fender classic series 50s
Need Help Changing Guitar Strings With a Weird Tuning Peg?
The guitar is a Fender Classic Series ’50s Stratocaster Electric Guitar as seen on http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-50s-Stratocaster-Electric-Guitar?sku=510136&src=3WFRWXX&ZYXSEM=0&CAWELAID=26040632
Here’s a rough picture of the machine head
http://www.elderly.com/images/fmic/30N/F50S-2SB_headstock-front.jpg
The tuning peg or machine head of whatever it is that you need to feed the string through doesn’t actually have a hold to feed the string through.
Apparently you have to put the string down a hold on the top, then catch it in the groove, and turn it. Except when I tried to replace the 6th string, it always ended up too long by the time I got it tuned to low E. Long meaning the string kept hitting the frets. I kept shortening the string until it it was absolutely too short to even be tuned. I stopped after that.
So how do I change the strings?
Slap on a new string, trim so as to leave about 2 inches of string past the slotted machine head. Feed the end down the hole and bend along the slot until the string forms a right angle. Tighten your tuning pegs, but make certain that your windings fall under the bend.
Tune her up, and your Strat is ready to rock.
Fender Classic Player 50s Stratocaster (demo)
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