How to set up your Fender Stratocaster with Kip Bradford 

Thank you so much.

+FilziSH you're a saint

+FilziSH yes thank you..

Adjust the nut height after you've adjusted the neck relief and string height. This is an essential part of the setup that for some reason wasn't covered in the video.

+Davilo Olivad what the heck are u talking about??? just how exsctly do you adjust the nut. the nut doesnt move . are you talking about making sure your nut slots are big eniugh for rhe strings

Same here. By far the best set up video I've found after watching at least a dozen.

It basically rules out learning techniques in different tunings because you're always switching and retuning depending on the original recording. Other than that a rose system is one of the greatest and elegant locking nut tremelos. A real leap forward in the world of rock guitar.

+Kilgore Trout man, help me please! what can I do if after the intonation, the open string and its 12th fret sound perfect, but other frets sound flat or sharper than they should? thx!

What inkey2 says....that is always vital. i am in the process of creating my own channel, to discuss these topics. i will say that even with fresh, fully stretched in strings, your guitar will not have perfect notes at all spots of the neck. The guitar is a very imperfect instrument. There are now guitars with staggered frets, that look like crooked spaghetti, which come as close to full neck intonation, but it presents a problem with bending and other techniques. i suppose such a guitar would possibly work fine for a rhythm only player, but even the way i play, which is rhythm, plus riffs, would not work with such a fret array. If you play over an hour a day, you should change strings weekly. If you are gigging often, you may need to change after each gig, as your sweat, and dirt will get in between the windings, and it will corrode. The best thing you can do for keeping them fresh a bit longer is to spray finger ease on the strings before playing. It acts as a barrier of sorts, then after playing, spray some of the same on a lint free cloth, or dual side string cleaner, and wipe your strings down well. My first video is going to be a comparison of guitar strings for various guitars, and which last best for some guitars, and some that don't necessarily last longer, but are a better choice for certain guitars, i.e. Fenders or others with floating Vibrato blocks. If you are playing a non-vibrato, or commonly, but incorrectly called non tremolo block guitar, i highly recommend Cleartones, not Elixirs. Elixirs are dandy for acoustic, but Cleartones are treated against corrosion, rather than polymer coated. So far, in over a year of my documented testing, they have lasted 2-3x longer than regular Ernie Ball, D'Addarios or DR's. Not to say they are bad strings, and 3 sets of any of those are just a little more than one set of Cleartones, but there is the benefit of not having to change strings as often. i have used the Cleartones even longer, but that is by being diligent with keeping them clean, as i mentioned earlier. These are the strings i use in my Studio, and recommend to clients, whether they are here for recording, or for guitar work. If they are set on a favorite brand, i put on what they request, but i do promote the Cleartones (not being paid to) because they have served me so well. On a Vibrato block Fender, i stay strictly with Fender Super Bullets, simply because they seat in the block perfectly. Ball end strings can change position under tension, and tuning can slip easily, in my experience. they don't have the lasting time of Cleartones, but they are made to fit the guitar, and that makes it worth changing strings more often, to keep tuning solid. My upcoming video will go into more detail. Just send me a msg, and i will send you a link when i post the video. In a long winded way, that is me agreeing with Inkey2's comment about fresh strings. The last comment i will make....some guitars will play closer to full neck intonation than others, however, that can vary with the same model guitars made in the same factory in the same year. Perhaps The Graphite composite guitars, or 3D printed guitars will be more consistent, since wood will always vary. Humidity and Temperature will change tuning and intonation. A cool room will cause contraction, and your tuning will be sharp, across the board, opposite in a warm room, and on and on. i hope to offer more help with my soon to be channel. Be Well, All, -trout

Trout, thank you for being courteous and respectful in your criticism. Too many people think they have be rude and crude in their comments, I guess either because they think that makes their argument stronger (it doesn't) or they think they sound tough and smart (they don't). They just come off as immature and ignorant and boring. Boring is the worst.

He does mention this at 36:15

the new Mayer PRS addresses that and is perfect fret by fret. they spent 2 years finely adjusting each fret my micrometers. on top of that, i am just yanking your whammy bar.

There's nothing 'wrong' w/ your Trem setup. What you have is the 'Synchronized' Setup where you can only bend down, the Fender Strat in the Video has a Floating Trem setup where you can bend Up, 1/2 a semi-tone. Both are shipped from the Fender, depending on YOUR model & where it was made: Mexico, USA, Japan, or Indonesia & China for 'Fender' Squire Strats.

Here you go mate, a new US Nickle ($.05 cents) is 1.9mm thick

How'd it go?

john, you said some pretty stupid things in the video, that goes against basic physics. the bass strings can not pull the bridge out of alignment, and only the total tension matters because the bridge is stiff and the springs are inside the 2 outside mounting screws. you are spreading the same kind on nonsense carl verheyen spreads. he is a great player but would fail high school physics. please look into a little physics before talking nonsense.