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StratoSphere
Double Platinum Member
Canada
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 Posted - 10/26/2007 : 02:41:47
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| really franz? what does the graphite on the nut do? im guessing allows the strings to move smoother? |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
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Posted - 10/26/2007 : 09:27:45
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yep...on the money strato...it's an old trick i read about in a guitar magazine many moons ago..i'm fairly sure you can get a nut and saddles actully made from graphite these days as direct replacements if you want also isn't there a stuff called 'string lub' i think it's graphite based as well ..but the little trick i described always works for me..... ..... |
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StratoSphere
Double Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 10/26/2007 : 13:35:51
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thanks for the tip, franz.
i will lube all of my nuts pronto  |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 10/26/2007 : 13:53:44
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I have a Custom Shop Strat California Beach, this is a copy of a 1957 model but with jumbo frets. And it never goes out of tune (I do some dive bombing sometimes). Why? I think that the nut (bone) is cut by a person who knows how to do it right and I use a product called �Guitar lube� on all string contact points on the guitar.
I have three more Strats, all with graphite nuts cut by myself and also prepared with �Guitar lube�. They are not as stable as the CS but good enough for me.
The trick, when a Strat goes out of tune caused by whammy bar movements, is to pull the bar up after the down push use. Or, if the tremolo plate is flat against the body, pull the offending string (stretch it).
There are a whole lot of things to do to get a Fender vintage trem to work fine, use Google to find out. But the main things to take care of is the nut and the screws holding the tremolo.
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
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Posted - 10/26/2007 : 19:22:03
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Originally posted by Goran
I have a Custom Shop Strat California Beach, this is a copy of a 1957 model but with jumbo frets. And it never goes out of tune (I do some dive bombing sometimes). Why? I think that the nut (bone) is cut by a person who knows how to do it right and I use a product called �Guitar lube� on all string contact points on the guitar.
I have three more Strats, all with graphite nuts cut by myself and also prepared with �Guitar lube�. They are not as stable as the CS but good enough for me.
The trick, when a Strat goes out of tune caused by whammy bar movements, is to pull the bar up after the down push use. Or, if the tremolo plate is flat against the body, pull the offending string (stretch it).
There are a whole lot of things to do to get a Fender vintage trem to work fine, use Google to find out. But the main things to take care of is the nut and the screws holding the tremolo.
Excellent post goran.....thats it in a nutshell..people that play strats know the little tricks that keep it in tune as you described...and 100% about the screws that hold the tremolo to the guitar..a slight ajustment to them can make all the difference.. |
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visserman
Platinum Member
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Posted - 10/28/2007 : 17:31:43
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And off course the thing to do with the trem is to use it in a very unique way, which is not easy.
Not many tutorbooks deal with this subject, you just need to experiment.
Like Strato I can also divebomb with mine, and yes, it is a Fender Dive bomb.
The amazing thing with Fenderstrats is [and all you folks who have more than one will agree with this point] that they all feel and play different: What you can do on one guitar you may not be able to do on the other, regardless of the set-up. I think this may be due to the Strat itself: it seems that each decade has his own statmodel with feel.
Good to see that many of you have the more traditional stuff [Strats] and Bigsby equiped guitars but also the more superstrat models.
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