Guitar strings

and you wonder why the independent shop is dying out

May go to local music shop....do they sell single strings.....will they fit it....tune it....

For the sake of couple quid, go in your local shop with guitar, guy will probably fit it and tune it for you ,

u sing it ill play it

fk me, 'may go to local shop'. I give up. We were so much better without the intern...

Thinnest is the 1st.....

some times lads who work in guitar shops are self important wan kers, and may charge ya for putting the strings on,

Thanks so far...

For pluck sake

how has your kid been getting on with the guitar prior to the string breaking, still remember the first time i broke a string, scared the hell out of me

If you are thinking of buying some from that page you need to make sure you replace them with like strings. Some of those there are steel, some are nylon. There'll be tears before bedtime if you try string a nylon strung guitar with steel strings, for instance.

Go in the shop and find out. Good set up can transform any guitar.

Think he over-tightened thing you turn at top...was not in at time...

Most music shop owners are enthusiastic, spotty Saturday workers need to be avoided,

They are steel strings.......make is Redwood...

boggle is spot on by the way

At last! One of The Leopard's threads strikes a chord.

if a tad b flat

The thinnest string is the 1st not the 6th. Easy to change, and most music shop staff should show you how, but I wouldn't be paying for it!

Worth getting a tuning implement (fork, pipe etc) as well; will help avoid over-tightening in the future. Fork works well for me.

You can get a little electronic tuning gadget for about a tenner.

yep, cheap little clip on guitar tuner, clips on picks up the vibration, as egg says less than a tenner.

EGG

How do they work?

Get an electronic tuner for your kid or he will lose interest very quickly. get him some lessons as well , otherwise the guitar will be an ornament.

They are fool proof laroche. You play the string and a meter , like the old ones on a tape deck that showed the rec levels, swings up and down showing the pitch. Perfectly tuned guitar in about 20 seconds.

Ta. I want one!

Thank you for your input all...

You can buy a 6th E String for a quid at your local music shop and they will probably string it for you too. Not difficult.
Ebay?
Someone would see you coming and charge £1.50 p&p.

Sorry. That was 1st string E.
6th is thickest.

okay...

You are probably less likely to get ripped off in a independent music shop than anywhere, but it woud be best to go to a guitar shop. They know you could be a customer for life and they are usually music nuts themselves. There are always notices asking for bands to be formed etc and it is quite a communal thing.

I think one of the best things you can do for your children is get them to cultivate a hobby that hopefully would be a lifelong one. Playing the guitar is an excellent hobby for anyone, especially men. As I write I am looking at one of my favourite possessions, a les paul guitar, given to me by an ex boyfriend. He was mad about guitars and music and played in an band for fun. It is a great hobby for pulling girls!!!

Lucky it wasn't a banjo.

laroche 08 Jan 15:07
Worth getting a tuning implement (fork, pipe etc) as well; will help avoid over-tightening in the future. Fork works well for me.

Everything's Gone Green 08 Jan 15:08 You can get a little electronic tuning gadget for about a tenner.

Lazy fackers - tune it by ear.

^ Ideal until he wants to play with somebody else.

REPORTED

Son bought a single guitar string with guitared-up friend from local music shop.....checked you tube how to fit vid....too late unfortunately....put string in wrong side...changed over....string broke.....back to square 1....

Get him a trumpet

Are they easier to string...?

You can tune a guitar from internet sites, click on strings play the note, dead simple

Will have a look...