brianfilsinger9056 3 роки тому

    This was my first time changing strings on a Ukulele, and I was worried about the knot on the end. This video made easy work of it and I am pleased with the result!

  • @armandmartin7063
    @armandmartin7063 3 роки тому

    Thank you for a very thorough explanation with great demonstration. Restrung my Ukulele without any trouble

  • @jamontoast
    @jamontoast 10 років тому +39

    thank you so fucking much oh my god all the other youtube tutorials were poor quality and this seriously saved me from a fucking mental breakdown at my computer screen THANK YOU LOL

    • @candacewinfreyable
      @candacewinfreyable 9 років тому +5

      I know what you mean! This made it so clear.

    • @mikeburdette3620
      @mikeburdette3620 8 років тому +12

      totally agree........"here let me tie a knot with this string and have the camera 10 ft away and have my hands in the way so you cant see anything"

    • @vaishnavirao5413
      @vaishnavirao5413 8 років тому

      +Mike Burdette xD

  • @lookoutpiano8877
    @lookoutpiano8877 3 роки тому +1

    This video is such a blessing. It always gets me through the parts I struggle with. Thank you.

  • @justinoaks
    @justinoaks 11 років тому

    That was beautiful - going the extra mile to show the enlarged version - very cool.

  • @trinalyn4453
    @trinalyn4453 6 років тому +2

    Got it perfect my first try because of this video! Thank you.

  • @azncrawlerutube
    @azncrawlerutube 8 років тому +17

    Thank you for the video. It's short, clear and right to the point. The additional demonstration on the larger block of wood was very thoughtful. Very helpful!

  • @DevilSeiji
    @DevilSeiji 5 років тому

    8 years online and still so good and helpful

  • @minamirzaee453
    @minamirzaee453 7 років тому +1

    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO! I love my uke so much and I didn't think I would be able to fix it. This helped me a lot!

  • @magdalenes.3758
    @magdalenes.3758 5 років тому +2

    Thanks for the video--very clear and easy to understand!

  • @AngieFad
    @AngieFad 5 років тому

    What an awesome video! I especially love the large version for the tie block section. Well done.

  • @CrochetGranny7
    @CrochetGranny7 11 років тому

    This is the BEST video on UA-cam and it is very clear how to change strings. Cordoba guitars put out a great instructional video

  • @dontmindme.imjustafraidofe9327
    @dontmindme.imjustafraidofe9327 6 років тому

    This was so helpful! Even when I thought the video couldn't possibly get any better, it did! Thank you!

  • @kingstumble
    @kingstumble 9 років тому

    By far the best video on restringing the uke. Kudos!

  • @RevMoose2
    @RevMoose2 6 років тому

    Perfect! Easy to understand. The large illustration really helped!

  • @kennethkowalchuk7868
    @kennethkowalchuk7868 6 років тому

    Well thought out and presented

  • @yipeyaya
    @yipeyaya 11 років тому +1

    Wow! I didn't know it's so easy!! Thanks for the slow and close up instruction! Good for beginners like me!!

  • @bubbasan
    @bubbasan 10 років тому

    As a first time string changer, these instructions were spot on. I was surprised at how much they stretch the first time and had to unwind one and pull a little more through the peg so I didn't over run the peg.

  • @CrochetGranny7
    @CrochetGranny7 11 років тому

    This is the BEST video of all. Easy to see and understand.

  • @myfyp2
    @myfyp2 6 років тому +3

    Thanks for the enlarged version. It is very helpful and clear!

    • @myfyp2
      @myfyp2 6 років тому +1

      ...And I managed to change the strings for the first time!

  • @candacewinfreyable
    @candacewinfreyable 9 років тому

    Now I can't wait to get my new strings! Thank you so much.

  • @duckiebee2831
    @duckiebee2831 10 років тому

    Thank you! Your instructions were very clear and helpful!

  • @elkavoxaccordion
    @elkavoxaccordion 7 років тому

    best video yet..seeing it enlarged really helped me learn how to do this

  • @PhilPage227
    @PhilPage227 Рік тому

    Thank you very much. After watching this I have changed my strings for the first time.

  • @lmno13
    @lmno13 13 років тому

    Thanks so much! So very helpful. I couldn't have asked for more concise directions!

