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chickenpicker · May 5th, 2005, 05:25 PM

Mine's set up thus:

All 6 screws down tight.

All springs pulled tight back.

Don't even think about whammy, or the body will crack (due to the tight screws).

I found a long time ago that I didn't really use the whammy, so disabled it. More sustain, and better tuning stability. If I want to bend a note down, then a bit of forwards pressure behind the neck usually suffices!

There was the one gig, though, when the guitar went way out of tune - yup, the neck screws had worked very slightly loose!

May 5th, 2005, 05:25 PM	#28 (permalink)
chickenpicker Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: UK Posts: 3,060 14 Photos	Is this a closet Stratocaster thread? Mine's set up thus: All 6 screws down tight. All springs pulled tight back. Don't even think about whammy, or the body will crack (due to the tight screws). I found a long time ago that I didn't really use the whammy, so disabled it. More sustain, and better tuning stability. If I want to bend a note down, then a bit of forwards pressure behind the neck usually suffices! There was the one gig, though, when the guitar went way out of tune - yup, the neck screws had worked very slightly loose!