ive had a strat for bout 5 months and am learning pretty quickly but i have 1 question can whammying too hard bend a standard tremolo on your strat??? its worrying me that im gonna bend it my friend said to get a floyd rose locking trem. help

It wont' bend your trem just stretch the springs over time.

If your into the whammy thing a floyd rose is the way to go.

The standard tremolo on a strat is more for a slight tremolo effect.

You can do dive bombs but you might encounter tuning problems.

I have no problems with my strat though



[Edited on 5/23/2004 by brian]

It has been known for the trem arm to bend a little, but other than that you're fine.
A friend of mine had a Mex strat with a twisted base plate, but I think it was like that from new and he just didn't notice.
Like Brian said, it you're heavy handed with the tren, you probably need a Floyd Rose. But sayin that, Hendrix used a standard trem (thats' all they had back then) and never had too many problems. A properly set up trem will be as good as gold as long as you don't abuse it

thanx fo da info but im probly goin to go wit da floyd rose trem

while were kinda on da topic what are the pros/cons of da floyd rose ?

The pros is of course dive bombing special effects etc...

The down side is if you have a excellent ear you will never be happy playing those Jazz chords. The Floyd always pulls a little flat and drives me crazy.

I have a early 80's Hamer Californain with a floyd. I leave it in the case for the blues/jazz stuff.

I hate setting the f***ing things up, horrible nasty hair metal invention.
That's why I don't own any guitars with them on, it's bad enough having to set other peoples up without having one myself

cool thx

I just bought a Floyd rose yesterday... I like mine