Four US quarters and adhesive tape and my MIM Fender Strat is as stable as my Made in USA Fender Tele. Brilliant solution. Thanks for the excellent video of your technique.
Dude thank you so much this was a life saver. Bought a 7 string recently and I ended up getting one with a floating bridge. I soon realized I wanted to be able to switch tunings somewhat often. Just a half step down but as you know that is a royal pain in the ass to do with a floating bridge. This trick locked that bridge in place perfectly. Thank you so much man. Cheers.
Dude, you lied to me. It cost me $3.85 in US coins 🤣. None the less this solved ALL stability issues on my guitar and only took about 20 minutes. Thanks a lot!!!!
@@MattRandallProductions 3 quarters and a dime on the forward side, then two sets of six quarters towards the butt of the guitar. All wrapped in tape and carefully placed. But hey man, it worked. And I'm very thankful for your video tutorial. :-D P.S. This was done on a PRS SE Custom 24. Just thought you'd like to know.
Add enough pressure from the spring adjustment screws to pull the mass of the bridge against the top of the guitar as strongly as possible. If you have 5 springs then use them all but 3 will work. Next,Tighten down the six bridge screws in front of the saddles. Put a wood block or coins or whatever fits so the back of the trem block will sustain with the body. Do not worry about the space in front of the trem block.
Thanks for that awesome tip! I thought that I needed to buy a special block or bridge lock and I had never heard of using coins. So of course I tried it and was immediately blown away by the improvement with my old Kramer Focus 3000! While this guitar was already pretty cool and a thrill to play, it was a PITA to keep in perfect tune, to change tuning, change strings etc. Now it truly does seem like I have a brand new top of the line Guitar...the sustain is that good! I adjust my action and this guitar has never played better since I bought it many years ago. Thanks again for making this video. Subscribed.
Thank you so much I've had the same problem my strat wouldn't stop floating, when I tuned it and did all intonations on it. I used like 5 to 6 2ps on the back and one 2p at the front Thanks again really big help bro nice one!
I did the coins (Canadian pennies) and medical tape method as well, but I taped the coins around the edges only and left the face of the coins exposed on both ends. I wanted to have metal to metal contact from the tremolo block to the coin faces to the wood. I used a total of 8 pennies x 3 rolls to fill up the cavity. The important thing though is that my Stratocaster bridge is now rock-solid, stays in tune and doesn't have the metallic echoey reverb from the springs. My ash-bodied Strat was bright enough before and didn't need the harsh metallic overtones from the springs.
you don't need to do that on a strat style trem system. Just tighten it until it sits firmly on the body. Then you only can move it with the whammy bar in one direction. When a string for example breaks its no deal, it will stay in tune, because it is only one way ;)
Lowes. Hillman hobby bracket part # 884485. 2 pack for $1.60. #8 x 1" screws with nuts. Little wood screws. Looks and function perfect. I use 2 per 3 spring cavity.
Very usefull, thank you. It's a shame I didn't watched this video a few hours back. I just came home from a recording session. My sound engeneer and I were getting nuts over tuning issues on my guitar :/ Next time will be better
...I'm gonna flip it back over,..(fart), then we're gonna remove....It was the strings, I swear, see...(no noise) LOL Great idea, it makes cents. Budum chhh.
@@MattRandallProductions Yeah, just a little humor. I am in the process of switching out a single coil pickup to an old Dimarzio humbucker,(HSS) on a cheap Fender Squire Strat, but I wanted to make sure to make it a hard tail, since I don't use the whammy bar. So I thought I'd check out your video. Good idea.
Great thanks Why even bother with springs? More weight even if slight. I just used wood glue on timber shims and steel block. It stays in place on string change even.
Thanks for this tutorial. I'm currently borrowing a 1999 American Standard Strat (in translucent off white). It's very cool, but the bridge is set for dives only. And it has 5 springs, which is one more than I've ever seen. My question for you is (if you don't mind answering me) can I still use this method with 5 springs, or should I remove 1 or 2 of them? He told me to adjust it however I see fit, and when I do a big bendd or use the tremelo at all, the G and B go either sharp or flat. So it definitely needs to be fixed. I'm just not sure if it's safe to do this while it's set up the way it currently is. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks 😊
What's the reason for re-attaching the springs? Doesn't seem like that accomplishes anything - does it? (I guess I spent most of today looking at videos about this process. This is the clearest and makes the most sense.)
I think most people buy them thinking of all the amazing dive bombs they’re gonna do now and then very quickly they realise that not only can they not do it, the guitar is horribly out of turn all the time!
Hey! So after my claw screws were ripped from thier spots i decided to remove the tension springs. Would this work even if you keep you springs removed or is there an alternative way for that because i cant nor do i want to re install the claw screws and all that. Thanks!
I did this to my guitar and it caused the bridge to go in a weird position causing it to not make any sound... had to take it to get it fixed. How do i make sure this doesn't happen?
Dude, all you have to do is tighten the springs and the bridge will sit flush to the body and not move at all from standard palm rests. This is not like a Floyd Rose floating setup.
you can use coin but it just function as blocker it doesn't increase your sustain, I prefer to use a wood so it contact with your guitar body and creates a beautiful sustain to your guitar
That type of trem should have just enough float to get a thin sheet of paper under. Letting the strings pull it that far forward actually throws of intonation a lot.
Hey i just made a video of how i did mine with coins so the intonation won't be affected ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gszK8naWD68.html
@@MattRandallProductions no it will not but it will helping with keeping the strings tuned along with a locking nut I didn’t say locking tuners will stop a floating bridge from moving
You do know tons of people do this already right?? Even Rob Chapman has a how-to video for this exact purpose but instead using a wooden block. Hell, you can even buy blocks for it. Don't know why people are freaking out about this. "Properly setup" varies with each player's style
Protect the paint? 🤣🤣🤣you didn’t even give a shit when you flipped your guitar over with no towel underneath your guitar. I guess it doesn’t matter it’s only a Mexican strat 🤷♂️
philip ryan oh? Could you be a bit more specific? I'm just starting out so how can I improve? Thanks for watching though. Did you get anything out of it?
@@MattRandallProductions Your video was fine, it really worked for me hence all of my comments. I am now in a great mood because your suggestion massively improved my guitar. I was considering buying another guitar. Now its like I have a guitar with a built in sustaining system, and I still have the floating bridge if I want to play 80's shred. The critics never have any of their own content. By the way this is not main user account. But I am not here to promote my channel.
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@@MattRandallProductions your video was great, man. Thanks and keep rocking 🔥🔥
