Flush strat trem, fewer springs

[Chistopher]

Re: Flush strat trem, fewer springs

Ok. Maybe it is something one intuitively compensates for. Or miniscule enough to be passable, at least to my saturated standards.

Is it true that more springs will cause it to be more stable when bending?

If you put your springs under more tension you have to put your strings under more tension in order to balance it out. This would make whammy tricks and bends stiffer but it does also make it so that double stop bends stay in tune better.

 

[Plessure]

Re: Flush strat trem, fewer springs

If you put your springs under more tension you have to put your strings under more tension in order to balance it out. This would make whammy tricks and bends stiffer but it does also make it so that double stop bends stay in tune better.

Would the other strings stay in tune better even if you accomplish the same bend, with the requisite higher force?

 

[AlexR]

Re: Flush strat trem, fewer springs

He's talking a floating trem.
If you have a flush trem (decked) you can choose to put as much extra tension as needed.

 

[Plessure]

Re: Flush strat trem, fewer springs

He's talking a floating trem.
If you have a flush trem (decked) you can choose to put as much extra tension as needed.

Yes, i figure as much. Now i'm asking just to ameliorate my general ignorance about tremolo block systems

 

[AlexR]

Re: Flush strat trem, fewer springs

That scenario would require thicker strings - then yes, more string tension and spring tension......and the notes go out less. But of course that is a playing/technique shift too.