GUITAR 101: Pt.2 Guitar Maintenance
Added 2024-11-15 08:38:03 +0000 UTCWelcome to Guitar 101! A new series where myself and my esteemed Guitar School admins take you through all of the absolute fundamentals of everything guitar related 🎸
In this second part, Alex returns to guide us through the string-changing process and share some excellent guitar maintenance tips in the process. Properly maintaining your guitar is incredibly important and not something that should be neglected, especially if you plan on keeping it long-term!
0:00 Intro
0:28 Equipment needed
2:30 Strings
4:45 Removing the strings
7:01 Wiping down
8:08 Cleaning the fretboard
9:51 Polishing the frets
12:54 Oiling the fretboard
18:54 Putting strings on (regular tuners)
27:16 Putting strings on (locking tuners)
32:53 Extra tips
Comments
I cover that stuff a bit in the video. I don't find in my experience it makes any difference to tuning stability, but it's not going to do any harm either. As for leaving the strings on, again mixed messages around but it's more about not putting strain on the truss rod
Alex
2024-11-16 01:27:30 +0000 UTCOmg!
Bradley Hall
2024-11-16 00:09:43 +0000 UTCMy father left his Rickenbacker stringed with the common tension for years. The neck broke in half.
Zappa Bain
2024-11-15 19:37:23 +0000 UTCThanks Alex, another excellent piece. I was previously told to ensure at least 2 winds around the peg for the string and to fold the string back on itself so it locks on the first turn. Thoughts? Also never leave a guitar unstringed for any length of time or the neck will warp.
DeanK
2024-11-15 12:10:28 +0000 UTC
