Changing Your Strings

Unless you are reconditioning your fretboard (see care and cleaning), strings should be changed one at a time to maintain proper neck tension. New strings should be free of defects (twists, kinks, bends) that can cause sound irregularities or breakage. All strings must be stretched upon installation. After your first tuning, carefully pull each string away from the fretboard, stretching it gently (too much force will break thinner strings). Then, retune your guitar.

Peavey recommends that you replace strings in the same gauges to maintain proper neck and/or tremolo tension. If you wish to change strings with different gauges, Peavey recommends that you enlist the services of a qualified technician to make the required truss rod and/or tremolo adjustments on your instrument.

Some Peavey guitars feature ACM® (page 13) or double-locking tremolos (page 15).

Standard Tuning

(6th string is the heavey topmost string)

Open note	E	A	D	G	B	E
String	6	5	4	3	2	1

Mnemonic memory aid for string tuning

(Beginning with the 6th string):

Eddie Ate Dynamite. Good Bye Eddie.

Quick Tips

To change intonation, adjust saddles.

To align tremolo in relation to the

body, adjust spring tension.

To change string action (height),

adjust tremolo studs.

ACM® Bridge - Changing Your Strings

Changing strings on a Peavey guitar featuring an ACM Bridge is a simple task that will bring new life to your instrument.

Tools Needed:

Wire cutters

Electronic tuner or pitch pipe (optional)

Note: Peavey recommends changing one string at a time to maintain proper tension on the neck and bridge. Replace strings with the same gauges or you will need to make truss rod, spring tension, and intonation adjustments as described in this manual.

First, detune the 6th string (the thickest, top string) using the machine head tuner—two or three turns should remove the tension on the string. Remove the string from the tuning peg; at the other end of the string, push the string back through the string saddle until the ball end of the string comes out the hole in the back of the guitar. (You may wish to cut off the portion of the string previously wound around the tuning peg to make this task easier.)