Guitar Tech Tip Tuesday - Hardtailing a Strat

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[@donmunson4802]

All I had to do was tighten the springs up a bit and then reduce the relief to suit my preferred action.

[@rurysaurus]

hi, if i already tighten the springs screw at the back, do i need to screw the 6 screws down flush to the body too?

[@musicshallsetyoufree6253]

Hi Jeremiah I have my guitar notes sounding flat on the frets from 15th to 24th fret even though I have intonated it perfectly on the 12th fret. Can you help me know what's the issue?

[@noel0004]

Hi, I want to do this to my Strat, and it actually came like this from the store, but when I tighten the trem claw screws, the bottom of the bridge plate touches the body, but the part where the 6 screws are sits above the body. How do I fix it?

[@JeremiahMcGowan]

You should be able to tighten those screws. You only need to tighten the outer 2 of the 6 but you could tighten all 6

[@deeznugz420]

Is it as simple as this or would you need to make any neck adjustments/intonation/ action adjustments?

[@JeremiahMcGowan]

It depends on your current setup. But, you'll most likely have to raise the saddles a bit to bring the action back up to where you want it.
But, I'd probably just do it when I do a full setup anyways.

[@klorand]

Shouldnt 2-point tremolos be parallel with the body?

[@JeremiahMcGowan]

Recessed trems should be. That Nick Johnston was parallel with the strings on. The strat was hardtailed/decked flush against the body