  • @martincattell7039
    @martincattell7039 Рік тому

    Clear and concise explanation, thanks and well done.

  • @musicalsam1
    @musicalsam1 3 роки тому

    Thanks! Great knot demonstration.

  • @lemonboy31708
    @lemonboy31708 Рік тому

    This was THE MOST helpful video I've ever seen

  • @DCRichi
    @DCRichi 5 років тому

    so easy and straight forward. LOVE IT

  • @owenswoveland5595
    @owenswoveland5595 5 років тому

    Great help! Thanks!

  • @ronaldstevenson7925
    @ronaldstevenson7925 3 роки тому +1

    Very good tutorial indeed, Everything i needed to know reinforced by the enlarged demo abd nithing else. Perfect

  • @Director1456
    @Director1456 9 років тому

    Thanks! I was here to just to see how to tie the strings after cleaning my ukulele. Great demo for beginners.

  • @bizzduck
    @bizzduck 9 років тому

    Super clear. Good explanation! Thank you!!

  • @james9789
    @james9789 Рік тому

    A brilliant tutorial production thank you couldn't be better.

  • @Mickeyo64
    @Mickeyo64 11 років тому

    By far the best stringing video on youtube. Thank you so much!

  • @Groesch7777
    @Groesch7777 13 років тому

    Yeah. By FAR the best video ive seen on the knot. THANK YOU

  • @TheRavetetsei15
    @TheRavetetsei15 9 років тому +1

    Great tutorial!

  • @tylerrukos1006
    @tylerrukos1006 3 роки тому

    Thank you, that was super helpful. Love the rose version! Much easier to see.

  • @von-02
    @von-02 3 роки тому

    Thank you! Very helpful 🥰

  • @dariuseversol
    @dariuseversol 4 роки тому

    thank you for this video!! It makes it look so easy, I think I can do this now!!

  • @brucehorn413
    @brucehorn413 7 років тому

    just wanted to concur with all the others. This is the best video on how to string a uke and get the knots perfectly. I even made a 3D version for myself out of a piece of wood and a rope. Thanks.

  • @polskaftw6807
    @polskaftw6807 5 років тому +3

    Just for the record, there is a knoting technique to use at tuning pegs, which is way better in my opinion in a sense that the instrument holds tuning better. The thing is to minimize the possible slip of the string from/onto tuning peg, as the string contracts and expands or tension caused by playing is applied. So the less of the string is wrapped around the peg, the better. This is best done (at least imo) by pulling the string through tuning peg, and then, after the hole, wrapping 180 degrees around the peg, and then wrap under the string, so that as you start applying tension to it, it is held there. I use it on guitars (classical, acoustic, electric) and it works perfectly (and also saves time!), but haven't tried on ukulele, as I simply don't own one... yet. :)

  • @133taxi
    @133taxi 2 роки тому

    Great tutorial & loved the blown up part thank you so much 👍🏻

  • @neddy703
    @neddy703 11 років тому

    Thanks....by far the BEST "stringing" video on utube

  • @Lesliestevens92.1fm
    @Lesliestevens92.1fm Рік тому

    Excellent video thank you so much for teaching me. It was easier than I thought. As simple as that was I had no clue on how to do it. And I just broke the string, so that’s why I came here, and now you know the rest of the story

  • @meatisadelicacy
    @meatisadelicacy 2 роки тому

    First actually helpful video I've found. I've been wanting to smash my ukulele and my own head into the wall for like an hour. I'm glad I found this. Thank you.

  • @Wolfie9X9
    @Wolfie9X9 12 років тому

    Really well made, thank you!

  • @Amber_Man
    @Amber_Man 4 роки тому

    Great video, thanks!

  • @iDinoKids
    @iDinoKids 12 років тому

    i watched a bunch of videos and this is the only one i understood. thaaank you!

  • @zhangly97
    @zhangly97 4 роки тому

    Thank you for the tutorial!

  • @tatumjoi4680
    @tatumjoi4680 2 роки тому

    this video was VERY helpful tysm

  • @joantabanyagescoton3663
    @joantabanyagescoton3663 4 роки тому

    Very helpful. I just changed my ukulele soprano strings. Thank you.

