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RESTRING: WITH GARY BRAWER – CHANGING STRING GAUGES
Dunlop Strings is proud to partner With world renowned guitar expert Gary Brawer in the production of our new series RESTRING: With GARY BRAWER. In these very straightforward videos, Gary gives you the skills you will need to take charge of your guitar, save some money, and change your own strings. He shares wisdom he has gained over the years about string changing and specific guitar styles. Most importantly, both Gary and Dunlop want you to have the confidence to change your own strings so that you can quickly replace a broken string, or replace a dead set with a fresh one. With this knowledge you will be one step closer to reaching your full musical potential.
Gary has been a long time friend of the Dunlop family and also shares his home turf with the organization. For those who aren’t aware, Gary has a guitar shop in San Francisco and has been doing set-up an repairs for a multitude of top-shelf guitar players such as Jerry Garcia, Santana, Slash, The Rolling Stones, Metallica, Johnny Winter, Zakk Wylde, Warren Haynes, Jim Dunlop, Muddy Waters, Jeff Beck, Aerosmith… You get the picture.
www.jimdunlop.com
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Produced & Directed by Joey Tosi
Featuring Gary Brawer
Executive Producer is Jimmy Dunlop
Art Direction by Graham Shaw
Sound Engineering & Edited by Max Baloian
Musical Direction by Bryan Kehoe
Cinematography by Jim Granato
Duration : 0:2:43
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How To String an Electric Guitar
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Whether your strings pop, or simply start sounding lifeless, you’ll need to know how to change them.
To complete this How-To you will need:
A guitar
Wire cutters
New strings
A string winder (optional)
A tuner (optional)
Warning: Never remove all six strings at the same time, which disrupts the balance of tension, making it necessary to reset the guitar’s neck, or adjust the bridge.
Step 1: Remove the string
Rotate the tuning peg to unwind the popped or old string, and extract it from the tuning peg. Using the wire cutters, snip off the crimped part of the string, throw it away, and slip the rest of the string off the guitar, being careful not to let the tip of the string scratch the finish. Throw the old string away.
Tip: Use a string winder to unwind the string quickly.
Step 2: Get the new string ready
Remove and unravel the new string from your pack. Check the package to make sure you’re using the correct gauge string.
Step 3: Line up the tuning peg with the neck
Stand the guitar up on its end. Turn the tuning key so that the hole in the tuning peg is in line with the neck — not perpendicular to it.
Step 4: Thread the string
Thread the tip of the nonball end of the string through the tailpiece, over the bridge (making sure it’s in the proper groove in the bridge piece), up the neck, and over the nut. Anchor the string under the correct tree, if your guitar has them. Thread the end of the string through the hole of the tuning peg, from the top.
Tip: Some electric guitars require you to begin threading the string through the back of the guitar.
Step 5: Tighten the string
Hold the string against the nut, leaving a few inches of slack. Turn the tuning key three to four times away from the headstock, allowing the slack end of the string to tighten. Do not tighten too much, which could cause the string to break.
Step 6: Snip the end
Crimp the end of the string at a right angle away from the headstock, a half-inch from the tuning peg, and cut the string a half-inch past the crimp.
Step 7: Tune the string
Tune the string, either by ear or by using a tuner.
Tip: “Bend” the string up and down on each fret as you’re tuning to help break it in.
Step 8: Move on to the next string
Once your string is in tune, cut any excess string and move on to the next one.
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RESTRING: WITH GARY BRAWER – LES PAUL STYLE GUITAR
Dunlop Strings is proud to partner With world renowned guitar expert Gary Brawer in the production of our new series RESTRING: With GARY BRAWER. In these very straightforward videos, Gary gives you the skills you will need to take charge of your guitar, save some money, and change your own strings. He shares wisdom he has gained over the years about string changing and specific guitar styles. Most importantly, both Gary and Dunlop want you to have the confidence to change your own strings so that you can quickly replace a broken string, or replace a dead set with a fresh one. With this knowledge you will be one step closer to reaching your full musical potential.
Gary has been a long time friend of the Dunlop family and also shares his home turf with the organization. For those who aren’t aware, Gary has a guitar shop in San Francisco and has been doing set-up an repairs for a multitude of top-shelf guitar players such as Jerry Garcia, Santana, Slash, The Rolling Stones, Metallica, Johnny Winter, Zakk Wylde, Warren Haynes, Jim Dunlop, Muddy Waters, Jeff Beck, Aerosmith… You get the picture.
www.jimdunlop.com
www.brawer.com
Produced & Directed by Joey Tosi
Featuring Gary Brawer
Executive Producer is Jimmy Dunlop
Art Direction by Graham Shaw
Sound Engineering & Edited by Max Baloian
Musical Direction by Bryan Kehoe
Cinematography by Jim Granato
Duration : 0:6:9
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RESTRING: WITH GARY BRAWER – ACOUSTIC GUITAR
Dunlop Strings is proud to partner With world renowned guitar expert Gary Brawer in the production of our new series RESTRING: With GARY BRAWER. In these very straightforward videos, Gary gives you the skills you will need to take charge of your guitar, save some money, and change your own strings. He shares wisdom he has gained over the years about string changing and specific guitar styles. Most importantly, both Gary and Dunlop want you to have the confidence to change your own strings so that you can quickly replace a broken string, or replace a dead set with a fresh one. With this knowledge you will be one step closer to reaching your full musical potential.
Gary has been a long time friend of the Dunlop family and also shares his home turf with the organization. For those who aren’t aware, Gary has a guitar shop in San Francisco and has been doing set-up an repairs for a multitude of top-shelf guitar players such as Jerry Garcia, Santana, Slash, The Rolling Stones, Metallica, Johnny Winter, Zakk Wylde, Warren Haynes, Jim Dunlop, Muddy Waters, Jeff Beck, Aerosmith… You get the picture.
www.jimdunlop.com
www.brawer.com
Produced & Directed by Joey Tosi
Featuring Gary Brawer
Executive Producer is Jimmy Dunlop
Art Direction by Graham Shaw
Sound Engineering & Edited by Max Baloian
Musical Direction by Bryan Kehoe
Cinematography by Jim Granato
Duration : 0:8:35
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