Excellent meme usage. Also reminded me of a time long ago when I came home to my roommate pulling his strings off of his guitar. "Time for a string change, huh?" "No I dropped my pick in and it was my last one." That was the day he learned two things... The "over the head upside down guitar pick removal method" and also that once you take your strings off, you're getting new strings.
Edit: For the non guitar players curious about the method: You hold the guitar over your head like you are muthafuckin' Rafiki presenting newborn Simba to the rest of the kingdom. With the sound hole (pretty sure that is actually the technical term) facing you, "pop" the guitar up and down and eventually the pick will arc and exit the hole. This may take one try or one hundred, only the mischievous guitar gods know.
Another Edit: Alright you wacky bastards, after reviewing everyone's comments I will try to sum it up: It is very much possible to re-string your guitar with the old strings. Whether or not you clipped the strings does not really matter(other than the fact that if you did not clip them and decided to braid or curl them in some fashion, because that means you will have more string to thread when replacing), the string ALWAYS has to start in one place and end at the tuning keys. If the string has been used, then it is already warped and degraded at the length that it meets the tuning keys. It is possible to re-use but not very practical. Replace your guitar strings... It's kind of fun and also everytime you replace a set of strings it will force more than a few opportunities to tune. Try to do it by ear and then check your work with a tuner.
RojoCinco on September 19th, 2018 at 11:27 UTC »
No need to fret about it.
IronManKita on September 19th, 2018 at 12:21 UTC »
Lmao it’s always funnier when it’s this level of accurate...
lonelysexonmars on September 19th, 2018 at 12:45 UTC »
Excellent meme usage. Also reminded me of a time long ago when I came home to my roommate pulling his strings off of his guitar. "Time for a string change, huh?" "No I dropped my pick in and it was my last one." That was the day he learned two things... The "over the head upside down guitar pick removal method" and also that once you take your strings off, you're getting new strings.
Edit: For the non guitar players curious about the method: You hold the guitar over your head like you are muthafuckin' Rafiki presenting newborn Simba to the rest of the kingdom. With the sound hole (pretty sure that is actually the technical term) facing you, "pop" the guitar up and down and eventually the pick will arc and exit the hole. This may take one try or one hundred, only the mischievous guitar gods know.
Another Edit: Alright you wacky bastards, after reviewing everyone's comments I will try to sum it up: It is very much possible to re-string your guitar with the old strings. Whether or not you clipped the strings does not really matter(other than the fact that if you did not clip them and decided to braid or curl them in some fashion, because that means you will have more string to thread when replacing), the string ALWAYS has to start in one place and end at the tuning keys. If the string has been used, then it is already warped and degraded at the length that it meets the tuning keys. It is possible to re-use but not very practical. Replace your guitar strings... It's kind of fun and also everytime you replace a set of strings it will force more than a few opportunities to tune. Try to do it by ear and then check your work with a tuner.