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===== Locking tuners =====If your guitar does not have locking tuners, skip to the next section. If your guitar has a string tree, thread the string under the string tree. Thread it through the appropriate tuner peg hole, and grip it on the other side with your left hand. Don't pull Pull the string so it totally is pretty tight yet. Put your right hand on top of Make sure the string falls in the 12th fret, as though you are karate chopping correct nut groove and is under any applicable string tree. Lock/clamp the neck string in halfthe locking tuner. Pull Tighten the string with your left hand until to pitch - you shouldn't need to tighten the string tuning peg more than 3/4 turn (which is tight, pressing against about 12 turns of the thumb side of your right handtuning knob). You want the string If you need to have a little slack do more turns, you probably didn't tighten it enough before you clamping it - start to wind over. Skip the tunernext section for non-locking tuners.

Hold ===== Non-locking tuners =====If your guitar has a string tree, thread the string in place under the string tree. Thread it through the appropriate tuner peg hole, and grip it on the other side with your left hand and use . Don't pull it totally tight yet. Put your right hand to pinch the string on top of the tuning peg12th fret, bending as though you are karate chopping the string neck in a right angle on each side of the peghalf. This will help the peg "hold" Pull the string while you wind it. Continue to hold it in place with your left hand and start winding until the string tightens, pressing against the peg with thumb side of your right hand. Make sure you are winding the correct direction - the side of the peg that '''You want the string comes off of should line up with the nut (this depends on the style of headstock your guitar has). Always make sure each new winding is lower (closer to the headstock) than the prior winding. Once have a little slack before you've made about 2 windings, you should be able start to release wind the string with your left handtuner.'''

Now Hold the string in place with your left hand and '''use your right hand to maintain tension pinch the string on the tuning peg''', bending the stringin a right angle on each side of the peg. Grab This will help the peg "hold" the string while you wind it. Continue to hold it in place with your right left hand and '''start winding the same way youpeg'''d grab a pipewith your right hand. Now take your thumb and put it on top Make sure you are winding the string, and rotate your wrist countercorrect direction -clockwise. Your thumb holds the headstock side of the peg that the string close to comes off of should line up with the fretboard while nut (this depends on the pinky side style of headstock your guitar has). Always make sure each new winding is further away from lower (closer to the headstock) than the fretboardprior winding. There Once you've made about 2 windings, you should be light able to medium tension on '''release the string from with your right left hand thumb to the tuning peg'''.

Make sure Now '''use your right hand to maintain tension on the string is in '''. Take your thumb and put it on top the appropriate nut groove and string tree if applicable, pressing it close to the fretboard. Start tightening Hook under the string by turning with your pinky and pull it away from the tuning pegfretboard. Again, make sure each wind goes under Your thumb holds the headstock side of the string close to the fretboard while the pinky side is further away from the previous onefretboard. The There should be light to medium tension should start forcing on the string from your right hand thumb to turn clockwise. Once it is no longer needed to maintain tensionthe tuning peg, you can let go of which will force the string. Now make sure you have a reference pitch or are using a tuner to prevent over-tighteningwind correctly.

Make sure the string is in the appropriate nut groove and string tree if applicable. Start tightening the string by turning the tuning peg. Again, make sure each wind goes under the previous one. The tension should start forcing your right hand pinky to get closer and closer to the fretboard. Once it is no longer needed to maintain tension, you can let go of the string. Now make sure you have a reference pitch or are using a tuner to prevent over-tightening. =====Slipping=====Sometimes when you get close to being in tune, the string will slip. This can either occur at the bridge or the tuning peg. If it's slips from a Floyd style bridge, you will have to unwind the tuner a bit to get more length to the string and re-clamp it - make sure you have enough of the string in the block and are tightening the block hard enough. Also make sure the clamp block itself is not damaged, preventing it from working properly. For a Stratocaster style bridge, sometimes the ball end catches on part of the bridge before getting all the way to the place it's supposed to be. Just keep tightening the tuning peg. If the string slipped at the tuning peg, you basically have to start over - unwind the string until you can repinch it and start winding again. Some people may say to tie a knot in the string on the peg. I think it's unnecessary - I've only had the string slip off the peg a handful of times. If you follow the advice about starting with a karate chop's worth of slack, getting a good pinch, keeping tension while tuning up, and making sure each wind is lower than the prior, it should not slip.