D’Addario Core | How to Restring an Acoustic Guitar

Author and guitar tech Doug Redler gives step-by-step instructions for how to properly change strings on your acoustic guitar.

Doug Redler is the author of The Guitarist’s Guide to Maintenance and Repair, and a guitar tech for folks like the Black Crowes and Slash, among others. In this D’Addario Core video, Doug joins D’Addario’s Rob Cunningham to show the proper way to change strings on your acoustic guitar. Doug discusses how to safely remove the old strings, how to lock the string in place, how many times to wind strings around their posts, and more.

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