Galeazzo Frudua reveals how to keep a vintage 6 screws tremolo in perfect tune even under the hardest whammy bar use. www.frudua.com
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Yes it can also be used on the Showmaster.
I was considering buying a fender showmaster equiped with 2-point synch tremolo.I am being courious about if this technique can be used on that trem bridge? It really gets out of tune at the slithest use of trem arm.
Very useful video 5*
Genius….using this advice & also stringing the guitar so that the break angle of the nut & the tuning posts is as straight as possible results in vibrato heaven.
Excellent tutorial. I bought my first guitar with a tremolo and the application was sound, as it was one of the reasons I never used tremolos before. Now I have both… a tremolo and a guitar in tune. A+
@FruduaTv send me a 2 point standard baseplate
me too…
intendi tutte le corde proporzionalmente o solo alcune?
@FruduaTv, I know, but I think mine are worn >:(
Salve ,buongiorno
ho una fender stratocaster relic ’56 limited ediion
vorrei chiederti ,se e’ normale, che quando faccio l’accordatura
dal principio ,dopo un po che suono
si abbassa di mezzo tono.
grazie
cordiali saluti.
Works same with both pivots or screws
@FruduaTv, YOur lucky. Mine has pivot points. Yours doesn’t
Nice topic!
I always tune exactly the other way:
don’t touch the tremelo and bend strings before tuning! This way you can play and bend without any tuning problems.
When you dive the tremelo down, you might have a tuning problem, but just raise the tremelo / bend the strings.
I play a lot of Gilmoer stuff (bending notes) , so I prefer to tune this way.
I guess it depends how you use the tremelo (“dive bombs” style or more subtle tremelo use combined with bending notes, like Gilmour).
You’re giving away all the secrets and putting us guitar techs out of business! Just kidding =o) I think it’s well within the capability of any guitar player to set up and adjust their own guitars. You are providing a valuable service by sharing these videos. Bravo!
nice accent
) “shtock nut” (just kidding, the video was very helpful, thanks)
@SJP444 Thanks. Please see also the other videos on tremolo setup and disclose
I don’t know how you figured this all out but this is one of the most useful youtube videos I ever watched. Seriously, this was great!
That was pretty impressive.
@FruduaTV
I did. Those are great ideas too!
@darthinfurnus Please check my other video “Set up your strat for best tremolo use part 1″ for beter performance.
@Arioch81
Yes, the strings go our of tune easier than before with bending but as we’ve seen, it’s easy to get it back in tune by diving on the bar. It’s worth it to my customers who always unscrewed their bars.
I agree with darthinfurnus, you are a genius! Just tried this method on my brand new American Special strato, it works perfectly, wooow!
Only a question: now, every time I do a bending the string goes out of tune much more easily than before, is that normal? However when i make the “dive bomb” all goes back to regular tuning just like shown in the video.
@xxIceManxx2011 Oh I just meant “average”
What do you mean by Leverage tuning?
Btw, Mr. Frudua you’re a genius. You solved a problem a lot of people gave with their vintage tremolos. Thank you!
Also somebody could utilize Paulownia or bamboo in a chambered guitar and still get the benefit of a nice 1/4 – 1/2 inch mahogany top with out wasting so much mahogany.
How about a solid slab of paulownia chambered from the back side with a backside panel to mount the pickups so the front surface can resonate freely?Think of how lively that would sound and cheap cost.
You could mill beneath the bridge to 1/8 inch and use a piezo for an additional acoustic option with the electric pickups.
good morning, awesome blog post.
Mr. Frudua thank you so much! This may be the most worthwhile advice I have ever received on the topic of the Strat. You just changed my whole relationship with my strat and it’s tremolo. For years I had thought the vintage tremolo was a piece of garbage, would never stay in tune and couldn’t compare to a Floyd Rose. It is now I see that is not the case at all. I will share this with all my students who have or want Strats. By the way, the name synchronized tremolo, do you know if that comes from the idea of “synchronizing” the strings back into tune again by dive bombing after a bendy solo?
Sorry for the delayed response. My new spam filter is still being tweaked. Send me photos. I’d love to see it.