How Many Springs Do you Use and More...

[InkedLester]

How many springs do you use on your strats? What gauge strings? Do you keep the back cover on or off?

 

[AngryHatter]

My tone is set to 2.4 - who cares about the rest?

 

[InkedLester]

I care, or I wouldn't have asked. And what the heck is 2.4?

 

[lespaul01]

I care, or I wouldn't have asked. And what the heck is 2.4?

Don't listen to him, he has nothing better to do.

i like to use three and if not planning using it for a while ill lock it down with all 5.cover is left on

 

[Hyper]

I always deck my trems on my Strats so for me, it's 5 springs and an extra turn or two on the screws. Covers stay on except for my SRV Strat.

 

[gibsonguitar1988]

3 tightened all the way up so that sucker is flat on the deck TIGHT with the vibrato bar removed - no floating for this guy. Hate floating trems. The way I rest my palm makes it impossible to keep them in tune. I'm pretty heavy handed when it comes to my right hand. I'm not one of those smooth players that plays super fast and keeps a loose right hand and moves and changes up picking and position. I mostly pick up when playing lead and down with rhythm. I lock my palm in place on top of the bridge and play like that. Must be because I'm a rhythm guy at heart - I play lead and like to play lead but at the end of the day I really love that chunky rhythm classic rock sound.

3 and tightened all the way works for me. I just ordered a new Strat tonight and you can bet as soon as it comes in it will get 3 springs tightened up and a set of Ernie Ball Regular Slinky strings.

 

[AngryHatter]

All of them, 009s , yes.

I wonder at the sheer amount of threads the OP posts covering issues that have been hashed & rehashed since the forum opened.

I am surfing as I work. Should I be doing something else?

 

[lespaul01]

All of them, 009s , yes.

I wonder at the sheer amount of threads the OP posts covering issues that have been hashed & rehashed since the forum opened.

I am surfing as I work. Should I be doing something else?

I wonder at the sheer amount of posts and spouting off you have done and redone since your membership began.

If you don't like it move along or stfu.

 

[InkedLester]

All of them, 009s , yes.

I wonder at the sheer amount of threads the OP posts covering issues that have been hashed & rehashed since the forum opened.

I am surfing as I work. Should I be doing something else?

If everyone just "searched" for answers there would be no point in having an active forum. We could all just use Google and find threads all over the net on any given topic. That would be BORING. In the internet world it is like having a conversation. Please feel free to not join any of my conversations if they bore you.

 

[petezoom]

I use 2 springs with 9's
Sometimes i put 10s and add 1 more spring

 

[Couldn'tStandTheWeather]

My main strat is a full floater so it can wiggle 'n bomb both ways, 3 springs + a Tremol-No for locking purposes, back cover off for better resonance, DR Pure Blues 10's.

FWIW, I do have another strat that I have the trem blocked on.

 

[Seven]

5 springs and 10's...

 

[AngryHatter]

I wonder at the sheer amount of posts and spouting off you have done and redone since your membership began.

If you don't like it move along or stfu.

You have a burr under your saddle or you're just a nasty mare.

 

[AngryHatter]

If everyone just "searched" for answers there would be no point in having an active forum. We could all just use Google and find threads all over the net on any given topic. That would be BORING. In the internet world it is like having a conversation. Please feel free to not join any of my conversations if they bore you.

No, you clutter the forums with old dead horses.
I'll help you along.

So...how do you get slashtone?
What strings do you use?
Pickguard, yes or no?
Block the trem or how to set it properly?
Which is better Epi LP or (insert model here)

Trite is trite.

Posted any clips? Can we critique your band?
Where did you play last weekend?
Wanna talk? Let's talk about something new, eh?

 

[InkedLester]

What's old will ALWAYS be new for someone. It's folks like you that scare the new folks who are trying to learn away from these boards. There is no such thing as an old horse in the world of learning. You obviously are not a teacher or didn't raise children. Sure, it might bug some when "Slash's tone" is brought up over and over. But for some kid that just picked up a guitar for the first time, it might be his first step in becoming the next Slash.

Again, if being repetative and helping others is not your thing, feel free to go away and not waste your valuable time responding. It won't bother any of us. Now where is that button to ban you.........

 

[bobarino]

5 springs tightened all the way
no back cover plate
a rectangle of foam under the springs to mute them
11-49 or 10-46 strings tuned D-A-F-C-G-D or, sometimes, D-A-F-C-G-C

 

[AngryHatter]

What's old will ALWAYS be new for someone. It's folks like you that scare the new folks who are trying to learn away from these boards. There is no such thing as an old horse in the world of learning. You obviously are not a teacher or didn't raise children. Sure, it might bug some when "Slash's tone" is brought up over and over. But for some kid that just picked up a guitar for the first time, it might be his first step in becoming the next Slash.

Again, if being repetative and helping others is not your thing, feel free to go away and not waste your valuable time responding. It won't bother any of us. Now where is that button to ban you.........

You touch on learning things but insist on what? Number of springs? Cover on or off?

How about what chord goes over this, instead?
Or...How do I put a bigsby on my (insert model here)

There are threads to learn things and then there are "Look at me" threads.

 

[Job-Job type Job]

Three on my Big Apple. They're pretty tight. I don't even use the bar but occasionally pull up behind the bridge for a little warbly-warble. It plays more like a hard-tail.

Three on the Melancon. It's a floater and stays in tune pretty well.

I use 10-46 on both. I do have the back covers currently on.

 

[InkedLester]

You touch on learning things but insist on what? Number of springs? Cover on or off?

How about what chord goes over this, instead?
Or...How do I put a bigsby on my (insert model here)

There are threads to learn things and then there are "Look at me" threads.

Learning questions about notes, chordes, progressions, etc., are posted the Learning Section. This is the Fender section. Hence, I post questions about Fenders. I post questions about my Historic in the Historic section. See the trend? I could care less about "look at me". I'm making conversation.

Now, unless you have something useful about springs, covers, or sustaining tones, I would like you to go away and stop bothing folks. You have served no useful purpose here in my quest for knowledge.

 

[InsertUsernameHere]

SRV set-up:
All five springs.
Trem claw is pretty tight.
Size 13-56 D'addarios.
Cover off.