Abstract: The stringed musical instrument may be a guitar including a guitar body optionally defining a soundboard, an elongated neck extending from the guitar body and having a distal end, a headstock disposed at the distal end of the neck, and a plurality of strings each secured at a first end to the headstock and at a second end to the guitar body such that the strings overlay the neck and guitar body. The strings desirably pass through respective openings in the headstock and make physical contact with the headstock in the openings. The stringed musical instrument in one form may be a guitar, for example an electric guitar. The guitar body of the stringed musical instrument may be formed of wood and may optionally be of solid construction. A method of stringing a stringed musical instrument and a string tuning and clamping device for a stringed musical instrument are also disclosed.