Why do you care about stringing your guitar you may ask. Well the reason is simple. It will make you sound better because if your guitar is properly strung, you will get longer natural sustain.
This is something that no pedal can reproduce, clean sustain. Of course after you have this sustain you can play with it all you want with your pedals.
Many guitarist make the same mistake when stringing a guitar, they don't wind enough of the string onto the tuning peg or they wind too much.
Why is this seemingly simple thing so important? Because the greater the angle between the nut, the top part of the guitar, and the tuning peg, the better the sound and sustaining qualities of the string. Simply put, it makes your guitar sound better and your strings will not go out of tune as fast. Of course you can always wind too much and then the strings will tend to slip out of tune easier. You want to have just the right amount.
Here is how to string your guitar.
Step 1 - Take all the strings out of the package and lay them out from the thickest to the thinnest. When you buy strings, always try and get the same gauge, as changing the gauge could mean problems intonation, and may require truss rod adjustments.
Step 2 - Turn the tuning peg until the hole is in line with the neck.
Step 3 - Starting with the low "e", the thickest string, thread the string through the bridge. Each instrument has different ways to do this, but it is usually very easy to see where the strings should go.
Step 4 - Thread the string through the hole in the tuning peg until it is tight. Now important, back the string up about 3 inches so that it loosens.
Step 5 - Grab the loose part of the string with your hand and with the other start turning the tuning peg. As you turn, hold the string away from the guitar to insure that it wraps tightly, with no slack. This will stop the string from going out of tune as you're playing. When the string is getting tight against the fretboard, You can let go and continue to slowly turn the peg a little bit more and then top.
Step 6 - Make sure as you turn the peg that the string is winding downward. Don't let it flip over itself. Your goal is tog et about 2 1/2 to 3 full winds on each string.
Step 7 - Repeat the process with all the strings and decrease the amount of slack a little bit each time.
Article Source: Thomas_Freeland
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