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Thanks for sharing this. When Don Lace sent this PG setup I was thinking this 10-Way switch was something new but I see they have been around for a while. Lace Music did a great job of mixing these with the Lace pickups and the two tone/blending pots. They also are using this with other Lace pickups like the Blue, Silver Red combo and some others.

@@xhefriguitars7946 yes sir, they’re around but I haven’t seen one in a setup like what Don sent you. They’re by far the best solution for more tones, I’ve tried rotary switches, Gilmore mod, Schecter toggle switches and all. This freeway is easy to install and doesn’t cosmetically affect anything. Almost like a ‘natural evolution’ of the 5 way. Enjoy friend!🎸🔥

@@handle433 I have been around the block myself. This system is pretty simple to use so that is a Plus... I did a Tele one time with a Chicken knob and rotary switch with something like 26 voices. It was toooooo much!

@@xhefriguitars7946 I had that one too on my reissue Stratocaster! However, it was a bit confusing. I prefer this as it retains the stock traditional look. I see one of these in a Clapton as the ultimate Swiss Army guitar. Not in your special rosewood one though!🤣

I have been dealing with Strat Plus guitars since 1999. Long story how I get into this, but it is just a hobby! Over the years I bought parts, also tore apart guitars that were bad deals, you know, buy a guitar off of ebay or reverb to find out the seller was less than honest and the guitar was damaged. There is a lot of that with online purchases. So I end up keeping the guitar after an agreed settlement, and then tear it apart for parts, selling some and some going under my bench. Comes in handy when I need to replace parts.

a Joke or a Rotary Knob????

You are right, the Strat Plus cameout in late 1987 and all at that time had E4 serial numbers and a split Wilki nut!

This will work on most Strat type guitars, but realize the mounting holes for pickguard may vary. This has the American 11-hole mounting. Mexican Strats may be slightly different. So on some guitars you might have to drill new holes in the body.

The back bottom of the bridge to the surface of the body. That's generally how most Strats are set up from the factory. Also I am using .09s but the same technique would work with .10s

@@xhefriguitars7946 Thanks! And thanks for the simplified video! I had a hard time following the official Tremsetter vid.

LOL!!! Really it is very simple. You would not want to sell your car because changing the oil is too complicated! Nice thing is, once the tremsetter is set up properly they really do help the guitar to stay in tune better especially when doing a lot of diving with the tremolo.

Thanks for sharing this. You bring up an interesting point, and that was the fact that the dealer swap bodies for you. When talking with the guys at Fender that worked there for years and years, one of them, a friend of mine started the database that Fender is currently using to keep track of the serial numbers and the Guitars. I was explaining to a guy who bought a guitar from me recently how inaccurate that was especially pre-1992. I explained to him that there was a lot of fat fingering going on with the entries of the data, mistakes in the serial numbers being typed in, and then there was the situation where the database would say the guitar should be a certain color only to find out that the dealer swap bodies with another guitar. Sometimes people don't realize things like that happen, but it's actually not uncommon especially back in those years. And I can also say your son has good taste because that's a beautiful color!

@@xhefriguitars7946 Yes I agree. Nowadays some people would frown on that guitar not being “authentic” when in fact I think Leo would have applauded it. For example, here in the UK, dealers would refinish new Strats in Fiesta Red to accommodate the Hank Marvin popularity as Strats were only trickling into the country in the early 60’s. The Blue Burst colour was very unusual for the times and very modern looking. Incidentally, I have 4 Strats, 3 Vintage reissues from 1982-2022 & a 2022 Professional 2 in Dark Knight which is a similar Blue Burst. My 1982, ‘57 Reissue is all authenticated original, but it has 2 grey bottom dated pickups and a black bottom bridge pickup with 21 written on it which is also period correct. I have come across a guy who owns the same model in another part of the country whose reissue has 2 black pickups & a dated grey bottom bridge pickup. Figure that one out 😁👍

This is a big question. Some people swear that the older Lace Sensors had the best tone, like 1987-1990. But the truth is, I can't tell the difference. Sometimes you get a guitar and for some reason it sounds and plays better than the others. But this is random and I call it MOJO... I can have 3 of the same guitars, same color, same fretboard, and two will play nice and the 3rd will have MOJO....I can't explain it!

@@xhefriguitars7946 Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this, it's nice to have the opinion from someone who has played many of the original lace pickups. Sounds like really, there is little to no substantive difference in the pickups themselves.

I messed up when I made this video regarding colors on production Clapton Strats. 1989-1990 they only had Pewter, Candy Green, and Torino Red. In 1990 they added Vintage White, Thanks for pointing this out!

My 87 Surf Green player does not have one and I wish it did. If I use the trem much it comes back sharp. The tremsetter really help solve this problem! But I don't want to destroy the originality of an 87!

@@xhefriguitars7946 the greatest temptation is for string-bend stability. But I know what you mean about keeping it original. I’ve never even taken the puckguard OR neck off because it’s been so stable, but I don’t know who built the guitar or if it was made in ‘87 or ‘88 (despite the shower tuners)!

