How to setup Strat for more tremolo range?
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PFDarkside
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Re: How to setup Strat for more tremolo range?
Due to gauge and tension, you won’t have consistent pitch deflection from string to string. (Unless this bridge is something wild like the transtrem) I have probably 4 types of setups on my Strats in terms of bridge float, the most extreme gives me a minor third up on the G, a second on the B and a half step on the E. I feel like the low strings will go slack, but I have a Floyd for anything like that.
If you pulled the springs out of the back and took the bar off, that will show you the physical limits of the Strat bridge.
Due to gauge and tension, you won’t have consistent pitch deflection from string to string. (Unless this bridge is something wild like the transtrem) I have probably 4 types of setups on my Strats in terms of bridge float, the most extreme gives me a minor third up on the G, a second on the B and a half step on the E. I feel like the low strings will go slack, but I have a Floyd for anything like that.
If you pulled the springs out of the back and took the bar off, that will show you the physical limits of the Strat bridge.
Chistopher
malapterurus electricus tonewood instigator
Re: How to setup Strat for more tremolo range?
the 2:22 fits an american standard, so no, it's not wider.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r3ySg1Jppo
the vegatrem isn't like the bladerunner at all. The bladerunner has a spring steel connection between the body and trem itself, which bends when you press or pull on the arm. The vegatrem has one huge, long fullcrum instead of the two-point. With its supersmall footprint I do see that one working out for you, with virtually no mods necessary. Only some screws which drop right in place in the current holes.
Vega: that's my vote for your needs right now. \m/
the 2:22 fits an american standard, so no, it's not wider.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r3ySg1Jppo
the vegatrem isn't like the bladerunner at all. The bladerunner has a spring steel connection between the body and trem itself, which bends when you press or pull on the arm. The vegatrem has one huge, long fullcrum instead of the two-point. With its supersmall footprint I do see that one working out for you, with virtually no mods necessary. Only some screws which drop right in place in the current holes.
Vega: that's my vote for your needs right now. \m/
nexion218
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Re: How to setup Strat for more tremolo range?
If I was OP, I'd declare that one as a winner!
If I was OP, I'd declare that one as a winner!
Re: How to setup Strat for more tremolo range?
I think it is! The only trouble now is it costs $270, so I'm going to have to wait for a bonus at work before I'll be able to mentally reconcile spending that much money on a trem unit.
Thanks for all the help!
I think it is! The only trouble now is it costs $270, so I'm going to have to wait for a bonus at work before I'll be able to mentally reconcile spending that much money on a trem unit.
Thanks for all the help!
Chistopher
malapterurus electricus tonewood instigator
Re: How to setup Strat for more tremolo range?
Hey '59, don't buy one just yet. $270 is a lot of money to buy something not too many people know too much about. I'll buy one, give it a review and/or I might sell it to you. I've got a guitar lined up for one, but I'm not 100% certain the nut/tuners are up for the challenge.
Hey '59, don't buy one just yet. $270 is a lot of money to buy something not too many people know too much about. I'll buy one, give it a review and/or I might sell it to you. I've got a guitar lined up for one, but I'm not 100% certain the nut/tuners are up for the challenge.
Silence Kid
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Re: How to setup Strat for more tremolo range?
In general if the six screws are lowered so far they affect the motion and range of the trem, the base will be tilted up and noticeable; raise them much higher than where the ‘decked’ height is and the tuning stability can suffer. It’s a balance.
In general if the six screws are lowered so far they affect the motion and range of the trem, the base will be tilted up and noticeable; raise them much higher than where the ‘decked’ height is and the tuning stability can suffer. It’s a balance.
