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).
Changing Strings on an Electric Guitar
By Dan Cross, About.com Guide
Leaving Extra String Length for Wrapping Around the Tuning Peg
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.
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- Loosening the Sixth String on Your Guitar
- Removing the Old Guitar String
- Feeding the New String Through the Back of the Guitar
- Pulling the New String Through the Bridge
- Leaving Extra String Length for Wrapping Around the Tuning Peg
- Crimping and Winding New Electric Guitar String
- Using Tension to Control String Winding
- Wrapping the Guitar String on the Tuning Peg
- Cutting Excess String
- Stretching New Electric Guitar String
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