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How do you keep your trem in tune?
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ericmeyer4
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Re: How do you keep your trem in tune?
I like your coin idea for getting the pickup height correct. I'll have to try that on my next setup.
I like your coin idea for getting the pickup height correct. I'll have to try that on my next setup.
Re: How do you keep your trem in tune?
That makes sence, thanx.
Thanks! I’ll try these 2 out as well.
sosomething
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Re: How do you keep your trem in tune?
Just don't loosen those neck screws too much. It only takes a couple of turns.
Just don't loosen those neck screws too much. It only takes a couple of turns.
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guitarrob
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Re: How do you keep your trem in tune?
I have only used locking trems and the units I have had always remained in tune even when going nuts on the bar. I am not a big trem fan though.
If you are talking about an older style "fender" type of trem there are many tricks out there to get them to stay in tune reasonably well. Consider all the tremelo work EVH was doing with that tremelo type and it remained in tune. There are some notes out there about what he did. You should be able to find tons of info on the subject.
I have only used locking trems and the units I have had always remained in tune even when going nuts on the bar. I am not a big trem fan though.
If you are talking about an older style "fender" type of trem there are many tricks out there to get them to stay in tune reasonably well. Consider all the tremelo work EVH was doing with that tremelo type and it remained in tune. There are some notes out there about what he did. You should be able to find tons of info on the subject.
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Bludave
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Re: How do you keep your trem in tune?
I have 5 Strats. Three of them I use the trem, one I use only sparingly & one I never use. Two of the three that I use the trem were set up specifically for that purpose. I use Sperzel locking tuners, graphite nuts & saddles & have removed the string trees to minimize any point where the string can bind. Now my preference is to set the trem right on the body, so I can use the trem to lower the pitch, but not raise it. The primary reason I have done this is in the unusual event I have broken a string, the guitar will stay in tune. The second issue is I tend to rest my hand on the trem & I find if I set it to float it goes sharp just from my hand resting on it. I also use 5 springs on a couple of my Strats & 4 on the others. Still experimenting with the tension to some degree. I think 4 works better for me. I have adjusted the claw fairly tight & with 4 springs it works well, with 5 its a bit stiff. The Sperzel tuners do a nice job of locking the strings in well, the graphite nuts & saddles work really nicely in keeping the guitar in tune. Now all of this said I am not a wild man with this Trem. I would never do "dive bombs" with it, just to accent a chord or to give some notes a bit of color.
As far as setting pickup height, each of the 5 Strats I have all have differnt pickups so I have learned to play with the guitar for a bit then adjust as needed. Once I have the height set I rarley adjust it. I have a set of Surfers in one Strat & that one took me a bit of time to get the height set properly. I would set it up at my friends studio & once I got home & statred playing through my amps it wasn't quite right so over a period of weeks I finally got it to where it sounded right. The microphonic overtones you get when the pickup is to close to the strings can really be quite annoying. I have a set of Texas Hots in another & this guitar has a really nice clean chime. I particularly like it when playing clean. My third one has a set of Fralin Blues Specials. The BS pickups are a touch hotter or slightly overwound by comaprison to a vintage Strat but this guitar plays and sounds like a early 60's Strat!
I have 5 Strats. Three of them I use the trem, one I use only sparingly & one I never use. Two of the three that I use the trem were set up specifically for that purpose. I use Sperzel locking tuners, graphite nuts & saddles & have removed the string trees to minimize any point where the string can bind. Now my preference is to set the trem right on the body, so I can use the trem to lower the pitch, but not raise it. The primary reason I have done this is in the unusual event I have broken a string, the guitar will stay in tune. The second issue is I tend to rest my hand on the trem & I find if I set it to float it goes sharp just from my hand resting on it. I also use 5 springs on a couple of my Strats & 4 on the others. Still experimenting with the tension to some degree. I think 4 works better for me. I have adjusted the claw fairly tight & with 4 springs it works well, with 5 its a bit stiff. The Sperzel tuners do a nice job of locking the strings in well, the graphite nuts & saddles work really nicely in keeping the guitar in tune. Now all of this said I am not a wild man with this Trem. I would never do "dive bombs" with it, just to accent a chord or to give some notes a bit of color.
As far as setting pickup height, each of the 5 Strats I have all have differnt pickups so I have learned to play with the guitar for a bit then adjust as needed. Once I have the height set I rarley adjust it. I have a set of Surfers in one Strat & that one took me a bit of time to get the height set properly. I would set it up at my friends studio & once I got home & statred playing through my amps it wasn't quite right so over a period of weeks I finally got it to where it sounded right. The microphonic overtones you get when the pickup is to close to the strings can really be quite annoying. I have a set of Texas Hots in another & this guitar has a really nice clean chime. I particularly like it when playing clean. My third one has a set of Fralin Blues Specials. The BS pickups are a touch hotter or slightly overwound by comaprison to a vintage Strat but this guitar plays and sounds like a early 60's Strat!
