Left-Handed Fender Squier Electric Guitar String Replacement

Einleitung

Use this guide to replace the strings on your Left-Handed Fender Squier Electric Guitar. When guitar strings are frequently played, they thin or deform, reducing performance and may even break altogether if put under too much tension. Some players may even prefer a different sound or feel to their guitar, achieving this by changing the metal or thickness or their current strings. As such, it is pertinent for all guitar players to learn how to restring their guitar. Additionally, left-handed guitars are less common, so there are less guides on restringing them.

This guide will provide the necessary information required to restring these types of guitars.

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Place the guitar on a flat surface with the tuning pegs facing you.

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Use a guitar string winder to drop the tuning and loosen each of the strings.
Use a wire cutter to cut each of the strings in the middle of the fretboard.
Guitar strings can be sharp and cutting them without loosening them first can cause harm to the user.

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To remove the top half of the string from the guitar, turn the tuning pegs to loosen the string until you can pull it from the guitar.
Remove the bottom half of the string by pushing each string through the front of the bridge saddle and pulling it out through the back.

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Start restringing with the thickest (E) string.
Push the new string through the back of the bridge and pull it through the front of the saddle.

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Pull the string so that it is parallel with the fretboard.
Place the string through the first tuning post.

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Hold the guitar and place your thumb on the first fret to ensure the string stays in place.
Insert the guitar string winder into the the tuning peg.
Turn the guitar string winder clockwise to tighten the string.
The process of replacing strings A, G, and B is the same and you can follow steps 4 through 6.
Only tighten the string until it stays in place. If you tighten it too much the string might snap which may result in injury.

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Insert the D string from the back of the bridge and pull it through the saddle at the front of the guitar.
Pull the wire so that it is parallel to the fretboard.
Make sure to place the string under the string tree.

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Hold the guitar and place your thumb on the first fret to ensure the string stays in place.
Insert the guitar string winder into the the tuning peg and turn it clockwise.
The process of replacing the last e string is the same as steps 7 and 8.
Only tighten the string until it stays in place. If you tighten it too much the string might snap which may cause injury.

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Use a wire cutter to cut the extra length of wire.
You should leave an inch or two of each string onto the tuning posts to allow for a greater tuning range.

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Use a guitar string winder to tighten/loosen strings in order to correctly tune each string to its respective note.
The usual 6 notes on a guitar are E, A, D, G, B, e, in the order of the thickest string to the thinnest.
Smartphone apps or guitar tuners will help with the tuning process.
While tuning, wiggle each string back and forth to remove slack and prevent slipping so the strings will maintain in tune longer.