[Will_Wood]

Well, I've only been playing guitar for a year, and I've only had an acoustic for six months. Now, I need to re-string it. I can string an electric extremely easily, but I am having great difficulty stringing with the damn acoustic pegs. No matter how hard I try on the sixth string (low E) the peg keeps popping back up when it gets tighter. It never did this when it was set up by the store when I first got it. Is there something wrong with the guitar, or am I just crap at stringing? How can I rectify this problem? I'm really sorry for the noob-ish qeustion. I'd really appreciate some help. I tried to string that one low E for two hours, and the peg kept popping back up.

This post has been edited by Will_Wood: 08 April 2006 - 01:49 AM

[adds]

Try just holding it down until theres some tension there. If that dont work sometimes a little chalk on the peg can help but if all still fails it maywell be the case the hole is too big for the pin and youll need to by some bigger pins.

[Will_Wood]

Well, all right. The hole was the perfect size before. I never had any trouble.

Then again, I've never tried restringing an acoustic before. Bloody things are impossible.

Thanks for your help

[adds]

Well, all right. The hole was the perfect size before. I never had any trouble.

Then again, I've never tried restringing an acoustic before. Bloody things are impossible.

Thanks for your help

Well over time the pins and the holes do wear. Not haveing the thing here means i have to guess for the most part. The chances are though if you hold the pin in place and tighten it up once theres a certain amount of tention on there it will stay in place. Its really quite common for them to slip if not held at first.

[Will_Wood]

Hmm, thank you for your help, adds!

[Will_Wood]

Well, I got it all sorted. The pin is sticking out ever so slightly (About one or two millimeters) but it's working perfectly and it isn't affecting the sound at all.

The chalk idea worked great thank you!

[dadfad]

You are making sure the string isn't catching the bottom of the peg aren't you?

Yes, be sure the ball-end of the string is up snug against the guitar's top/underside and the side of the peg. String pressure should actually be pulling against the side of the peg as opposed to up on it. There's usually a slight groove in the side of your peg (and often in the peg-hole as well) for the string to slide through so that it can pull up tight against the guitar-top inside and the side of the peg. Sometimes the ball-end windings (or whatever) will catch on the peg's bottom and tend to pull it upwards instead. The chalk Adam suggested helped it to pull up to where it should be by both lubricating the string in that groove as well as adding a bit of friction to the peg itself within the peg-hole. When changing strings, especially on guitars where you encounter this frequently, it isn't a bad idea to put your hand inside the sound-hole and feel for the ball-ends to be up against the guitar-top/peg-side before you tighten the strings up. As a string gets tightened to pitch, the tension directional plane changes as the string bends from a more upward direction to (in a sort of sideways J-shape) more against the peg-side, up through the hole and then towards the neck and tuners.

[kurtlives]

Well, I've only been playing guitar for a year, and I've only had an acoustic for six months. Now, I need to re-string it. I can string an electric extremely easily, but I am having great difficulty stringing with the damn acoustic pegs. No matter how hard I try on the sixth string (low E) the peg keeps popping back up when it gets tighter. It never did this when it was set up by the store when I first got it. Is there something wrong with the guitar, or am I just crap at stringing? How can I rectify this problem? I'm really sorry for the noob-ish qeustion. I'd really appreciate some help. I tried to string that one low E for two hours, and the peg kept popping back up.

you have only been playing for 1 year and you have 19267 posts?

[kooldood1]

Well, I've only been playing guitar for a year, and I've only had an acoustic for six months. Now, I need to re-string it. I can string an electric extremely easily, but I am having great difficulty stringing with the damn acoustic pegs. No matter how hard I try on the sixth string (low E) the peg keeps popping back up when it gets tighter. It never did this when it was set up by the store when I first got it. Is there something wrong with the guitar, or am I just crap at stringing? How can I rectify this problem? I'm really sorry for the noob-ish qeustion. I'd really appreciate some help. I tried to string that one low E for two hours, and the peg kept popping back up.

you have only been playing for 1 year and you have 19267 posts?

Obviously

This post has been edited by kooldood1: 08 April 2006 - 01:33 PM

[kurtlives]

Well, I've only been playing guitar for a year, and I've only had an acoustic for six months. Now, I need to re-string it. I can string an electric extremely easily, but I am having great difficulty stringing with the damn acoustic pegs. No matter how hard I try on the sixth string (low E) the peg keeps popping back up when it gets tighter. It never did this when it was set up by the store when I first got it. Is there something wrong with the guitar, or am I just crap at stringing? How can I rectify this problem? I'm really sorry for the noob-ish qeustion. I'd really appreciate some help. I tried to string that one low E for two hours, and the peg kept popping back up.

you have only been playing for 1 year and you have 19267 posts?

Obviously

what the hell is that soposed to mean

[kooldood1]

Well, I've only been playing guitar for a year, and I've only had an acoustic for six months. Now, I need to re-string it. I can string an electric extremely easily, but I am having great difficulty stringing with the damn acoustic pegs. No matter how hard I try on the sixth string (low E) the peg keeps popping back up when it gets tighter. It never did this when it was set up by the store when I first got it. Is there something wrong with the guitar, or am I just crap at stringing? How can I rectify this problem? I'm really sorry for the noob-ish qeustion. I'd really appreciate some help. I tried to string that one low E for two hours, and the peg kept popping back up.

you have only been playing for 1 year and you have 19267 posts?

Obviously

what the hell is that soposed to mean

What do you think it means?

[fenderguitarfreak]

Well, I've only been playing guitar for a year, and I've only had an acoustic for six months. Now, I need to re-string it. I can string an electric extremely easily, but I am having great difficulty stringing with the damn acoustic pegs. No matter how hard I try on the sixth string (low E) the peg keeps popping back up when it gets tighter. It never did this when it was set up by the store when I first got it. Is there something wrong with the guitar, or am I just crap at stringing? How can I rectify this problem? I'm really sorry for the noob-ish qeustion. I'd really appreciate some help. I tried to string that one low E for two hours, and the peg kept popping back up.

i run into these problems all the time... so yeah there is two of us.. please help

[4LessThan3]

if i were you i would pay someone to do it for me, and watch them do it, then you'll know how to do it

[fenderguitarfreak]

That is what i did the other day acutally and i got charged sixteen dollars... so that sucked... just to change some strings.. so i would just get a friend that knows how to do it and then learn from him the first two or three times.

[adds]

That is what i did the other day acutally and i got charged sixteen dollars... so that sucked... just to change some strings.. so i would just get a friend that knows how to do it and then learn from him the first two or three times.

You done alright really. Had you bought it to me id have charged you £25 minimum charge

[Will_Wood]

It really wasn't THAT hard. I got it all fixed up. Thanks for your help, adds!

[fenderguitarfreak]

That is what i did the other day acutally and i got charged sixteen dollars... so that sucked... just to change some strings.. so i would just get a friend that knows how to do it and then learn from him the first two or three times.

You done alright really. Had you bought it to me id have charged you £25 minimum charge

I could of done it better.. i went the fast way but for a little bit more money out of my pocket than I had planned.