Fender Jazz Bass Guitar Plans - Full Scale - How to Build

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6. Watching out for your eyes, begin turning the key with your left hand. Once you get it started it may be easier to use the string winder. (For safety reasons, you might want to cut off any excess string. I usually wait until after they're all on to do this).

Follow the same procedure as described for the acoustic steel string guitar.

1. Which way do you have to turn the tuning keys to tighten or loosen the strings?

9. Cut off all excess string length.

1. Using the string winder , begin slowly loosening the string(s) until completely slack.

Acoustic Steel String Guitar-

Classic Nylon String Guitar-

5. Bend the string at the point it comes through the capstan to keep it secure.

2. With the needle-nose plyers, carefully grab the string from the capstan (the part it winds around) and pull through the hole until it is free.

REMOVING THE STRINGS

1. Put the string through the top of the hole found just below the bridge.

5. Insert the other end of the string down through the hole on the capstan.

I hope you found this information to be helpful. Remember, establishing a good guitar care routine will insure many long years of musical fun and enjoyment!

Changing your guitar strings might make you feel a litte uncomfortable if you have never done it before, but it's really quite simple and should become a regular part of your guitar care routine. Before you do anything, first take time to make some personal observations such as:

8. Keep the string as straight as possible as it continues from the capstan through the nut and down onto the neck.

3. Take the other end and insert into the hole on the capstan.

Follow steps one and two above. When you come to step three, take your needle-nose plyers and carefully loosen the figure eight knot at the bridge. Pull the string free.

Acoustic Steel String Guitar-

7. As you are winding, apply some tension to the string with your right hand to help keep it taught. Make sure you are winding in the right direction! On the bass strings you will be winding counter-clockwise (away from you). On the treble strings you will go the opposite direction.

Below you will find some helpful steps to follow for changing your strings. Once you've changed your guitar strings a couple of times your confidence should begin to grow and you won't need to refer to these steps any longer. I like to remove all of the guitar strings in order to give my guitar a thorough cleaning, but you can remove and replace them one at a time if you prefer.

2. How are the strings aligned from the nut to the bridge?

- Needle-nose Plyers (to cut string ends)

- String Winder

- Soft Cotton Cloth

- Guitar Cleaning Polish (do not use furniture polish, oils, or wax)

Electric Guitar-

4. Pull the string through leaving a fair amount of slack between the capstan and the bridge.

3. Which is the heaviest string?

5. Clean guitar surface thoroughly.

Guitar Care and Maintenance Tools:

Follow the same procedure as described for an acoustic steel string guitar. However, if you have an electric guitar with a movable bridge you may want to take it to your local music store and have them show you how to do it safely. If the bridge is moved from it's correct position you will not be able to tune your guitar after restringing it.

3. Bringing the string up over the tie block, pass it underneath itself at the original point of entry.

9. You should not have any excess string length, but if you do, cut it off.

Classic Nylon String Guitar-

RE-STRINGING YOUR GUITAR

7. As described above, begin turning the key with your left hand while maintaining some tension with the other until all the slack is taken up. With a classical guitar you will wind clockwise on the bass strings and the treble strings.

4. Come down over the tie block again and wrap the end of the string around itself in a figure eight type pattern.

2. Line up the string with any grooves in the pin. Insert the pin into the hole, making sure it is secure.

1. Bend the ball end of the string slightly and place it inside the hole below the bridge. Some steel string guitars do not have pins. When this is the case, just pull the string throught the hole.

8. Continue to wind each string until all the slack is taken up. Do not worry about tuning yet.

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3. Taking the string winder again, use the cut-out at the end of it to grab the pin at the bridge. Gently pull the pin until it comes out of the hole.

6. Wrap the string around the back and then underneath itself in order to secure it in place.

Taking mental notes will probably save you some frustration and make the job much easier.

Electric Guitar-

2. Pull about 3 inches through.

4. Continue this process until all the strings are removed.