How to Change Your Bass Strings the Right Way
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- In this video I show you the best way to change your bass guitar strings so they have the most resonance and stay in tune and sound better.
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Simplicity at its best. Well done, Mr. Russell! No fluff, no nonsense, just straight up learnin'!
Funny this is the only bass string video where people pick apart this man's technique. I searched many videos, from bass pros, Fender, bass teachers, and luthiers. Nowhere did I see anyone talk about needing to wear gloves, or changing one at a time. I have played string instruments for 25 years and have never changed strings one at a time.
Check out drum tuning videos. Everybody is an expert and no two methods are the same.
Changing strings one at a time makes sense. But it's not an end all. The bottom line is that it's a bass. Use it and abuse it. Enjoy the ride, and have fun with it. If we followed protocol, we'd all be living in a bubble house.
John Dayton it really all goes off of preference. To me this seems the most efficient because I don’t have to keep on flipping the bass over
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Byron Lininger hi, random guy from a drumming tuning video here. Your wrong and something something Bonham.
Just bought a used bass, swapped out the old strings using this video--thank you!
Great tutorial, thanks! Pushing down the strings at the bridge is new to me; good tip.
Dude, I've played for 35 years and never heard the "roll under" tip before. Thanks for that. Explains a lot. Sometimes it's under, sometimes over. : )
Another great tip is to pull the string ferrules back out from the bridge before you start winding. This will allow them to turn freely as the string is wound and not get twisted which can change the tone of the string.
Looks good man, like you covered all the important aspects of doing this. I'm a guitar player of 45 years and can do six strings in my sleep but I see that there are a few other considerations with bass strings on a Fender type instrument. Now, I'll show this to my some son so he can change out bass strings the right way on his new gear. Well done. Thank you!
by far the best instruction on the net,and ive looked at most.cheers.
awesome instruction , i been playing bass at church for 5 years , the same strings and i just bought some to put on this morning, love the roll on the bridge thats good info , thx man i really appreciate the video ...
Always comin back to this video and to you Kennis! The stretch technique is awesome, really helps!
Learned a few things I didn't know. I like the attention to the small details. This was very helpful.
So quick and concise yet so informative. You speak with clarity and fluidity. This was very helpful. Thank you.
Oh my god man! You are just reading my mind, I was just going to search for this kind of video because I'm going to the studio tomorrow and I have the same GHS Boomers and copy of Fender Jazz Bass. This is crazy. Great video!
Great instructions - and short. Thanks! I'll change mine two at a time.
I've been changing my bass strings all at once since I've been playing bass! (from 1981 up to NOW)! No truss rod issues here!!!!!
Thank you so much, I couldn't have figured it out without you
It's midnight i'm putting strings for my friend's Bass and i put them like i do for my acoustic guitar :p this was helpful. Took me minutes 👌
Thanks for this video Kennis, cheers!
I appreciate this. Concise and easy.
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Very good information, and very good presentation. Thank you.
Thanks for this. Very helpful.
Great job 👍👍
Awesome thank you so much!
Bass players change strings??
Only VERY RICH bass players :))). And also very angry & brutal bass players who can break a bass string when playing ;)))
mmratmm how tf do you break a string!? you gotta be hulk to do that
mmratmm the only people that break strings are bass and funk players dumb ass
Clorox Bleach yeah
If you use man strings( La Bella Flats 52 - 110) you won't brake a string. They get better with time. 10 year old strings on my P bass. Just starting to get good. Why would I change them?
Excellent
Thank you Thank you
Thanks!! Just started a few months ago (Ibanze Talman) popped a string (don't ask me how like THE FUCK I'm new at this, bled everywhere). All I've changed were electric and acoustic in the past, so I didn't know wtf to do. Your video came up and was very helpful :)
Cool thanks dude
That's exactly how I do it. What year Jazz Bass is that? I have an 07 that seems to be the same except I thought I saw closed tuners on the back of this one? Thanks!
Thank you for fixing the buzz on the bridge on my MM! 😂
Kennis I have the same bass color and all.
The only thing I do different is when I replace my strings I flatten the tuning keys all even with each other with the tuning peg gap facing in the same direction on all tuning keys. Reason is a when I tune up all tuning keys are facing the same direction , me the neat freak.
What do you call that thing on top to tighten the string the one that look like a flower shape?
On my bass there’s no hole for the string to go through when i push through the backside??
I like peg winders for the tuning keys; speed things up and helps keep the post wraps tidy. I stretched the strings like that for years, until a reliable source told me you could damage the winding on the core that way. This was in reference to double bass strings, but just in case I try to change strings the day before I need to play, to minimize the amount of stretching needed.
thanks, going to buy a right handed guitar and change the strings round to left now haha
Just started trying bass guitar and one string (g) is broken...it’s short neck bass....do I need order short neck strings ....? Thank you.
Hey, Kennis, that's great! Just one question, though. Try as I might, over and over - and I've been through a dozen sets of strings trying to get this right - I just canNOT wind them as fast as you do! Is that ok? I mean, your like a *blur* twisting those machines keys. Freakin awesome!
Lol
Is there something one can do in case he/she cuts the string to short and it doesn´t get to the standard tunning? Happened to me. Thanks in advance in case someone can help me with this one.
What strings are these, i wish you reply beacuse i want those kind of strings what have a Red tissue In the headstock
I don't have those holes on the back of my bass, how do I get the strings through?
