Setting up a Stratocaster bridge and how it works in depth. 

This has got to be the best "how to" guitar video out here. Everything is explained so well and in great detail.

I was searching for a tutorial to understand the Wilkinson VS50-6 bridge of my son's guitar (Yamaha Pacifica VFM 611) and your video is a master's piece. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skills.

Thanks for posting this video. I've been playing guitar for over 60 years but I've never involved myself in the setup. I made notes from your video(s) and 'nervously' set-too on my Strat bridge, following your directions to the letter. Thanks to you Daniel, I'm absolutely delighted with the outcome and I have ventured into another side of understanding the guitar. Needless to say I'm hooked on your 5 star videos.

Exactly what I was looking for! Concise, very clearly explained, easy to understand. Thank you!

Howdy from across the pond here in Canada. I have just acquired an SE Strat from the AXL Factory. It is my first time dealing with a Trem system. The info you have shared in this video has really helped me get a handle on how to set up my Strat. Clear & precise how very nice!!

Good job. 2 things almost no one mentions are the Counter sunk screw holes underneath the bridge plate and the Bevel underneath. Counter sunk holes, the deeper they are cut the sharper/ more blade like they become and makes for a smooth pivot otherwise it is squared off and difficult to pivot. Second, the Bevel, most Strats have a bevel past the screw holes which makes the bridge pivot at two points, one is the centerline of the screw the other is the end of the bevel which results in the bridge sliding up and down on the screws. The bridge plate you have the bevel is at the center point of the screw and hence will not slide up and down the screw.

Fantastically helpful video!! Thanks so much for the free education!

Cracking video old chap! Thanks from across the pond. 🍻

Very thorough explanation. Thank you.

Very informative. Thanks!

Thanks for sharing. Recently acquired a two point Strat and this is very helpful.

just got my first electric, thank you for an excellent job with this video. Very informative and easy to follow with a thorough walk through on setup! Great for a beginner like me. 😎

Great Video. Thank you

Thanks alot bro for this video.. Im going to set up my strat.. Hopefully everything go well and perfect... 🎉 Thanks alot for sharing

great video, thanks. I learned that you can set up a Strat tremolo bar in floating. I thought it only could be set up to dive bomb only. So happy right now!

Excellent...thank you much

I'm gonna go on a big kick of watching your videos now. You really know what you're doing. I've been playing over 30 years but never really took the time to properly learn all the proper setup steps. I always just sorta wung it.

I came for the how-to info but stayed for the tatts. Dude, that's some awesome ink! Great how-to vid as well 👍 New sub.

Dude you got a great voice for this ! 👍

Great video, Now i can safely adjust my guitar bridge. Best wishes

its helpullll a lot,.. thanks

This is extremely helpful. Thanks man. lml

Thank you for making this video. I just recently purchased my first electric guitar. It is a used Strat style from an off brand. The action was set too low and it the guitar was pleagued with frett buzz. Just a little screw tightening to raise the action and it plays cleanly.

Hi, I think there's a mistake on how the spring tension affect the pitch change 14:11. No matter how strong your springs are, as long as the bridge is in a certain angel and you want a certain bending range, the bridge is gonna move a certain angle/distance to change the tension on strings, the springs are just working against the movement, 5 springs will force you to put more strength to move that angle/distance than 3 springs, not more distance/angel. (I always use only 2 springs to let the guitar bridge bend easier.)

this will be handy for tomorrow

Thanks!

EXCELLENT video for the uninitiated!!

Great video, so helpful. What do you recomend/your experience if you want a trem floating on a Fender strat regarding staying in tune is that to replace that bridge with a for example a Vega Trem or any other suggestion that best keeps the Fender in tune in the most situations?

Excellent video yet again. Wish I had understood finer points of easing off the tension on the screws mounting the bridge to the body before my first build. Pacing and level of detail excellent complement to your lengthier setup video. Bravo. Can you recommend a good tea during Strat setups, and would it be same with LPs? (I’m assuming a spot of milk as well.)

