Fender Stratocaster: Electric Guitar Setup : Spring Tension: Fender Stratocaster Setup

[estoniaguy3]

hey I have a problem. I bought a fender stratocaster and i have only one spring inside of there??What shall i do?Is there anything do to with it??:S

[MartiniusMusic]

@estoniaguy3

Lol!!! You sure you've bought a real Fender? Just ask the seller for the springs you need...

[chadnunez66]

nice playing!



[DiamondMusicChannel]

Well i dont know about you guys but i learnt something - 'Fuck expertvillage'.

[metachozoite]

tremolo system tip ( CRANK IT as far up as it will go!!!!!!!!!!!)

[deansinghgill]

This guy looks like he wants to kill himself

[davey4557]

3 springs should be evenly space, not all suked into the middle of the claw like that. That is just WRONG and a FAIL :(

[Fretmelter528]

Let me explain it yo you guys. When the springs are loose, the bridge isnt flat against the guitar, so you can use the tremolo bar both up and down. When its tight, the bridge is flat and you can do down tremolos but not up. The upside to the bridge being flat (tight springs) is that its easier to tune than when the springs are loose.

[Neuguy69]

That was the ferret. Normally his friend woody the woodchuck does these immensely uninformative videos.

[Disburden]

Thanks for showing us how to do NOTHING.

[KeithWasHere1]

you only have 3 why?..i have 5 or 6...and what is the function of "deadening" the springs by using sponge or tubes?

[dpsd]

i'd like to know what color is your strat, its like light sunburst? because the classic sunburst is a lot darker on the edges but i like yours

[nwojason]

@dpsd

i believe its called sienna sunburst very beautiful color

[TheBlackxism]

nothing better then a well tuned and intonated guitar!!

[OughtaKrawl]

You could have at least taken off your pajamas before you shot the video. Luckily your hair cut will detract most people's attention from this slack...which just happens to be your over-sized shirt. No pun intended there...Bless your heart!

[oOoKhaledoOo]

Gus i have a problem , whenever I play on my B or high E strings they are REALLY hard to BEND , especially from 12 to 20 , lthey get muted and if i pushed more hard they get broken ( the strings i mean ) .. SO my question is , IS these 3 springs in the back of my guitar , HAS to do with anything of this ? and what happens if I removed one ?? and how ??

[infectionsman]

@GuitarAmplifier its for ease of changing strings and tightening the springs, also it allegedly improves acoustic / resonant properties of the body and springs

[rabandario]

how you calibrate the guitar , the armonics and tat

[3922378742]

he's very ugly.. my god.. is a camel

[munierinho]

2 questions:

1. Can you list the order in which you're supposed to perform the setup? Youtube plays your videos out of order I think....

2. Why do so many people leave the back plate off the guitar? Is it risky to do that?

Thanks so much for posting these videos!

[Jammin67]

you should change each string one at a time if u takem all off at once you release the tension in the neck.. and as u do this repeatedly over time your neck is gonna warp but then again this guys an expert so listen to him

[mtrtm]

idiota!

[jdducut83]

haha i thought it was wierd that Ive had the backplate off my strat since i got my strat many many years ago.

[soundof3nails]

i could tell the ferret thought he was cool when he said "ready to rock" and at the end

[whitestripebuzz]

Wow that was in-depth and worth uploading.

[freezazoid]

too bad you didn't explain why giving a "little tightening on the tremolo" was necessary at this step... why not loosen it? Why not tighten it a lot? Why are you even tightening it at all? Maybe it was already perfect?

Another vague video by expert village.  Thanks Guys!!

[TheSchmitzrunner]

@freezazoid i just try to adjust my spring tension so that my trem floats and it gives me room to bend a half step up from using the whammy bar

[HouseOnLaprairie]

I have an American made strat. and when i re string it the bridge comes up really high. What should i do? should i tighten the tremolo a lot more? (there is a lot of room to tighten the tremolo screws)

[23645645]

can anybody help me. my tremolo is tight so i doesnt move when bending. but when i used the arm it just goes out of tune. is there a way of stpping this without locking tuners

[guitarshreder91]

@23645645 sounds like you bridge is not set up right

[23645645]

@guitarshreder91 i just got it set u p by proffesionals ?

[guitarshreder91]

@23645645 where at? if its guitar center there are not really professionals

[23645645]

@guitarshreder91 at a place called kgb. they are trained lucifers. :S

[guitarshreder91]

@23645645 you mean Lutheirs? not the devil lol

[viper47bc]

whats the bar called the one he shakes it with

[guitarshreder91]

@viper47bc A whammy bar...

[MrAman8106]

i hate theese fuckin commercials

[revivalnight]

excuse the ignorant question, im trying to restore a vintage 85 telecaster, can i install any tremolo block assembly on it or does it have to be a specific kind? i'd appreciate any help, thanks.

