Re-Stringing - How do you do it?

[mrmaton]

After buying a Maton Acoustic I looked into ways to restring without causing any damage or ill effect to the guitars setup.
I talked with a Maton tech. on the phone and he told me that if I wanted to change string gages I should get it done by a proficient guitar doctor unless I'm comfortable with adjusting neck tension myself.
I thought that was interesting, especially since I've changed gages on my electric over the years and never really thought about it.
Anyways, for my acoustic, Maton ship them out of the factory with Elixir Nanoweb Lights: .012 - .053, so I looked up the Elixir website to see if they recommended a re-stringing technique.
Here is what I found:
Elixir: How to Restring an Acoustic
Unfortunately, this method is not the way I have restrung my electric over the years, but hey, better late than never right??

Do you guys comply with the string-by-string method?
For or Against?? Pros & Cons??
Would love to hear what you think.....

[SpooN]

Thats how I do It!

[mrmaton]

Hey Spoon,
I used to take all my strings off and use the opportunity to clean the neck and frets down, may I ask how you go about cleaning your neck/fretboard?

[SpooN]

I do that about every 3rd or 4th string change, having said that I change my strings pretty regularly.
The idea behind changing one string at a time is to keep the same tension on the neck. The occasional strip down and clean will not hurt your guitar though. If you have any doubts I am sure the shop that you purchased it at would be happy to change them for free.
Thats the advantage of buying locally, remember kids support your LOCAL music shop.