Buy, steal or borrow guitar. Check in mirror if guitar looks good on you. Take a piece of rope and hang guitar over shoulder. Bottom of guitar should be on knee level.



Cut off the three thinner strings. (These are the strings that produce the highest tone, they're closest to the little knobs with the numbers). As a finishing touch you can now also saw off a piece of the head of the guitar. This picture shows which part is disposable:



Tune the upper string (the one that has the lowest tone) by turning it's tuning-knob. Tune it to a D. You can check wether it's a D by playing the upper and lower string simultaneously; they should have the same note, with the exception that the upper string should be an octave lower in pitch than the lower string.

When you are in The Netherlands, you can also check by pressing the tip of your finger in the 6th square (the squares are divided by the metal bars on the guitar neck) and picking up the phone; the dialling tone should be the same pitch (A flat).

A very professional way of checking is by using a guitar-tuner; select D and now try to get the needle somewhere in the middle.



