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Breaking strings -- help, please

Could someone please walk me through putting on strings and tuning them for the first time? I have snapped 3 strings trying to tune to GDG on my home built cigar box guitar, and don't know why. I have a digital tuner on my headstock set to chromatic

Newbie builder woes :(

So I need to lower my strings via deeper cuts in the nut and a lower bridge --otherwise my 30 day investment in building an electric CBG will be in vain (it currently is unplayable -- tone is completely muted when I touch the strings to a fret (or JU

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Breaking strings -- help, please

Newbie builder woes :(

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