Baby Taylor Guitar String Replacement

Introduzione

Follow my 9-step fast fix procedure to replace your Baby Taylor Guitar’s strings. Guitar strings become dull-sounding and lose their tone as they age, that’s why it’s important to know how to change your guitar strings at any time. When a string is broken or doesn’t sound as sharp as it used to, this guide will help you fix than in less than 30 minutes.

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Passo 1 Guitar String Replacement

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Rotate the tuner of the string you want to replace in a clockwise direction until it's loose.
You can either do it by hand (First Picture) or you can use the guitar string winder (Second picture).

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Passo 2

Grab a plier and pull out the bridge pin of the string you want to replace.
Make sure that you've completed step 1 first. The string has to be loose before doing this step.

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Passo 3

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Take out the string from the bridge and the tuning pin.
You can now throw away the string. You will not be needing it anymore.

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Passo 4

Grab the new string and place the end (ball-end) inside the bridge.
The ball-end of a string is the side of the string that has a ball shape. (Shown in picture 2)

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Passo 5

Place the bridge pin inside the bridge in order to lock in the new string.
Lightly hammer down the bridge pin to keep it from detaching.

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Passo 6

Cut the excess string with a plier.
Cut the string around 1.5 inches over the desired tuning pin. (Recommended by Taylor Guitars)

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Passo 7

Place the new string inside the tuning pinhole.
It is recommended to place a really small portion of the string inside the pinhole to keep it from ripping your guitar bag. (As shown in the picture)

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Passo 8

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Rotate the tuners in a counter-clockwise direction to tighten the new string.
You can either tighten it by hand (First Picture) or you can use the guitar string winder (Second Picture).

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Passo 9

Make sure your string is in tune and strum away!

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Conclusione

Most guitar strings de-tune after they’ve been recently replaced. Tune your strings every once in a while for a few days and the strings will stay in tune.