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My first guitar string snapped and it launched a small circular pin somewhere. I looked up how to restring guitar strings and other peoples stringboard look different than how mine is set up. the pins I have aren't long and straight they are small circular things fitted into a small hole in the wood. What are these kinds of pins called? Can I upgrade to standard guitar pins?

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[–] rebelsimile 5 points 3 months ago

FWIW there are some guitars that use pegs (plastic on a cheaper guitar, other materials on higher end ones) that hold each string in place, so that’s probably what you were thinking of (pegs vs. pins). Either way the way your bridge (where the strings go) will make it relatively easy to restring. If you ever get a guitar with pegs to hold the strings in, you might want to get a winding tool, as you can use the notch in it to pull pegs when restringing.