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Topic: Very interesting video for Strat guys with a floating bridge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=en … c&NR=1

I found this on Youtube and thought that it might be the best advice I've ever heard on how to tune a Stratocaster.  Basically he is telling you to push down on any of the point the string touches before you tune to get the slack out.  Then you tune the string to pitch and dive bomb it with the tremolo.  Tune the string again until its stable, then move to the next string and repeat process.  The guy plays for a second at the end of the video and the string goes out of tune, he said not to mess with the tremolo instead he dive bombs it and its naturally back in tune.

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2 Reply by NPB_EST.1979 (edited by NPB_EST.1979 2012-12-07 09:45:15)

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Re: Very interesting video for Strat guys with a floating bridge

Pushing down at all the pressure points on the strings makes total sense. It was crazy how bending a string puts it out of tune, and instead of retuning a muted medium dive on the trem gets it back in tune! I really want to try this.

I used to pull/stretch my strings like that - even with Les Pauls, but I noticed they go dead much faster. It does help the guitar stay in tune better though. If you read the box on a set of DR strings, they specifically tell you not to stretch them out by pulling on them.

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Re: Very interesting video for Strat guys with a floating bridge

use of a tremsetter...by hipshot....it does help...since the 90's for me.
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Re: Very interesting video for Strat guys with a floating bridge

I'm going to try this but not this weekend.  I've got a huge benefit show we are playing... It might be the biggest gig I've ever played.  Anyway my main strat is going to be doing the show except for the Drop D stuff.  But Monday I'm totally trying this.

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Re: Very interesting video for Strat guys with a floating bridge

Didn't work on my American Stratocaster.

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Re: Very interesting video for Strat guys with a floating bridge

Thanks for the video

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Re: Very interesting video for Strat guys with a floating bridge

I tried it again and spent more time on it.  It does work but its not perfect pitch like the guy in the video.  Maybe if I did what he said to do in the other videos it would work better.  This guy can pull back on the bar and thats when the trouble starts with me.

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Re: Very interesting video for Strat guys with a floating bridge

A tuner after a song with heavy 'bar usage never hurt anyone in the past few decades...

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Re: Very interesting video for Strat guys with a floating bridge

I believe this only works cause the strings are getting caught somewhere. Like at the nut.
If a couple of bends like that put the guitar out of tune by THAT much, the nut is catching the string or the saddle (almost always the nut though)

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Re: Very interesting video for Strat guys with a floating bridge

NPB_EST.1979 wrote:

Pushing down at all the pressure points on the strings makes total sense. It was crazy how bending a string puts it out of tune, and instead of retuning a muted medium dive on the trem gets it back in tune! I really want to try this.

I used to pull/stretch my strings like that - even with Les Pauls, but I noticed they go dead much faster. It does help the guitar stay in tune better though. If you read the box on a set of DR strings, they specifically tell you not to stretch them out by pulling on them.

I think the guys who recommend not stretching out your strings, are jazz guys who don't bend notes much. If you pull on the strings, they will go dead faster, but I would rather have them go dead a little faster, then have them go out of tune the first time you do a solo that requires a bend. I don't think you will find any guitar tech that doesn't stretch the strings for his boss.

I like the tip of pushing near the bridge, behind the nut, and at the tuners...never did that before.