Fender Stratocaster Full Setup - Anyone Can Do This! 

Comprehensive, well explained, and easy to follow - great clip. I just set up my first guitar following this video, and it sounds great!

Thank you for this. I have been searching for a clearly explained strat setup tutorial . This one is really the easiest to follow.

The best and easily understandable vidio on strat setup ive seen thanks man!

The BEST set up guide I found on YT. Thank you very much!

Thanks . Set up my own instruments now , what a difference. Especially getting the pickup height right. Makes the world of difference. 😊

Best one I've viewed on this subject yet. Great explanation.

Thank you for this video. I remember being taught "never mess with the truss rode unless you're a professional", and that doing slight adjustments would basically cause it to explode. This video gave me the confidence to finally try to adjust my guitar on my own.

Thank you for this!! I've watched countless setup videos but this was the easiest to follow! Adding it to my lists!

FINALLY changing the pickguard on my (white on white) Player. Have tinkered here or there but this will be my first full set-up. Thanks for this artiiculate instruction!

Strats are new to me as I've been playing LP style guitars previously. I've come back to this video for reference multiple times. I landed me right where I wanted to be each time. I like the way each section had a what the 'guy did before me, what the factory says, and what I like' explanation. It reflects your own experience and I think I paid closer attention because of this. Thank you.

Comprehensive, detailed and patiently done, thanks!

Thank you so very much for taking the time to make this complete video. I just set up my Strat and it sings. It has become a total joy to play. Cheers, brother!

This is one of the better videos ive seen on this subject. Thank you

Just wanted to say you did a very good job of explaining all the basic procedures to setup a Strat.. Simple and to the point, using basic tools, maybe taking the fear away for guitarists who have never done a setup before.. Well Done

Added to favorites, thank you 🤙🏽

Thank you for a very detailed explanation!

This is by far the best setup video ive seen, really painted the whole picture

Loved the tremolo set up. 5 minutes. Done. Thank you!

I've been playing guitar for nearly 17 years and have always been too afraid to try a set-up myself. Thank you so much for this video, just did a full set up on my strat and it's playing and sounding marvelous!

Good job on the procedures you went thru, I have learned alot

Very helpful video. Thanks for being so thorough!

Excellent, straight forward presentation! I am basically an acoustic player, but picked up a used player strat. I am swapping out the tuners for lockers and the tremolo for the American pro trek system. The tool selection, the video along with the printed fender specs should have this strat singing in no time! Thanks again:)

Great video. Thank you for sharing your expertise. I love the notepad Tremolo Bridge trick! 🎸 🇨🇦

Thank You for the great video, I really needed this super handy set of instructions. I've had my guitar for about 4.5 years and just discovered the neck was crooked like a "banana. And even though I kept putting new strings on it, it just didn't sound right. Recently, I remembered seeing your video and decided to revisit it, and there it is. My Strat came out awesome, and to think I almost traded it in for a new one. Enjoy your holidays!🤓

Just bought a new Player Series Strat, used your video to set it up. Everything went well including a slight truss rod adjustment (strings were a bit high). Thank you for making this video. 😎👍

I have watched more than a few setup guides online and this is by far the best! Straight forward with simple tools and everything explained thoroughly thanks!

Great video mate. I’ve been doing my own Strat set ups for years but always check guides in case there are things I didn’t know, this was the best and most comprehensive guide I’ve seen to date. Kudos! Have you considered doing another one on the Carl Verheyen interval term set up? Be good to see your solid guide to that.

Thank you for a great video. This was very helpful and worked perfectly to set up my strat. Was going to take it in for a set up, but this was much better!

Good job of explaining the setup procedure. And I like that football in the background, ROLL TIDE!

This answered my question was so confused about the 2 point trem system. Thanks man!

Bravo maestro. Much appreciated!

Great stuff appreciate it!

Snappy, to-the-point, clear thinking and explanation! 👍👍🎸🎸

The best guitar set up video instructions I've seen. Extremely helpful. Thanks!

great video, all guitar players should know this stuff, I have been playing a very long time and just now going to learn to setup my guitars, great job thanks

Thank you for a nicely presented and well explained set up video for a complete set up.

Very great video sir, getting my first guitar this week. And Every other vid I watched was confusing, but this was informative and simple. Thank you

Thanks man. Quality advice.

Pick trick blew my mind. I've never done this "the right way" with a feeler gage bc I'm too lazy to buy a capo. Now I can set my neck right. I'll be playing like hendrix in no time. Cheers.

super helpful thanks a lot

a great info clip thanks, and also great production quality, I learned lots, cheers NZ

Really well done, thank you!

Excellent video, thanks!

That you Hogan, you saved me about $60. Great explanations, I not only knew what I was doing, by why I was doing it. Perfect content!

Have just set up a Johnny brooks strat copy black and white one in good condition anyway just done the Truss rod and set the pick ups and you know what I'm so surprised how good have got it the action is perfect thanks so much for your help.

THANKS, HOGAN!

Great video. Easy to follow.

You Rock Man, thanks for all the knowledge, means alot to a begginer like me, your a legend. 🍻

Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks! Something that seems super daunting isnt so bad

Great video appreciate it. Now to go through all of my strats and set them up properly haha

Brother Hogan .. Finally someone has come along and provided bottom line - no nonsense information to set up a Strat. I see the strat I have is doubled in price but what is more important is, since I followed your advice to the letter, the Strat has never played so well. Thank you and you really deserve 10 stars ..

This is great thanks so much very relaxed and cool approach to setup 😊👌🎸👍

Thanks for the info

Thanks for the video, I'm having a litttle bit of complication beacause my frets are quite used now but im pretty happy with my setup now :)

Great video. Thanks for sharing 👍

Fantastic Video. Thanks so much!