Well, this makes me happy! That was the reason I posted this. So many people read those instruction and then give up and pull the Tremsetter out. If set up right, they work well. And really I do not notice the lessing of spring ring - you know the ringing that comes from the springs in the back of the body. If you hit the body you can hear those ring!

@@mikemaj8467 seems like it should work but not sure due to string tension being different…why are you tuning that way?

Sometimes I tune a guitar different to learn or play along with a song because the song was written and recorded with an alternate tuning. I will let you know if my hypothesis works. I'm assuming the 10 Hz difference required to set the preload is not linear as the tuning gets lower. My guess is that it will be less than 10 Hz for 1/2 step down. Thank you for your reply.

Hey, Thanks for the post! Anyhow when it was de-tuned to 33hz the gap on the back of the bridge is 1/4 inch. The you pull the bridge down and then tightening the set screw on the Tremsetter, the bridge is about 1/8 inch from the deck. This is what I was meaning. So then that set screw is tighten, the bridge will be near perfect and the guitar will even be nearly spot on in tune at 440hz!

I was using .09s in the video. This same technique would work for .10s as well. One might just have ti play with the screw adjustments a little. I should have stated that I was using .09s in the video. I did this off the cuff...

@@xhefriguitars7946 Thank you very much for the quick reply!

Hey glad this helped. I was purposely trying to stay away from too much detail because then it complicates the process. But when I squeeze the set screw, caller, and the end of the spring, the tensions the same on both ends because I'm just squeezing them together. Main thing is going from the the bridge to the deck from a quarter inch to 1/ 8th inch gap. On the back. What you need to be careful about is doing a deep dive set up when the trim set might be already set properly. So many people hate these things because they get messed up and then they don't work properly and so they get frustrated and pull them out. That's why I made this video so people can see a simple way to get these locked in properly.

@@xhefriguitars7946 Thanks for the quick reply. yeah I knew I did something wrong when my guitar was only slightly sharp of 430 hz after putting in the tremsetter, but it's staying in tune, playing better than ever. There's a lot of great detail in your video, and I appreciate it.

If you have a guitar tuner with a meter on it you will see that the center of the meter is 440 hz. If you use a guitar tuners that has digital color then green is 440hz and red is either flat or sharp. In the video I am using a Korg tuner. See: cdn.korg.com/us/products/upload/6ca64a4f932ca71b9865ee77d28f389d_pc.jpg So when I say tune the guitar to 430hz, all the strings are about a step flat. Very easy video to follow if you have a guitar tuner that shows the 440 hz meter. You could even use a tuner that is a stomp box or built in to a guitar mutli-effect unit with a built in tuner. Just tune all the strings flat in the red about two or three LED lights. A perfectly tuned guitar, every string will be 440 hz.

@@xhefriguitars7946 OK. I understand what you are saying, just tune the guitar a few cents flat. Thanks, I'll give it a go. As you probably know, there is no open string on the guitar that is 440Hz. The Korg tuner shows '440' because this is the reference pitch (pitch standard) that it is set to... 440 Hz for A4 which became the reference standard in western music in the late 1800's. Most good tuners will allow the user to adjust the reference pitch to whatever they choose. Also, as you I'm sure you know, there is no such thing as a perfectly tuned fretted stringed instrument (even if the instrument is well intonated). In fact, it's undesirable for a fretted stringed instrument to be 'perfectly' tuned and intonated as this 'slightly off tuning' is part of what gives any given instrument it's characteristic sound. e.g. Telecasters with three brass saddles... some people hate them because they never sound in tune... but that's part of what gives them their characteristic sound!

@@peternigelproduction Glad you figured that out. I was going to try to explain the difference between universal pitch and individual string vibration, but it just gets complicated. Sounds like you Googled it. But yes, tune the guitar's pitch flat a step and then after doing what I explained it should already be close to dialed in at 440.

@@xhefriguitars7946 LOL.. I think just saying "tune each string a few cents flat" would have been clearer (at least to me). I didn't need to 'Google it' as I've been dabbling in music and with guitars for 45+ years! OMG... am I really that old :( ...also built a few acoustics over the last 10. As you know, there is a Hipshot video out there with Dave Borisoff describing the process, but it's so old the quality is awful and he makes the whole process seem over complicated! Thanks for the video anyway. You've probably come across those folks who believe that 432 as the reference pitch is superior to 440? More 'healing' and 'meditative'... more consistent with the patterns of the Universe?

@@peternigelproduction Through my alien connections we are sure that 432 is the best reference pitch for the universe. If I could just get our keyboard player to change his keys we would be in good shape.... ;-) Maybe this is why Jimi Hendrix sometimes tuned his guitar down a step... but joking aside the reason I used 440 as a reference point is that it’s common on all meter tuners and the amazing thing is when you tune to 430 and then make this adjustment you’ll find that you’re almost perfectly in tune, and the trim setter set at the exact right setting.