Ok. We've got six brand new strings on our guitar and it's ready to sound happy.
We have a couple more things to accomplish.
If you like you can go ahead and twirl these and have a nice big loop.
I don't like to do that because first of all I don't like the way it looks but more importantly it still buzzes up here
and we don't need that when we are trying to sound good so we will cut them off.
This is a bit of a personal preference and you can do what you like here.
I like to get within less than a half of an inch of slack up here and cut everything off.
A regular pair of wire cutters is best.
Once you've done this there is a very important step to take care of on steel string guitars it's not so critical on an acoustic nylon string.
This tip right here especially on your first and second strings is sharp as a needle.
Take needle nose plyers and grab about the last quarter even eighth of an inch and give it about a ninety degree bend or more if you like.
I bend it back toward the face of the guitar that gets it out of the way and if you bump it, it'll save you some trouble.
There's a technique that I use called a "B" bend which is where I'm reaching back behind the nut and bending the string up.
It's bad news if you've got a little needle sticking out of that first string and you reach up there in a hurry and grab it, that hurts.
I'm always very careful to cut those off and put a little bend into the end of them.
I'll go ahead and take care of the rest of these and then we'll have some final notes on tuning.