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Old 02-01-2024, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Brent Hutto View Post
The other day I did the first string change on the new Strat I bought a couple months ago. The dealer had the trem set up to be really stable and work smoothly and I did NOT want to mess it up. So instead of my usual take ‘em all of at once I carefully did one string at a time and tuned the new string to pitch before removing the next.

Good news is, after the restring I gave the whanger a couple good shakes, touched up the tuning and it was fine, tuning and intonation stable, trem works the same as before.

Bad news is, I am now going to be superstitious and ultra-careful every time I change strings! I want to put off learning to adjust or troubleshoot Strat trems as long as possible, if not longer. Learned helplessness.
Don't be intimidated by it. If you can use a screwdriver you can adjust a Strat trem.
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