Player Strat Tremolo -- It absolutely will stay in tune!

Tremolo and tuning tips for a non-locking tremolo. A quick mini review of my MIM Fender Player Strat demonstrating tuning stability -- these will absolutely stay in tune even with heavy tremolo use and a floating bridge if set up correctly.
Strat Setup info.
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Gear Used:
Fender 64 Custom Princeton
TC Electronic UniTune
Six String Guitar - Fender Stratocaster - MIM Player Series - Lake Placid Blue
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[@bluwng]

It is a system the vibrato alone is no guarantee or sole source of tuning stability. How you use and setup is also part of the equation. Bend a string it will go flat afterwards.

[@Dead-EyeMetal]

Spot on.

[@MrJaydeep777]

Great video! Subscribed!

[@hoganshideout]

Thanks Jay!

[@1minutecomicswalahollywood648]

Hello James,❤
I am a new subscriber.

[@davidstarrett7179]

Hey old friend great job I always new we would be great luthiers not just players

[@hoganshideout]

Hey man, I hope you are great!

[@bryantcochran5065]

Raising the string tree will reduce binding. Stretching new strings will also check binding at the nut. Proper setting of the tremlo bridge usually isn't the source of going out of tune.

[@hoganshideout]

Thanks for posting Bryant. Yeah tuning issues are generally nut/string tree related. Also, the strings have to be "stretched" in properly.

[@marekgitarzysta5193]

I had to grind my tusq tree down to the height of the original player's string tree. Every time I bent E or B strings they would jump out of their slots

[@hoganshideout]

Thanks for the comment Marek. As you know they come in two packs and I put one on my Player Strat and one on my brother's Player Tele and haven't had any issues with either of them.

[@djizzah]

I have a modern player strat adjusted the tremolo screws slightly put some pencil graphite in the nut, wow, beautiful instrument so cheap!! they stopped doing the crafted in china fender stratocasters im sure its because quality was so good it it was eating into Mexican made strats sales

[@leogolive]

Man my wife bought me a Squier Affinity Strat for Christmas and when I pulled it out of the box it was in tune, the nut was properly cut, the frets were finished properly, the bridge was floating with two springs. The tremolo stayed in tune and still does whenever I use it. Mine is a two point bridge.

[@hoganshideout]

Thanks for the comment leogolive. It's amazing how nice the Squiers are !

[@accentontheoff]

Did you have to float the tremolo yourself or did it come like that. Thanks.

[@hoganshideout]

Hi accentontheoff, yes it came floating from Fender. I have a Strat setup video that goes over everything and that might be helpful also. Thanks.

[@accentontheoff]

@@hoganshideout Will check out that video, thanks. So I am guessing that even if it came floating, there was some work involved.

[@Davidgilmourswhammybar]

Excellent vid man, very informative 👏 what brand tuner is that you are using?

[@hoganshideout]

Thanks. It's a Sonic Research ST-200.

[@MrThomasv]

Good looking strat , lake placid blue ?

[@hoganshideout]

Thanks MrThomasv, yes lake placid blue!

[@lasyngwieeeiiilarsen7510]

❤😊

[@dolivmail]

It will go out of tune if you bend the string, which you’re not showing in the video. You’ll have to dive the tremolo bar after bending a string to bring it back to tune.

[@hoganshideout]

You can see it on my sonic research strobe tuner but not on my headstock tuner. It is so slight it is not audible. Btw, the same thing happens on all floating tremolos including double locked floyds -- check out Braun's video: ua-cam.com/video/jFzf7pPRALM/v-deo.html The point of my video was really just to demonstrate that the MIM tremolo works as well as any other tremolo.