3 Types of Tuners:

Standard   Slotted   Locking The most common type of tuner. Continue below to find out how to string a guitar with a standard tuner.   Instead of a hole in the side of the post there is a slot, the hole is right down the center. Click here to find out how to string a guitar with a slotted tuner.   Created to lock the string securely in the tuning machines post hole and eliminate slippage. Click here to find out how to string a guitar with a locking tuner.

Step 1 -Remove old string – when re-stringing a guitar, you can save yourself some later readjustments by changing only one string at a time.

Step 2 - Be sure to clip the old string winding off so you don’t damage anything when removing the old string from the bridge area.

Step 3 - Insert new string through tailpiece or tremolo block.

Step 4 - Remember to pull the string all the way through the tailpiece/tremolo. You’ll also want to keep it taut as you measure the string length at the tuner.

Step 5 - Here’s the pro’s trick to find the right string length to get the proper number of wraps around the tuner: hold the string like this with your left hand fingers – right at the tuner.

Step 6 - Use you right hand to reach over and grasp the string at the fifth fret. Pull the string up into your palm, keeping the string between your index and middle fingers. Remember to let the string slide through your left fingers, and then hold the spot when the string looks like this.

Step 7 - Make a 90 degree bend in the string where your left hand has marked the spot.   Step 8 - Put the string through the tuner and start tuning it up – remember to keep good tension on the string as you tighten. This will help stretch the strings as well as keep it seated in the nut.   Step 9 - The wraps on the tuner should look like this. Make sure you have 3 good wraps around the post.