[164jord]

@revivalnight look at a bigsby or gibson maestro

[crash9321]

man i need to to take of my neck pickup and out a humbucker

[checkabreak]

and what is this showing us fucking idiot

[cast390]

@checkabreak what do you expect its an expert village video

[dinkymau]

whats the difference of having 3 spriungs or five springs in there¿ the tension distributes or what¿

[inkey2]

@dinkymau there are a couple of reasons to go with 5 springs....(1) if you have switched to a heavier gauge string like .011s or .012s you may need more springs to keep the bridge from rising way up (2) some people want 5 springs just to have their bridge sit tight on the body so the guitar will stay in tune better.......

[C1rcaBoy13]

american made strat?

[dayone54]

hello,

can u please tell me what tuner u have on top of ur guitar?? is it a sabine if so, what model no.? and how does it work? is it velcro or what? how does it stay?

thanx so much

debbie

keep strummin'

[slash873]

what does taking the back cover off d ive heard it sounds better but i never tried it

[vlxxx]

@slash873 It just makes the strings easier to change if you leave the back cover off.

[sbtrackrunner]

hang on...

1 standard tuning?

2how tight?

3 steps before or after?

please reply, even if not expertvillage

[guitarfreak651]

@sbtrackrunner yes usually standard tuning, and usually its a quarter turn on the screws, but when setting up a strat what i do is i change the strings (stretch em) then i check the tremelo spring tension, then the truss rod, the action, pickup height and i finally intonate it, and i do it in that exact order

[hiphopsucks96]

I have a strat that came with a tremelo, but the tremelo broke off, and now there's a chunk still in there. Can someone tell me some easy ways to get it out so I can put in my new one?

[skatingasian13]

@hiphopsucks96 I think you are pretty much out of luck man. If anything take into a guitar repair shop and see if anything can be done.

[Revengekillha]

thats a stratocaster hss right?

[MyWerld]

what kind of amp is that?

[00bmx4life00]

youtube had gone wierd again

[agnus2112]

maybe if your strings keep breaking you've got the springs too tight?

[agnus2112]

but when you tighten the springs your strings end up tighter right? i have a '54 reissue (from the 90s) MIJ fender strat. i've got a really bad problem with tuning it. i can tune it but then i bend one string or play a few chords and the entire tuning goes out of whack. i sent it to the luthier and he did something to the tuners which worked for a short while but its back to being constantly out of tune. Any ideas?? i assume if it was as simple as the springs the luthier woulda fixed it? thnx!

[zzzslayerzzz]

Buy graph tech string saver saddles.

[godzilla964]

I have a strat, and every time i play it, tune it, or use the tremolo, a string keeps breaking. Just today i put new strings on my guitar yesterday and today i was tuning it from flat to standard, then the high e string broke. i lowered the saddle blocks and evened the tension in the truss rod.

[majorivan]

well, although i don't exactly have the same problem as you... mine is similar.... i have a kramer and when i use the tremolo, all the strings go sharp... still haven't figured it out yet, but i have a theory that my springs are too tight

[abaddon5]

godzilla964:

This may be a stupid question, but do you stretch your strings as you're tuning? Since I started doing it, I haven't broken a single string.

[daliksheppy]

hehe he does look like a ferret

[IPlayNfsMw]

dude is that a squier sp-10?

[weaponx29]

hey sir...what the springs are not to tight?? should i tighten it or not?

[weaponx29]

hey sir... when i use my tremolo and push it..then the strings will be out of tune? any ideas?

[iobserveutube]

ill be damned. your bridge is just a normal strat trem and you have a normal nut and you can go nuts with your whammy and it holds its tune. incredible. i had no idea trem springs are the reason.

[guitargod4576]

Im trying to tune my guitar to drop A, so I need to adjust spring tension. To go to lower tunings do you tighten or loosen the spring tension.

[CHICKMAGNET66666]

tighten

[Untouchable787]

man i love the colour of your strat

[gus23a]

@Untouchable787

yeah, thats sienna sunburst!

i am going to buy me one of this beautys in about a month!

i can´t wait to play it!

[micotakis75]

Thanks for the advice, you're the king !

[jimguitarman27]

i restrung my strat a few months ago,, the bridge is depressed,, so is this because the string tension is higher than hte spring tension?

[BurntJesus]

man hes right, he totally looks like a ferret

[TakeItBrendanLSD]

ok heres my question... i have three springs in the back and i want to take one out because its not set up for these strings i like...can i take it out? how do i adjust to even things out?

[TheMadMusicMan]

This setup is better for new players, for a couple of reasons... The Guitar will be easier to tune and you can change tunning easily. I like mine to float so I can pull up, but laying it flat is better so the strings are all in tune when you do a bend... All personal taste I guess.

[ajatkinson2004]

Well alot of experienced players prefer this also for better sustain and the intonation issues. Clapton's strat has a blocked trem.

[TheMadMusicMan]

Yeah that's true. A lot of them did it though because their was not as much knoweldge about tremolo setup, and it would goo out of tune very bad. We now know that well cut nut, good tuners and saddles let the tremolo stay in tune with quite a bit of use. I preffer VIntage six stud but either one will work just fine. I have one Strat laying flat and the other floating. Both stay in tune great and sound excelent.

