how do you set your strat

[pes_laul]

i set my start with elixar 10's for strings the bridge is not floated i have a dimarzio humbucker at bridge i have 3 vibrato springs

 

[Tone2TheBone]

Ernie Ball Regular Slinkys (10s) on my Strats. All floating. Vintage spec pups in both and use 3 springs V shaped on both now.

 

[Justaguyin_nc]

Slinky Skinny Top/Heavy Bottom Strings, 5 springs on vibrato.
This on a Jimmie Vaughan that went out of tune once to often..
love it even more now.

 

[stingx]

D'Addario XLs (10s) on both. Both trems decked. Three springs on both.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Like Pete said. D'Addario XL 10s and decked, stock springs. Other than strings, it is completely stock. Unlike the pic in my avatar, I do not have the trem bar attached.

 

[Spudman]

Floated trem with 3 springs in a V. 10-46 for strings and a wedge of lemon. Shaken...not stirred.

 

[Katastrophe]

.009s on my Strat, trem not floating, three springs. It's funny, I have 10s on my other guitars, but these felt right, so I'm sticking with them.

 

[Dauntless]

70's "Classic" Natural Ash
GFS "Texas" Alnico Stagger Pickups
Black pickguard, knobs, ect...
GHS "Fatties" 10's
Floating with 3 springs V

She's got tons of Strat chime and is, at this point, my favorite! R

 

[rkwrenn]

D'Addario XLs (10s) on both. Both trems decked. Three springs on both.

+1

Except I put all 5 springs in mine and removed the wiggly bar.

Cheers,

Bob

 

[Plank_Spanker]

10-46 D'Addarios, trem set resting on the body (I don't use the trem).

Two of my Strats are all stock (3 springs); one has a Wilky trem with 5 springs.

 

[stingx]

+1

Except I put all 5 springs in mine and removed the wiggly bar.

Cheers,

Bob

I have no idea where either trem bar is

 

[LagrangeCalvert]

50's series MIM
LSR roller nut
Graph Tech Saddles and string tree
Push pull Vol pot used as a "neck on" switch to have 2 more pup positions
3 Ply pick guard White/Black/White GFS
From neck to Bridge. S.Duncan Quarter Pounder / SD JB mini bucker / Q P
Sperzel locking tuners
Full size CTS 250K pots.
Black Knobs.
Addario's 9.5 XL's
3 springs with the trem bar in but NON floating.
Coil cut switch on the JB so its actually a 9 way switch.

Next project is two more cuts on the Quarter Pounders. They are 14.2K DC res and you can "cut" them (their 4 wire pups like a bucker) to 7.6K....then I think it will have all the bells and whistles you could ever want.

 

[rkwrenn]

I have no idea where either trem bar is

Yep, all mine (4) ended up in the case I haul my Tele around in.

Cheers,

Bob

 

[zeusse]

2 springs in a V to the mounting plate so its real twitchy and .046E Elixir, .036A Elixir, .024D D'Addario, .016G D'Addario, .013B Elixir, .010E Elixir, Gold Lace Sensor on the neck, 57Strat Reissue in the middle, and Red Lace Sensor on the Bridge...frets filed and set to dime height..or somewhere close

 

[TS808]

3 springs in a V with a floating bridge on both American strats. Using DR .10's on my strats.

 

[333maxwell]

i set my start with elixar 10's for strings the bridge is not floated i have a dimarzio humbucker at bridge i have 3 vibrato springs

For live, I use 10's for strait up and 11's for slide.

For home I use 9's (I have been using a modeler to dink around with, and string guage doesn't play nearly as much of a role in a total processed sound, that it plays in a live/amp situation.
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Other than that, most of my strats, I put stacked (sometimes tapped) hummers in the bridge and neck, and a medium output good quality single in the middle. I prefer Seymours of most any flavor.

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I quit using Floyds a long time ago, because I found no matter what, I would over use them.. couldn't help myself.. look what I can do.. wee' kinda crap.. *L*

But I block my standard trems so they only go Down.. this not only increases sustain, but keeps from any inconsistancys in intonation and string changes, and if you pop a string on stage (haven't done it in years, but it will and does happen) everything else stays in tune.. and that is a great insurance policy.