Fender can you interchange bridge? For example if I have a 6 screw vintage bridge can I put on a 2 point tremolo like the first one?

i never knew phil anselmo worked for fender

Vibrato, not Tremolo

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What’s wrong with that?

Are you trying to tell the guy who works in fender research and development, that he’s wrong?

@@xcx8646 im sure your well respected tech in your area is much smarter and has more experience with fender products that the guy who works in FENDER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. Learn to set up your own guitars, then you'll realize that with your own experimentation, spring angle has no difference on tension because its the tension is the same because its STILL the opposite of whatever string pull is. When you do your own setups and work, you notice things.

@@xcx8646 its not received wisdom, its experienced wisdom of working on guitars for 20 years. My own and others. All different makes and models and tremolo systems. I've tested straight springs vs angled springs probably a hundred times on traditional tremolos and locking systems. There's no difference in feel, flutter, or stability. An easy test is to set up a tremolo with angled springs, and get it to pitch, then adjust the springs to be straight. it may slightly go out of tune- and when you get it back in tune, guess what? Its the same tension as before, because that's what it requires to counteract the string tension. It doesnt take an engineering PHD to know the newtons third law. The OP is saying his tech knows more about a fender product and setup than the actual fender employee in fenders research and development department knows, not to mention 70 years of fenders R&D department has studied since the beginning of the stratocaster. Tension is tension. a spring is a spring. it doesnt change what it does based on a 25 degree angle because its still pulling in a straight line

Yeah angled springs means the outermost 2 have less tension than the middle spring, but so long as the claw is adjusted so that all three are under tension you are all good. Nowhere does it say that all three need to be under equal tension, and engineering wise it makes sense to have them angled. Increased tension on the outermost springs works at centering the block by providing a lateral force as well as the normal rearward force. In short, it helps equalise the load on the bridge posts, rather than one taking more load than the other, thereby reducing wear and increasing consistency (and by extension, tuning stability). I have qualifications in applied science, physics, math, and experience in engineering. That is to say I'm qualified enough to say that angled springs makes more sense than straight springs.

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raffi98 i think it affects the tone not quiet sure

Lol no

I'm sure there is a reason but don't know what is it.

thats a great idea & a good invention product for U lol

Because Fender stays true to its origins and has more or less kept true to the original engineering. 6 point vintage tremolo sells

You'd have to drill the holes and put the inserts in a lot like you would on a hard tail like a les Paul. They can be pretty fought to put but you've got to be careful not to chip your finish.

Drill around 8-10mm holes (10mm and bit of glue did it for me). Plop the threaded inserts in, and then screw in the posts.

Dirk Booth or put a little spring in the hole beneath the arm

They sell small springs for this and they come with the guitar...hence the tape over the hole

there is no tonal difference, the bridge just has more spring tension so to float it you would need to loosen the claw a ton. if you were to lock the bridge to the body, you might notice more resonance through the body and possibly more sustain but no tonal difference will be heard through the amp other than the possibility of more sustain.

Glue it back in. Give it to a luthier or get a new neck.

I'm with Mantis, the whole point of a strat is that you can easily replace a neck and it seems this would be an expensive swap (although don't quote me on that because I'm no Luthier) so you might as well get a replacement neck.

the cable is a grounding wire. ever notice how sometimes your pickups are noisy until you touch the strings? that is your hand grounding the pickups. if that cable has snapped from the solder joint on the claw of the bridge, your guitar will be very noisy when plugged into an amp. I would highly recommend resoldering that onto the back of the new bridges claw or bring it to a local shop and have them install the new bridge and resolder it for you.

he did it in the video

You can use basically any wire, normally it's a resin or cloth shielded single wire which you have to solder to the claw and to the ground of your electronics.

+Deregise its a ground wire that goes to the electronics.

It's the ground wire

+Deregise It's the grounding wire. Gets soldered on the back of the guitar, on the plate where the springs hang on to.

SalmonFume what's the purpose of it?

It goes to the spring wire because it's attached to the bridge, which is attached to the strings, which are touched by you, grounding the current, so that you don't get an ungrounded (and potentially dangerous) circuit. It also stops a lot of humming, which is due to the buildup of that electricity in the pickups. Ever notice that when you're playing on single coils and you take both hands off the metal on the guitar, the buzzing gets louder? That's because it's ungrounded.

No, use the originals. Thats a USA strat for Gods sake! Or simply get roller saddles with "offest" adjustment. Easy Peasy

It's a vintage thing perhaps. They want to keep it tight so that it does not easily turn into a dive bomb.

Try tightening the trem claw screws a bit. Do small even amounts on each one and keep checking the bridge after each round of tightening.

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-Check Darrell Braun videos -decrease friction at nut (graphite), screws, string trees (teflon spray), springs-trem claw&block (oil/grease) -lock string between its own turns on tuning peghead -enjoy :)

Norbert Nagy Thank you for replying. Darrel Braun’s video was exactly the one I used to learn to do this. I went back in and adjusted the saddles heights, thus the action and was able to greatly reduce the gap I spoke of. It’s working great! Staying in tune.

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Phil Moseley I'm guessing those strings have to be long so that when you use the tremolo they won't move, helping to hold the tuning.they prolly don't need to be as long as they are but overkill would be wise in this case.

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the arm itself or the trem block? if it is the block making a knocking sound you either need to tighten the post screws or release some spring tension by loosening the claw screws

@@bobbyDD The bridge base plate hits the body, I have had 2 other strats and did not notice this before.

literally any scrap wire will work

You replied a bit late. I managed to get some ground wire and that worked perfectly!

Xavier glad it worked out, but you didn't have to get wire specifically for that purpose, you can use any discarded wire and solder it on the trem claw I replied mostly for others who scroll past with the same question, yknow?

Yes a 5mm screw thread bar Vintage are 6mm

It protects your guitar in case you drop it on the ground.

It reduces the noise when you touch any metalic part on your guitar

It’s just a standard fender trem system

Luke Cloutier yes you can by fender in parts in their website

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I have 2 screws they worn out quick & shifts left to right & goes out of tune ez when dive bombing... for.. me better off w/ 6 screws.... i want to convert mine to 6 ... but i got d 2014 50th anniversary so i dont want to change it... will loose value...

@@martintobias6319 Understood. Good tip. That settles things for me then, will keep my 6 screw bridge.

Kris watch me Bigsby tuning issues solved.... i got a Tele & Lespaul i develope something to keep D Bigsby finaly in tune... patent product coming soon... Thanks Man....

@@martintobias6319 Hopefully it works out well for you, them big guitar makers are butt lazy improving stuff that sells anyway. For this very reason I'm replacing all hardware on my 1996 Strat with Wilkinson items. Fender is clueless about tremolos, the trem arm wobble is such an easy fix, but no, Fender couldn't be bothered, because meh, they will buy our guitars regardless. Leo himself didn't have this philosophy and as we can see from G & L guitars he went on improving his tremolo systems, which look so different from his original 1950s ones. Fender company needs to put much more effort and heart into their instruments. The only reason people are buying their guitars is that Fender instruments are associated with so many guitar playing legends, so people go for them for that very reason. But if one doesn't care about what sticker says on their headstock - then there are many Strats by other makers, that look and play much better than their big Fender relative.