[ajatkinson2004]

Yeah but i just got a new strat with the 6-screw vintage trem block and vintage butterfly string trees (Screwed all the way on the headstock with no spacer i might add) The dang strings are at such a sharp angle behind the tree that they catch on the tree when u use too much trem. Makes them go sharp when you release the whammy. And i cant find a decent screwdriver for loosing them either (without wallowing out the screw head)

[missvampy666]

my fat strat has a floyed rose

[aydooknow]

i wanna make mine easier to whammy. it's gotten a little stiff. will that mess up the alignment of the bridge?

[jaysucks312]

spring = string

the spring tension should be or equal to the tension of your strings..to get that really nice vibrato sound.

[ajatkinson2004]

Can u explain that please

[tjsr210]

well, you can set up a strat to give a bit of pull up, but it isn't pretty....

[michadoove]

I've got my strat set up with pull up, no problem whatsoever...

[kay7sniper]

how do you do so

[michadoove]

Well, you have to loosen the screws for the springs the stringtension will cause the bridge to float. However this means you have to adjust string height and length on the bridge, otherwise you're guitar will sound out of tune. I can do it myself, but it is a job which will cost you a fair amount of time, so I reather let it be done by a proffesional.

[lilgoalieman]

easy, loosen the spring tension, so the bridge is forwards a bit , and it acts like a floyd rose, you can pull up and push down with it, thats how my other strat is

[CheetahBoi95]

@michadoove

how ? i want to pull my tremolo bar but i can't (on fender) . i can push it down obviously . but can't pull . so how ?

[michadoove]

@CheetahBoi95

Hi Cheeta, if you take the backplate of the body, you'll see that the springs holding your tremelo in tension are held by two screws in the wood. It is just a matter of loosening these screws a bit and you'll see your bridge will begin to float. After this you'll have to re-adjust each string, because obviously the overal lenght of the string will become shorter and the distance between the fretboard and string will be bigger

[myrandumbstuff]

Bigbys ftw.

[mjwoodworth]

if i fiddle with the string tension, will it make me able to pull the arm backwards? (a.k.a make the pitch higher)

[randyrhoads6]

hehe the ferret...thats tight!

[pbstratocaster]

Thanks for the fun video. A guy who is seriously talking about tuning up and other adjustments and demonstrating it with a heavy distortion sound. He he he lol.

[melantoriano]

nice guitar ..but the black thing on the top of the body is a tuner??..why in this position ,it's horrible! :-))

[Danklin24]

The tuner is there just for convenience and i believe these tuners read vibration as well as sound or rather than sound, not sure. They attach and detach easily. They're great for acoustics.

[lilgoalieman]

try to put them really lose it will sound funny when u whammy a lil bit

[davidtheguitarman]

he used neck pickup!!

[MiniMightyMan96]

why does this guy remind me of bob ross???

[mickdee06]

i really dont know

[af4k]

Bottom line is - let a luthier do it. They know what they are doing. Otherwise you can

chalk it up to a learning experience if

you mess up your guitar.

[Danklin24]

af4k, You'd have to be almost stupid to mess up your guitar during setup. If you watch the videos carefully its not difficult, just time consuming.

[eltiodeaca]

i tightened the screws

quite a bit,

now the string tend to brake

after 6 or 7 times i played,

which it happens alomst weekly?

does anyone know what can i do?

or should do?

[SHUKOKAI1967]

are the two screws equally tensioned?

[Danklin24]

Yes the two screws should be equal in length coming out of the body.

[SHUKOKAI1967]

are the two screws equally tensioned ?

[mrosco009]

Hi. Im a pretty new player and just changed my strings for the first time. and for some reason, my bridge is kinda poping out now. Im not sure what to do to fix this problemi used a screw driver to tighten the brdge plate down, but didn't help at all. Id take it to a shop but im out of the counrty right now. Im in Eastern Europe and I don't really trust taking it somwhere. Can you help?

[MaywoodMets]

I had the same problem. You probably used a higher gauge than what the factory puts on. Do what he does on second 25. Also think about getting more springs for the back. Look up online "adujusting bridge on fender strat" on google.

[MaywoodMets]

Do what he does at second 25. Also try to get more springs for the back.

[Danklin24]

Do NOT tighten down all of the bridge plate screws. This is a common mistake. They're not meant to be tightened down all the way. Tighten the claw screws under the backplate. If that doesnt bring it down enough you might need to add another spring to tremolo.

[rockerdude29]

I think anybody in the world who has a strat takes the back plate off lol,stevie ray vaughan,jimi hendrix,clapton,johnny mayer....

[dinkymau]

@rockerdude29 hahahahahahahaha fuckin true!! i did with mine, first i did it with my jackson, and then with my strat :)

[Guy9998]

@rockerdude29 I know this reply is 3 years late but Clapton actually keeps the backs on, at least he does now. But you're right, some of my strats have the backs on and some don't. It might be my imagination, but I find they sound more open with the back off. And if you have the trem set as a hard tail, it's a pain in the ass to get the strings out when changing strings with the back plate on. On the high and low E anyway.

[UKToneKing]

@Guy9998 It will sound much better with the back off a strat as it resonates more and gives you a nice long ringing of the notes, much better for home recording too

[Guy9998]

@UKToneKing Thanks for the response. So I guess it's not all in my head after all.

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