How to change Mandolin Strings - A Step-by-Step Tutorial with Pro Tips

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

Комментарии • 16

  • @MandolinSecrets
    @MandolinSecrets  Год назад +1

    How often do you change strings on your mandolin?

    • @kevinolear6717
      @kevinolear6717 Год назад

      Nice info Magnus. I don't change often but I use monel strings, love the warmth & sound of them on my mandolin. Have some new ones on the way as I will also be replacing my bridge.

  • @solomonkane128
    @solomonkane128 3 месяца назад

    Glad I found this video. Made changing my strings for the first time a breeze. Thanks!

  • @rogerbeaird3320
    @rogerbeaird3320 Месяц назад

    Thanks Magnus your tips are trusted by me .I appreciate the knowledge I've been playing making noises playing ok but not S good as you or others lol I'm 68 and practice twice a day morning and night thank you again

  • @alexis-dylan
    @alexis-dylan Год назад +5

    Great advice for people! As a professional luthier I'm glad to see you not using the poorly named "luthier's knot." A simple kink in the strings does more than enough to lock the string in place and knots always make changing strings harder than it needs to be. Love your videos by the way!

  • @peterpapanestor9403
    @peterpapanestor9403 3 месяца назад

    Thank you

  • @bbrages
    @bbrages Год назад +2

    I just changed my strings last night and now this video pops up.

  • @Fernwald84
    @Fernwald84 7 месяцев назад +1

    Very informative video on string changing, Magnus. BTW, the word for that kind of pencil you were not sure of is "mechanical pencil"--at least that's what it is here in the U.S. We call the material that the pencil writes with "lead" but it is not the chemical element lead (Pb, the chemical symbol for it) but, rather, graphite. This is true also of the wooden pencils (that's what we call the original pencils which you have to sharpen to get a point to write with). Graphite is a form of carbon, where the atoms form lattices in sheets which glide over each other, making it an excellent, non-oily lubricant.

  • @abrahama2643
    @abrahama2643 9 месяцев назад

    Thanks for the lesson.
    I've owned my mandolin for a few years now, and I'm going to attempt to change my own strings.
    p.s. They're called mechanical pencils, my friend.

  • @gwennbair3976
    @gwennbair3976 Год назад +1

    Hello Magnus! Just finished following your instructions carefully. I think it's the most clear video I've experienced about changing strings. The simple way you showed how to bend the string in the opposite direction to the post turn was shown clearly. Some videos show the hand over that important part of the instructions, leaving me uncertain. I ran into a problem with the loop at the A string end (bottom) actually ending up on the EDGE of the hook in the tailpiece for one of the A strings. I couldn't change that without removing that end and redoing it. I happened before to me too. I think giving a pinch to the loop before passing it over the hook seems like a good idea but are there any drawbacks to that? I will jam this week twice so I'll be watching to see if it stays tuned better than my previously more sloppy string changing technique. Thank you for the good video.

    • @MandolinSecrets
      @MandolinSecrets  Год назад

      Thanks Gwenn! Yes, giving a pinch to the loop may be the right way to fix this issue.

  • @craigredline
    @craigredline 11 месяцев назад

    Personally, I'd use masking tape or painter's tape to mark out the bridge location. It's low tack adhesive, and doesn't mean you have to cut up a post it!

  • @WorshipGuitarist4life17
    @WorshipGuitarist4life17 6 месяцев назад

    How much slack for the high e string??? I pull back a fret, I get c, 2.5 frets, D

  • @jamessievert9813
    @jamessievert9813 Год назад +1

    I just use a stack of socks to support the headstock of my instruments when changing strings or adjusting the truss rod.

  • @crankypaul8484
    @crankypaul8484 Год назад

    Anybody notice that this guy sounds like Father Guido Sarducci?