Now that you have heard from the pro's it is time to hear from the "old Man". I buy Martin Light by the box in order to get fresh strings. I have 6 guitars to string on a regular bases. Yearly I cut the old strings off and clean the fret board, the rest of the year I remove one string at a time. I thread the string thru the tuning peg, hold the string out at least three inches from the fret board, and start winding. I NEVR have a slip! last but not least, I streach the string before final tuning. It should be said that I have the guitars adjusted by a pro on a regular bases to keep them in good shape. I wish I could play as well as I keep my instruments.

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