Superb vid. Thanks man, this was t easiest choice to sub ever🤙. Camera angles, were sweet as. If players dont use t whammy bar, i think u called it a tremolo thingy, can the whole plate just b screwed in tight with those 6 screws to keep that 3(?) degree angle? And with the springs beneath, tight enough to hang on firmly. Im just learning. Drums r my love, but its great to learn new things. Cheers.

Hey great video! Is there any particular reason why a lot of people say you should take your strings and springs off before adjusting the mounting screws on a six screw tremolo, but you don't? Just asking because I don't want to take my strings off but wanna adjust mine, but the opinion on this seems to be divided for some reason 😊 thanks

3:55 What are the sizing of these bolts? I bought a used guitar and these bolts were stripped and I can’t find a replacement.

There are only 2 springs on my strat with the screws all the way up on the claw. the screws on the body seem to be tightened too much. Should I loosen it? I want to have a decked setup so I won't need to worry about stability that much

This was helpful. Thank you! I still don't like Fender bridges!!

how did the front of the bridge raise? If I do this, the screws just move up and down but the front of the bridge stays on the body. Was there a moment where you forced it up with a screwdriver or something like that?

The setup as shown in this video will have the saddle screws tear the blazes out of the hand when palm damping. Won't it ? A solution would be to shim the neck back to allow the saddles to be raised reducing the screw projection.

May i ask? What wrench size does it fit in the saddle area? 1.5mm? I have bought a stratocaster recently and i dont know the wrench size for saddles and for the trusrod Thankyouu

great explanation. almost as hard as a floyd rose I see

I would like to see how you set the bridge position . Center line , scale etc . Where do you put the bridge ?

hi! what a video! could you pls give a link for a gold 2 point tremolo for American Pro 2 strat. I would like to purchase. U would help me so much!!! Thx

Love your content! I just picked up a new Fender LE Player Strat with the 2-pole synchronization bridge, and I’m finding that I can only get my action high enough (eliminating buzz, and sitting where I like them) if I let the bridge float. Also, when I lay it flat (and support the neck w books) and try to adjust the intonation, the 12th fret voices slightly sharp, but the saddle is all the way as close to the tail end as possible (pushing up against the pole) Any advice??😊

Any specific or better spots to place the springs

Great vid, I bough a new player Stratocaster the other day but I noticed rattling from the bridge. All the saddles were level with each other. I took it back to the shop where I bought it from and they didn’t something that helped. Do you know what causes it?

What would be the initial saddle height?

I always make the bridge 3/32" off the body.

Completely wrong between 13:00 and 14:11. To lower a note by a set amount (e.g., 1 semitone) the tremolo arm will move the same distance, regardless of how many springs are fitted. The springs will extend by exactly the same distance, whether there are two, three, four, or even five. Since this distance doesn't change, the force required to move the arm will vary. But the distance it moves won't.

Sorry but most of your physics explanations (in the first half of the video) are incorrect. Your trem balance explanation is not correct. For any static position of the floating trem, it's not the tension in the strings and springs that must be equal, it's the torques that must be equal (around the knife edge rotation axis). The springs are much further from that axis (perpendicular distance) than the strings, so the springs require much less tension than the strings to generate the same torque (and thus balance the floating trem). Torque is the product of tension and distance. When you described removing a spring, you omitted the fact that the total spring constant (k) changes too, not just the stretch required (to get the same total spring tension). The total spring constant is additive for parallel springs. So 2 springs have a 33% lower total spring constant than 3 springs. Thus the trem feels less stiff to move with 2 springs. Your arm movement explanation is also incorrect. The change in pitch of the strings is dependent only on how much their length changes for a given amount of arm movement. If the arm is moved by the same distance with 2 springs as it did with 3 springs, the change in pitch will be identical (because the strings changed length by the same amount). Moving the arm by that same distance with 2 springs will simply feel easier than with 3 springs, because of the above-mentioned reduction in total spring stiffness.

Yelling at a mic .. ffs

How much of a float did that give you on the high e? About a whole step?