7 Fender Stratocaster Tips, Tricks, & Mods
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Hey there my friends! Thanks for stopping by and watching this Strat video! Hope you enjoyed it and let me hear your comments and feedback below. e π
Straight graphite works too. We used to just use a pencil but thatβs probably not appropriate nowadays????
Great one! I just got a MIM HSS Strat. So far so good. Thanks
Do I have to tape the tremelo arm?
James hetinfield? That you?
I went from a page guy then moore and they'll will be only 1 SRV thank you very much.
That guitar does not need locking tuners.
SiledΕΎijska, satanska muzika tj. Ne muzika. Kada bi vi znali sta je balkanska muzika, sve prirodni instrumenti i prirodni tonovi, harmonija, ritmovi, oseΔanja.
One of the very best Strat mods is wiring both neck and middle pickups to the first tone pot, and the bridge pickup to the second. Strats come like that now and have for several years, but I did that when I got my β66 Strat (Valentines Day, 1984) and it allows you to roll off some of that brash, bridge pickup treble. Really helps with fuzz and overdrive, too. Older Strats have no way to control the tone of the bridge pickup; the neck and middle pickups are each wired to a separate tone pot, with no tone pot for the bridge pickup.
One of Leo Fenderβs most ingenious inventions was the hole-in-the-post, vintage tuners. Locking tuners are a pain, in my opinion. Fender Vintage Tuners are wicked easy and they automatically lock in the string. Leo knew his shit!
Your sound is a great blues lesson in its self
First, if you have a re-issue where they tried to recreate that ugly, faded mint / puke green front and back plate, order better looking replacements from Fender, and install them.
I went for their aged white moto, which goes perfectly with the off white pickup covers, knobs, etc.
I get the nod to vintage covers, but the green in question was due to an unexpected chemical change when the original white they used aged over decades.
Keep the original plates, if you intend on reselling the guitar.
That was helpful. I have 2 Strats, and gave up on using the vibrato because of tuning instability, and "decked" both of them. It's been a few years, and I think I'm gonna try again. Thanks!
What would be your take on a metal plate under the bridge pick up ? And on an alternate wiring that allows neck + bridge (yes I do like teles too) ?
Remove the backplate immediately.
Any opinions on pu height adjustment. I've heard lower height = better sustain and a more Stratty sound.
I don't know why, but recently I've become fascinated by electric guitars. I don't play the guitar at all, but it's the mechanisms and the electronics that have grabbed my attention for now. I love to know how things like electric guitars work. I can't wait to get into the materials that make a guitar.
Interesting choice to open a strat video with the one song jimi played on a telecaster ????
Great tips though.
Does anyone know what color the pickguard and pup covers are? Is it mint with aged white?
Awesome! Do you have records out?
I love your comment at the end "Be kind to all beings." From that comment I take it you are vegan.
You don't know the meaning of agnostic.
"Nut sauce"
YOURGUITARSAGE, try to make a video on which guitarist use the strat tone knobs set half down or full down. Hendrix, etc
Another trick for keeping that trem spring. Cut a small piece of fridge magnet, and use that to cover the hole any time you remove the bar (to store it in the case, for example). It's reusable, and doesn't leave a sticky residue like tape might.
I call them work horse my SRV and my Tele too but for βοΈ I carry my Steinberger Synapse u can put it in the overhead
I use 38-10 strings in standard tune on mine
If you break strings frequently, you don't know how to play. I did so for the first 2 decades I played.
I started doing music full-time, because of playing a lot, my playing got better, simultaneously, I stopped breaking strings.
I went through a heavy string phase…. my fingers got tough…. as I aged, my strings got finer. My main acoustic has 11's. All my electrics, 9's.
I don't chase anyone's tone. I create my own. Our own sound and tone is in our touch. No two people have the same touch.
Electric guitar is a drug, that makes you buy more gear, more gear, more gear….
I've a great acoustic. I'm good…. and don't need to buy any more…. but electric…. I just found a great setup guy…. he's going get all my electrics…. more gear…..
We are insane.
Good tips, the 2 pedals I like to use with my Strats ae the Joyo JF-03 crunch distortion and the TC Electronic Drip spring reverb for the surf sound. While not as good as a surfybear, it does a decent job. Both are available on Amazon.
Decked trems are better for bends
Also lower your pickups away from the strings. Sweeter sound. Great overdrive pedal, Way Huge Saucy Box.
Your amazing my guy
Curious, that nut wax wouldn't it mess the tone up on the strings ? Maybe sort of muffle the sound ?
He is good ..smart and a funny #ucker to boot. The joy of playing guitar and learning new tips..tricks and luthier skills is priceless. Sure makes life worth living. Many thanks and cheers mate!
The back plate can make your guitar sound one way and off another. Sometimes when it is on it reverbs in a bad way.
hell ya man you just saved me fifteen bucks with the plumbers tape trick. works like a charm.
This was REALLY. Helpful. Thx a bunch.
Maybe you are using teflon tape and not silicon tape?
Fulltone OCD is a great pedal for a Strat. You can actually get a somewhat heavy distortion tone without too much fuss with the gain cranked up to ten.
I do like Fender but my favourite is my Jackson guitar it's just so easily playable in my hands.
Good stuff. I basically knew none of this. Now I understand the tremolo springs and why they exist. Also like the plumber's tape trick. Good to know.. I have been watching many videos! So far, it seems the strat is the most used general purpose guitar.
Callaham bridge. Highwood saddles.