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…