  • @lillth9292
    @lillth9292 4 роки тому

    Thank you a million! I'm painting my old sop Ukulele and I was super scared to change the strings

  • @rochilapidus8843
    @rochilapidus8843 4 роки тому

    Thanks this is very useful.

  • @vetham100
    @vetham100 Рік тому +1

    Your video makes perfect sense, AND your hands are not in the way LOL.
    Thank you for sharing your wisdom and time.
    Have a wonderful day.

  • @thomaswilliams1103
    @thomaswilliams1103 6 місяців тому

    Thanks, simple and to the point, others try to make a full length movie out of simple help.

  • @Turbo9987
    @Turbo9987 13 років тому

    thanks so much for this! the narrator's voice is really soothing and definitely reminded me of dianna agron from glee

  • @lucy-gz2xp
    @lucy-gz2xp 6 років тому +4

    Wow! Thank you so much. I recently got a new ukulele, and while i was playing i popped a string. I watched a bunch of youtube videos that didn't work, but then i came across this video that helped me put back the strings on my ukulele. I'm so happy. :)
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  • @fork1964
    @fork1964 11 років тому

    Very helpful! Thanks from a total newbie!

  • @jaywalter4472
    @jaywalter4472 2 роки тому

    Excellant. Clear and accurate. Created by a someone who has suffered through bad youtube videos. Thank you.

  • @quivixit
    @quivixit 9 років тому +1

    Excellent tutorial. Best on UA-cam.

  • @NurulPuteriAisya
    @NurulPuteriAisya 9 років тому +2

    thanks for sharing this video it is so helpful

  • @hummingbird711
    @hummingbird711 8 років тому

    Thank you . This was very helpful.

  • @ricksukulele2752
    @ricksukulele2752 5 років тому

    Very helpful, thanks!

  • @nskpang
    @nskpang 8 років тому

    very helpful. thank you so much

  • @SeanDS1989
    @SeanDS1989 Рік тому

    Your voice is so beautiful lol thanks for the great tutorial :)

  • @earltroske
    @earltroske 8 років тому +6

    I think what made this video the most useful was the enlarged version of tying the string. My only critique on that would be that they used a white rope with a white background. Still, I've more confidence to do this now. (I bought a used ukulele at a second hand store for my daughter. Needes string and bridges - I think they're called bridges - and now I'm ready to tackle the task.)

    • @usernamemykel
      @usernamemykel 7 років тому +2

      Coral snake would have been cool.

  • @wyattedwards5166
    @wyattedwards5166 4 роки тому

    Thank you! Most helpful one ive found on youtube.

  • @msheron
    @msheron 6 років тому

    Awesome....thanks for the tutorial.

  • @WhisperALullaby
    @WhisperALullaby 13 років тому

    Oh goodness thank you...I bought a Cordoba ukulele about a year ago actually, and the intonation's always been off, I'm assuming because the strings were nicked at the bottom. Now I can finally fix it! Thank you!

  • @human1821
    @human1821 2 роки тому

    Best tutorial. Best voice over

  • @gwynw6365
    @gwynw6365 6 років тому

    this is so helpful i was in tears

  • @drdaleschultz
    @drdaleschultz 11 років тому

    Thanks for posting; this is very helping.

  • @beckyp9633
    @beckyp9633 5 років тому +2

    This was very helpful. When you did the enlarged version the only thing that would have been better is if the white rope was on a darker background. White on white made things a little less easy to see. Thank you for this video though! 🌟

  • @MsWrongPerson
    @MsWrongPerson 7 років тому +3

    such a useful video! Thank you!

    • @bizphyz3461
      @bizphyz3461 7 років тому

      MsWrongPerson I think it is a demo model only. I have a Cordoba and it is beautiful.

  • @robbalbrecht
    @robbalbrecht 5 років тому

    That was a lot easier than I thought it would be. Thanks for the video. =)

  • @granththompson1
    @granththompson1 12 років тому

    Soooooooooooo helpful! thank you!

  • @nodarowaz2
    @nodarowaz2 2 роки тому

    So perfect

  • @ridiaraspberry4095
    @ridiaraspberry4095 6 років тому

    This helped so much, THANK YOU!