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Originally Posted by Nubus
http://www.gearwire.com/mov/Changing_Guitar_String.mov
I like drew, he rules. I especially liked when he said "I'm a drew krag". And that curling trick is slick.
I'm super-picky about changing strings so I'd like to add:
Don't take off all of your strings at the same time to replace them . Change them out one at a time. A guy I knew would take a wire clippers and cut right across all six strings near the pickups. That is NOT good for your guitar's neck.
Also, you don't need to go nuts with the stretching. Usually a few presses instead of pulls near the bridge and the headstock are all it takes. Over-stretching insn't good for the string or the guitar either.
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I normally take all my strings off all at the same time so I can clean the neck and all that real good.
I have a cheap PRS so it really doesn't matter to me if the neck goes anywhere as long as it stays on the guitar.
There was a line in the book "How to make your electric guitar play great" - Dan Erlewine that suggested that the neck on a guitar was built strong enough to take the beating of not having any tension of the strings on it and he takes the strings off all guitars to clean and adjust the guitars he repairs each day.
I can't seem to find that text so I won't quote it until I go...its a 133 page book with a bunch of text so I could be looking all night for that...
I tend to go with him on this one as he has done it for years without any problem.
My guitars playing great so far...no buzz or anything...just great tone