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?
You’re getting lots of friendly advice but wanted to add one more. In this case the string snapped and the ball/retainer was launched into orbit. Sometimes a string my snap and stay put. It’s perfectly OK to use an Allen wrench to poke, or some plyers to pull, the busted string out. That should more or less be a through hole with nothing hiding in it.
Be firm but gentle, and go to pulling if poking doesn’t work. They can get kinda stuck sometimes.
Keep fucking around. There’s not a ton that you can truly “forever break” on a guitar. Exceptions are maybe the neck truss tension and the finish itself.
… Now AMPS on the other hand…
Should that guitar when have steel strings? I’ve never seen a bridge like that on a guitar that wasn’t built for nylon strings.
So these are actually just the circular retainers that come attached to the strings. Just buy a fresh string and slot it through that hole the original string was slotted through. I’d recommend you also watch some videos on restringing so you don’t inadvertently snap the new string.
Through hole bridges like this are the best! No stupid pins!
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.
