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1. Pull on the string, gently but firmly with your fingers, bringing it
directly above the fingerboard, as shown in Figure 16-6.
2. Tune the string up to pitch by turning the key.
After each pull, the string will be flat (under pitch), so repeat the
process of pulling the string with your fingers and tuning up with the
tuning key until the string no longer goes flat after you pull on it. You
may have to do this three or four times, but the whole procedure
shouldn’t take more than a couple of minutes.
Figure 16-6:
Pulling on
the string to
stretch it out
after it’s
tuned up.
310 Part V: Gearing Up: Outfitting Your Arsenal Stringing an Electric Guitar
An electric guitar uses lighter-gauge strings (than an acoustic guitar), which
makes the strings easier to control when stringing. But these types of strings
are stretchier, so tuning takes a little longer. Lighter, skinnier strings also provide
more wraps around the post, so allow more string length for wrapping
around the post. Also, electric guitars don’t use bridge pins like acoustics do, so
restringing electric guitars focuses mostly on the tuning-post end of the guitar.
The steps for changing the strings on an electric guitar can be a little different.
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