What you sent the screws back to fender???? Is there a shortage?

I notice you kept the backplate safely in the kitchen drawer though.

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No no and no

are you kidding me?
@ nevin1985 what the point of nos screws?

I think they were both joking

mthorn of course I'm kidding,everyone knows that putting brass screws in your back plate is the only thing that can increase sustain.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

yeah, hope i didn't hurt you, i'd just never heard of that

Taking the back cover off lets the "Tone Fairies" in. Your strat won't sound good until those fairies go to work on ya axe.

So you take the back plate and ...

OPTION A : Take the backplate and the screws

OPTION B : Take the back plate and put the screws back in the holes.


WHAT DO YOU THINK ???

Whoa, dudettes and dudes and other beings reading this lounge...

...then, SPACE is NOT the final frontier....

Nope, trem cavities are.

Im amazed by such knowlege and culture ive added to my life by reading you guys posts.

Ill try to smash up my strat tonight against the wall, so i can rebuild it as a relic improving its tone and value.

I recommend a solid wood wall - no masonite and definitely no concrete!

i really like where this convo is going...
Would the screws gfo all the way, or would they stick out a little

They have to stick out a little. You can countersink them but you eat into valuable "tone wood".

There is a school of thought that believes the extra metal to wood contact improves tone. I say hogswash, the metal to wood contact is just perfect without eating into extra tone wood.



I did it and it worked/is working for all parties involved.

I've a strat I adore.

Someone has some bit of a build thread going on smewhere

Theres still a nice scorched outline of a strat on the garden path.

win win win in my book.

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No no and no

Some people will tell you to screw them all the way in and then back them off half a turn, others say just until it's firm and not swinging freely.

Have you considered screwing them mostly in so the holes are filled which would obviously create more resonance - but then cut the heads off so they don't catch on your clothes?

Gonna have to agree w/ Nikininja and Martian.
I say it's BS.

I have left the back off out of laziness on occasion. But then O.C.D kicks in and I scramble to put it all back in it's place.

Mise en Place -N