If you have more than one guitar, and if you change strings on a regular basis, you need the Ernie Ball Power Peg to preserve your wrist and save you tons of time.

The Ernie Ball Power Peg is a simple idea that serves a complicated need.  It is a mechanized string winder and it runs on batteries.  Install the strings on your guitar, and let the Power Peg do all the heavy winding for you.  Here’s the PR blurp from Ernie Ball:

Here’s the Power Peg in action:

Simple, eh?

That’s the beauty of the Power Peg.  It is designed to do one thing and one thing only:  Wind Guitar Strings.  Done and done.

The Ernie Ball Power Peg can wind forward and backward.  You decide the angle of return by touching the rocker trigger.

I couldn’t live without my Power Peg.  It has saved me hundreds of hours winding strings.  You can buy manual mechanical string winders, but those are just as brutal on your wrist and hand as if you were winding it all with your fingers and thumb.

The Ernie Ball Power Peg may look cheap and feel breakable, but I’ve had mine over a year and it hasn’t failed me a single time.  I’ve probably changed strings on my guitars at least 175 times in the last 10 months.  That’s around 1,050 individual string changes and windings if you want to keep rapid count.

I’ve changed the batteries exactly once.

The Power Peg was the best $20.00USD I ever spent to preserve my health and embiggen my handiness.

4 Comments

  1. ANNE – I live and teach on the upper West Coast of the United States. My interests are Philosophy, English, and Social Communication.
    anne says:

    Looks to me like a good little device, David. Is it heavy? Can you control the speed?

    1. David Boles – New York City – David Boles was born in Nebraska and holds an MFA from the Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York. He is an author, dramatist, editor, publisher, and teacher who writes across the live stage, print, radio, television, film, and the web. With more than 50 books in print, David continues to write 2MM words a year and has authored over 25K articles. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Authors Guild, and PEN America, and founded The United Stage advocacy platform on the principle that playwrights have a duty to direct their own work. Read the Prairie Voice Archive at Boles.com | Buy his books at David Boles Books Writing & Publishing at BolesBooks.com | Study with Script Professor at ScriptProfessor.com | Touch American Sign Language mastery at Hardcore ASL at HardcoreASL.com | Explore the Human Meme podcast at HumanMeme.com | Train with Boles Bells at BolesBells.com.
      David W. Boles says:

      Heya Anne!

      The Power Peg is super light. It is mostly made of plastic. It has one speed. The perfect speed, actually. Just right for winding.

    1. David Boles – New York City – David Boles was born in Nebraska and holds an MFA from the Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York. He is an author, dramatist, editor, publisher, and teacher who writes across the live stage, print, radio, television, film, and the web. With more than 50 books in print, David continues to write 2MM words a year and has authored over 25K articles. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Authors Guild, and PEN America, and founded The United Stage advocacy platform on the principle that playwrights have a duty to direct their own work. Read the Prairie Voice Archive at Boles.com | Buy his books at David Boles Books Writing & Publishing at BolesBooks.com | Study with Script Professor at ScriptProfessor.com | Touch American Sign Language mastery at Hardcore ASL at HardcoreASL.com | Explore the Human Meme podcast at HumanMeme.com | Train with Boles Bells at BolesBells.com.
      David W. Boles says:

      Hi Gordon!

      Even if you change strings every two weeks you probably wouldn’t need the Power Peg for one guitar. If, however, you’re changing the strings on 3 or more guitars every two weeks on a regular schedule, the Power Peg will definitely save your wrist and preserve your time.

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