How tight should a tremolo bridge be?

How tight should a tremolo bridge be?

If you have a vintage-style 6-screw tremolo unit on your Strat, tighten the screws down until they just barely touch the top of the bridge plate. If the screws are too tight, the plate and its knife edge may bind. If the screws aren’t holding the plate down, it may ride up and mess with both tuning and trem response.

Can you put a fixed bridge on a Strat?

Most Stratocaster® bridges fall into 3 categories: American Standard (2 pin tremolo), Synchronized (6 screw tremolo), and Fixed (hardtail bridge, no tremolo). Hipshot makes replacement bridges for each of these.

What do the screws on the bridge of a guitar do?

There are two adjustment screws on the ends of the bridge that you can turn to angle the bridge left or right. If all of your strings are sharp or flat, you can try to adjust the bridge position to improve intonation. But you may find that it’s close to impossible to achieve good intonation across each string.

Can I put a tremolo bar on my guitar?

All tremolo systems have their quirks, whether you use a Bigsby, Floyd Rose, two-point synchronized, floating or what have you. But a new system says it can deliver perfect tuning and accurate pitch bends on any electric…or acoustic, for that matter.

How tight should guitar bridge be?

They don’t need to be tight. As long as they hold the ball end in place against the bridge plate. I always put a slight bend in the string at the ball end. This pushes it off to the side and it’s much less likely to catch the bottom of the pin and push it up when you tighten the string.

Should bridge screws be tight?

For a six-screw design: If your guitar has a six-screw design, you should tighten the two screws that attach the bridge base to the body so they make equal contact on the bridge base plate, then lift the four in the center so they are lifted up off of the base equally.

How do you adjust the tremolo on a Stratocaster?

After you have the front edge of the tremolo adjusted you want to adjust the back edge of the tremolo. To do this, remove the plate on the back of your guitar to access the tremolo springs. Then adjust the screws that secure the tremolo claw to the body tighter or looser to change the gap at the back of the tremolo.

What kind of Vibrato does a Fender tremolo have?

The original six-screw ‘synchronised tremolo’ was a Fender design, but the Deluxe vibrato was keeping up with the Floyd Rose version whilst maintaining a more traditional look. It’s an upgrade on the old-style Strat trem, which had six wood screws attaching the vibrato plate to the body.

How big should the gap be on a Fender Stratocaster bridge?

Fender recommends a 1/8″ (3.2 mm) gap between the body of the guitar and bottom of the bridge. You will have to adjust the spring tension with the screws on the spring claw, re-tune the guitar and then check the gap at the back of the bridge.

When did the Fender Stratocaster Trem change?

The Strat trem continues to be extremely popular with guitarists and was updated in 1986 when Fender moved from a six-point bridge attachment method (i.e. six screws are drilled into the body to attach the bridge) to a two-point bridge system where two posts are drilled into the body.