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[Titan]

You get what you pay for. Life lesson. Sales guys will try to get you for as much as you can. Mid priced items are usually the best.

[Paul2]

you usually get what you pay for.  But not in this case, he sold me the most expensive one and i didn't know it was the most expensive one until i looked that music store website up and realize the one he sold me was most expensive and other brand/type/kind isn't as expensive.

So, if it's the most expensive one, shouldn't it be the best than the rest.  But not in my case.  The first few times i try practicing with the new strings, the sound that comes out are flatter and not as warm as the strings that come with the guitar.  Then after about a week of practicing, my fretting fingers hurt.

So, afterward i check the other brand/type strings online and was surprised they aren't as expensive as the one he sold me.  So it does left me suspicious he probably sold me a lemon.  He said the other guy in charge of stringing the guitar for me was out to lunch that time.  So we just leave the guitar there in the store and left and wait for a phone call from the guy to come back and string it for us.  So that make me suspicious either he sold me lemon strings or the strings that they replace for the guitar is bad quality.

What i mean is they probably show me the most expensive strings packet, and after we left.  they grab the cheapest one and string it to the guitar.

Either that or the most expensive one might be crappy quality which is weird since its the most expensive than the rest.

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

Most expensive strings will sound like ass when they're not setup right. You have heavy gauge strings, only thing I'd say they've done that is bad is use the wrong gauge string. One reason why u should learn to string guitars yourself. So you will never be ripped off again. Cleartone strings have good reviews, I'll buy some and see how they feel myself.

[Paul2]

hey soulgrind, my middle finger got blistered from practicing/playing the guitar.  i am just wondering if you can post a youtube video of how to string a guitar - a video that you would recommend would be appreciated...

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

Acoustic Guitars

Electric Guitars

Just a note with the electric strings. Wind the strings over the slack end of the string on the tuner (machine head).
In the video he winds under the string after he puts it through the tuner. Instead, push the slack end of the string down after you've put it through the tuner then wind over it as you do your winds. If you don't understand i'll post some pics later. This will stop any of the string shifting or sliding as you tune. It will keep tune.

[Paul2]

thank you for the videos.  i don't have an electric guitar, so i don't have to worry about stringing that for now.  not sure if i will get one in the future though.

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

the technique i spoke about works the same on acoustic guitars too.

[Paul2]

ok.  post pictures then.

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

Pics. These are locking tuners. Technically you don't need any turns on these guitars.

[Paul2]

ok.

[Paul2]

yesterday i bought the D'Addario strings (light gauge) and a string winder.  Here is a pic.  the pic isn't as bright because i took it just recently at night time.

I am going to try to string the guitar either later today or tomorrow.

[Paul2]

okay.  so 3 days ago when i bought the strings and string winder, i didn't buy the wire cutter because i thought my mom has it.  it turn out she didn't have it at home.  she has similar ones but its not for cutting.  so, yesterday we finally bought the wire cutter from home depot.  just now i try to string the guitar myself following the instructions on the video that soulgrind posted.

i have trouble winding in the strings properly like how that guy did it on the video.  but at least it winded.  some strings are wind properly that aren't overlapped while some are kind of overlapped.  when i got to the 2nd string, i cut it too short, it suppose to be 1 1/2 length from distance of the string knob but i cutted it 1/2 length.  because i remove 2 strings before i put in the new strings.  i mistaken the 2nd string as the 1st string and i measure it as a 1st string and cut it too short.  But hey, at least it string through okay though.  so the other 5 strings has 3 to 4 notches while this 2nd string only has 1 notch because it short.

Anyway, after i strings all 6.  i tested it, and i don't know how to tune the guitar so i just wind it more to make it tighter and most of the strings sound somewhat in tune.  i say somewhat because i don't know how to tune it.  except string 5 is still really out of tune.

i practice some songs and i found this D'Addario sound quality is just average.  doesn't have the warmth, high frequency, or soul like the strings that originally came with the guitar.  Maybe it need to be in tune for it to sound good.  Oh yeah, the good thing is the strings doesn't hurt my fretting hand anymore.  just like the strings that came with the guitar where it doesn't hurt my fretting hand either.

Man, winding the strings is frustrating to me.  makes me a little crazy at times because i struggle with it but i am somewhat happy that i did it except one string is a bit too short.

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

it'll sound like ass if you haven't tuned the guitar properly. Any smart phone these days will have apps on their stores you can download that have a autotuner. Just look for guitar Tuner and use one that does autotuning.

[Paul2]

just now i was practicing playing my guitar and the new strings still hurt my fingers.  as if it is sharp and it felt like it can cut my fingers.  this was the case last week too where after minutes and minutes of playing the guitar.  the strings hurt my fingers.

so i bought light strings and it still hurts my fingers.  i am pretty sure i been scam again.  they sold me strings that they purposely make it sharp to hurt my fingers.

[Evi]

You just need to practice your guitar more so that you develop calluses on your fingers. Then it won't hurt to play anymore.