Great demo

thank you very very much sir! very informative and on point

10:39 That'S the way you do it! THANK YOU!

Great video - did this on a Yamaha Pacifica I've had for 15 years and the difference in how it plays is night and day. Just needed sone feeler gauges and a couple of screw drivers.

Thank you. Perfect video.

great useful info. saved me a lot of money.

Thank you, so much! I just bought myself a Fender Player HSS Strat off of Reverb. I got a great deal on it, because it was a B-Stock. But, I can't find a blemish on it. It was just badly in need of a setup. The strings were rusted and stuff. I've been playing for 40 years , and this is the first time I even remotely thought of working on a guitar myself. I've got it in good playing order, except I haven't tried to intonate yet. It wasn't off by too much though. I'll probably try that tomorrow . I believe it's got a couple of high frets. They're definitely in need of servicing, especially since those strings were on there that long. I'm not brave enough to try that out yet lol, so I'm still gonna take it in and have everything professionally done. I didn't have any gauges to measure anything, so I rednecked it, and got some cardboard that was pretty close to them lol.I've had it for a couple of days, and I was itching to play it! So, I found your video by trial and error. Your video is by far the best at explaining things. Thank you again, and when I have it done the right way, I'm confident I can keep up the maintenance! God Bless!🙏❤️💕❤️❤️🎸🤟😝🤟

I do appreciate the fact you mentioned pickup height is up to each individual, but we're not talking huge differences, just a little higher, lower.

Best thing i ever did was teach myself how to setup my guitars and man it is a life changer. I almost sold a guitar because i didn't like the way it felt and played. All it needed was a setup. Guitars play so much better, alot smoother and barely take any effort to play, when setup properly.

Great trick with the picks, I can't find a capo either. 😁 saved this one, thanks for the video.

Great video, thank you!

great video very insightful 👍

Excellent!

Thanks for your help...

Man I was going nuts until I found to is video. Thanks man.

Very few player's are good with A whammy, its an art form all its own, show us what you got, all do respect.

I cannot thank you enough. No wonder this Strat was in such clean condition but for sale for such a good price, all the guy needed to do was follow this video. Looks like I beat him to it. First Strat, and probably not my last now.

I just got a new Strat and I’m going to follow these steps to fine tune the action and the pickups (the setup I got has them pretty low - the low E side of the neck one is flush to the pickguard). Thanks for the comprehensive explanation!

Very well done! Roll Tide!!

Great video and Roll Tide!

Good intel thanks.

Thanks for spending the time showing us an easy and straightforward way to setup a Strat. Please try to add metric measurements in the future as most of the planet moved a long time ago from imperial units.

That’s definitely a useful tip to push the neck slightly to adjust the truss rod.

Really helpful instructions especially the notepad trick. Genius. I just wish the US finally converted to metric. For the life of me I get lost whenever I hear 6/64ths football fields per Ford 4x4

Awesome video....ROLL TIDE

The best 👍👍👍.

Best video on RU-vid for guitar set up imo Just a quick comment for the U.K. & Europe (metric) feeler gauges The 0.10” feeler gauge is the 0.25mm (not the one that has 0.10 written on it because that is in millimetres) I pretty sure a previous comment is incorrect ( but please correct me if I’m wrong)

Setting intonation is worth it's own video. It is best to use two high quality strobe tuners. The quality only found in $1,000 or higher strobe tuners. It's a bit more complex than stated. It can be done with lesser quality tuners for sure. But just one string out a few cents of intonation will stand out audibly. Sometimes difficult to know what string. This is why thousand dollar strobes are a huge help. It's worth the time put in to learn how to intonation your own guitars. There is nothing better than a well intonated guitar. And nothing worse than a guitar that won't tune properly. If your guitar plays any open cord and sounds perfect. But other cords are out of tune. Your intonation is out and needs fixing. You can pay a hundred dollars to have it done. And find out it's not much better. The best thing a guitarist can do for his or her playing is learn to intonate your own shit. If your in a band, intonate the bass and all other guitars together. And you will have the tightest sounding band in town! It's soo important. Find videos on intonation and watch all of them.

Thanks Guitarist Edward Norton!

Great video! I need to tighten my two pivot screws. They’re not down all the way.

Supurb! Thank You :D

It sounds great no buzzing or loosing tune I'm gob smacked how good it sounds see it's happened before have bought cheap copies from cash generator and have been lucky have had a decent few that have been great to play and look good as well so thanks so much for your information well appreciated.

I'm in my fifties, now, and I almost exclusively play Strats and Teles and their offbrand copies, too. The Strat is the AK-47 of music. It can, and does, play any gtenre of music, and plays them well. The Tele...that's another story.

Thank U, Bout time someone made a video for me ( a simpleton) kb

gotta save this for later , thanks man! my tremolo is rock solid from the delivery... it's like cemented to the wood and won't move at all when pushing lever lol. i guess factory ''settings'' have the screws tightened all way in the wood from the back side? going to check it out when i get home...

Great video….I believe Clapton decked his trem vs blocked

Pickup height is completely subjective. I like the most quack I can get. I set up the bridge and the neck first. The constant is that the low “E” side measurements are farther from the strings on all my pickups. Once I’ve gotten the bridge and neck set to my ears preference, I set the middle pickup to get maximum quack. That usually means a low setting and farther from the strings. As an aside, the hotter the pickups, the less quack.

Brilliant. Everything you need to know. Thank you.

Hey, great video. Floating the trem: Insert your 1/8" pack of post-its Tighten the trem springs to hold the pack in place Tune to pitch Gradually slacken the trem springs until the pad falls out :)

Best video on the topic...except for the cumbersome imperial measurement system, which is not your fault. Great,great video

Thank you sir. You saved my bacon

Strats Rule!!!!

A+ from me 👍😎❤️