Difficulty: Beginner
Lesson Length: 11:07
Instructor: George Goodman

Concepts:
* How To String A Guitar
* Inserting Bridge Pins
* Securing At The Tuning Peg

George Goodman's Guitar and Harmonica Method

Takamine EG541SC
I am playing my black tak in this one.

This is a Takamine G Series EG541SC bought in North Carolina when I was playing in a band called Double Take.
Specs:
Top - Solid Spruce
Back - Nato
Sides - Nato
Finger Board - Rosewood
Electronics - TK40
Finish - Gloss Black
Check out more Takamine G Series Guitars

Pro-Winder
Ultimate Ergonomic All in One Guitar Tool for Restringing - Black

Guitar Polish and Cloth
* 4 oz. bottle of proprietary guitar polish.
* 12 x 12 inch gray microfiber guitar polish cloth.
* Wipe on, wipe off for fast, easy, effective instrument care.

Guitar Strings

If you have a steel string acoustic guitar like this one, you'll be looking for acoustic guitar strings and should be able to find a set for 10 dollars or so.
Guitar strings come in a variety of gauges or thicknesses which will be clearly marked on the package.
Examples are custom light, light, medium, heavy,..
The gauge of string will affect the sound. Some thicker gauge strings should not be used with smaller bodied guitars. See if your model has recommendations.
Otherwise, gauge is a personal preference. Generally speaking, lighter gauge strings are easier to play than thicker gauged ones.

Stringing The Guitar
Start with the low E sixth string. When opening strings, ensure that they open away from your face.
Place the loop or ball end of the string into the sixth hole on the bridge. Follow that with the bridge pin. Ensure that the channel in the pin matches up with the string and faces towards the neck. Push the pin in securely and give the string a tug to set it in place. You shouldn't be able to pull the pin out by pulling on the string.

Secure the rest of the strings into the bridge. These can be done in any order, just get them in the correct holes and then move up to the head of the guitar to attach them to the machine heads.

Again starting with the sixth string, align it into the sixth groove on the nut and then wrap the string up, over and out around the machine head spool. After looping around the spool a single time, hold the wound string secure and feed the string through the hole in the spool. This should go through the hole above the wound string so you may need to push the wound string down on the spool. Once fed through, grab the end of the string and pull it tight. Then put some tension on the string by winding the machine head and that's good for now. Move on to the fifth string.

Because the sixth and fifth strings are the thickest, the machine head spool will not fit very many wraps so one wrap will do with these strings. We still have to tune the guitar which will result in a wrap or two more around the spool.

For the thinner strings, you can wrap it more times but only once or twice is really needed. More will naturally occur as the string is tuned.

The third, second and first string go up, over and around the spool in a mirror image to the sixth, fifth and fourth strings.
Once all the strings are wound onto the guitar and tension added so that they have settled, the ends can be clipped off.
Don't use good scissors for this unless you're trying to wreck them. Use side cutters or wire cutters. Some string winders have wire cutters built in for this purpose. Check out the Recommended Gear tab above for a good example.