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Changing Strings on an Electric Guitar

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Leaving Extra String Length for Wrapping Around the Tuning Peg

measure extra string length, then crimp string

measure extra string length, then crimp string

Rotate the tuner for your sixth string, so the hole in the tuning peg forms a right angle to the neck of the instrument.

Bring the string up the neck of the guitar. Pull the string fairly taught, and using your eye to estimate, measure about one-and-a-half inches past the tuning peg you'll eventually be feeding the string through. Crimp the string lightly at that point, so the end of the string points out at a right-angle (see photo).

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