I picked up the bass awhile ago
1 year later. How is the bass playing going?
3 years later. Hows the bass playing going?
One music shop I know mentioned heating string ends before wrapping around the tuner? This was in the late 1970's, is there any validity to this?
I got the impression it was because of the string thickness , not as malleable to bend. Has bass string composition changed that much?
What difference does stringing through the body make?
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Yeah thanks, good video. I beg to differ on the truss rod thing tho. That's largely an urban mythos type of thing. If you were to somehow cut them all at once under tension. You might get some travel on the rod. But cutting them one at a time a time isn't going to affect anything whatsoever. Even at tension. The main reason you shouldn't cut your strings at tension is because there's always a chance one flips up and smacks you in the eye or lays a nice welt across your face or arm. And honestly you don't need to cut them at all, if you loosen them completely just unwind it at the top and pull the string out. You'll probably have to stretch the winds out a little bit but it'll come out easy enough.
is it necessary to insert the string into the machine head? I usually just lay the string down flat and tune it
Yes, absolutely.
my bass have a click clacking sound and if i hit a note on the fret it stays on the one note until i move to the higher end of the fret what could that be?
My cousin confirmed that the neck is warped
Can you post a video?
is there a sound difference if you string the bass from behind the bridge or through the body?
ok thanks for responding im planning on buying a bass and amp after christmas (my first one) so i wanted to know if i should string it through the body or the bridge
what strings did you use?
Almost forgot, some Fender basses have a string-through-body bridge, and others don't. I have a modified Squier Jazz Bass and she doesn't have a string-through-body bridge.
5:05 that's what I've always done. Really breaks them in
Why are you changing strings all at once?Shouldn't they be changed one by one ?(beucose of neck's trus rod)
if your cleaning neck you take all off,otherwise one as a time
I have played since 1984, and have never changed one at a time. Once all the strings are off I clean everything and oil the pau ferro. I restring, tune up, pull on the strings to relieve any slack at the bridge or tuning keys, and retune. Done. I've never had any sort of effect on the neck. Then again I play a Spector NS-2 with graphite rods under the fingerboard. I have a stiff neck as it is.
If you do not wind the strings under the the previous wind on the tuning peg they are more likely to go out of tune.
OMG - clean those frets and the fingerboard with Gorgomyte!! Seeing dirty frets like that on a bass or guitar severely upsets my OCD nature.
LOL!
Why did u cut the strings in half at the beginning? Why not just take them off and keep them handy as spares?
Perhaps you should have started by saying that you need to leave some of the thinner part of the string to thread into the tuning peg, I cut mine too short because you said to cut at a distance of 2 tuning pegs
I have the same bass. What is it?
Fender jazz bass
No conversation about what gauge you chose and why. Generally want to keep them the same as they were unless you have some specific reason to change gauge. Change strings one at a time, leave the other three tuned to pitch while you change each string, keeps tension much more consistent than taking all off at once.
Keeps tension on what more consistent? The neck of the instrument?
@@boomstick900 yes, so the relief (measured to the thousandth of an inch) settles back in quickly.
I always replace one string at a time keeping my neck in good tension......
Don't cut your strings if you don't have to. On older, "non-waisted, tuners, you can do so. I've been not cutting my strings for years and I don't have any open string rattle.
You didn't address what to do on heads with different configurations. My I have 2 tuning pegs on each side of my head. I only started bass this year so I don't even know what to call this configuration :p
2 x 2 is what I call them.
Hey how about 10 more people reply and tell him it's called 2x2..
Change them to Pyramid Strings! German made and they've been making strings in Europe for 168 years and has always been a family owned company. Hand wound using the best materials available!
Why cut the strings? I’d keep the old set as spares !
On that bass pulling the bent strings through the bass could slightly damage the finish around the bridge. If you have something like a Thunderbird then their is no need to bother cutting the strings
you missed one important part that Scott does, you took them all off a once where as Scott does one at a time so you don't get truss rod issues. 😊
Blake Shelton plays bass?
Blake Shelton
video too fast on the the other 3 strings.
Eli Ortega,Jr It’s the same thing all the way through
blake is that you?
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I don't cut the strings lol
Yeah same I just unwind em
Sorry. One string at a time....unless you absolutely know the neck is 100% stable in all temperatures and humidity conditions. You will be literally be making a potential ROD for your own back. You have been warned.
i cut my string like u but,
Donat Darkhannaz But?
Zachary Morin too short 😂😂😂😂😂
One at a time. Don't follow this method of removing all at once.
Horseshit. I've never cut a set of strings in all the years I've been playing. Max's the amount of winds. DONE. GAME OVER.
Don't your G strings brake going through the body and bending so drastically? That is a poorly designed bass when it comes to how the strings are put on.
The bridge is set up to be strung thru the body or at the bridge. Only once in twenty years with my jazz bass strung thru the body did the G string break. Lost E strings a few times. I switched to D'addario's almost 15 years ago and I haven't lost a string since.
A string-through body is common, even on 6 string guitars. If my telecaster with a .010 gauge high-E string can take that angle, bass strings sure as hell can.
Diabolik771 A LOT of basses are made like that. It’s not poorly designed. Scott from Scott’s Bass Lessons argues that it’s better that way
I will cut my own 4skin off be waisting a set of worn in strings ... Scott Devine what have you created ?!?
mald and cope
The best way to change your strings? Don't change them! Don't be a sucker! You don't need them.