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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:39 pm
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I have a 50's Road Worn strat and when I bend the high E at about the 9th to the 12th fret the note goes dead.
How do I adjust this?
Note:The bridge doesnt have the poles,it has the 6 screws.


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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:01 pm
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J120.

First off mate this is a easy fix. However I'm under the impression that you think you should raise or lower the whole trem unit to set string height.

Theres no need for that with a strat or tele mate. All the saddles have their own pair of hex screws. Turn both the hex screws on your high E string's saddle, until the problem goes away.

It's important to keep the saddle parallel to the body, so dont turn one screw more than the other. :wink:

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If I remember correctly the 1950 series has a 7.25 fret board radius.

That would be a cause in of itself, they do tend to ground out faster then a 9.5 or 12.

Check the neck clearance and the truss bar adjustment, if there correct all you can do it raise the action.


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Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:24 am
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Find something that tells the Fender setup specs and use that as a starting point,and then raise the saddle a little,but you want to start where the guitar should be setup if you don't want to get things too far out of line.


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Rebelsoul wrote:
Find something that tells the Fender setup specs and use that as a starting point,and then raise the saddle a little,but you want to start where the guitar should be setup if you don't want to get things too far out of line.


Fender's Strat set up guide can be found right here on this sight actually. Here it is: http://www.fender.com/support/stratocas ... _guide.php
I agree it's a good idea to set it up using these specs as a guideline and tweak from there for your personal preferences.

And just to add my personal experiences with the few Road Worn Strats I've played in the shop is that they ALL choked out when bending strings beyond the 9th fret. 7.25" radius and bad set up from the factory to blame???

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Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 6:26 am
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nikininja wrote:
J120.

First off mate this is a easy fix. However I'm under the impression that you think you should raise or lower the whole trem unit to set string height.

Theres no need for that with a strat or tele mate. All the saddles have their own pair of hex screws. Turn both the hex screws on your high E string's saddle, until the problem goes away.

It's important to keep the saddle parallel to the body, so dont turn one screw more than the other. :wink:


1+ on that. Saddle is too low or the neck needs to be adjusted a tad.

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metropolis74 wrote:
7.25" radius and bad set up from the factory to blame???


Definitely. 7.25" radius naturally chokes out so you need higher action to clear the frets when bending. And you should never trust factory setup, especially since so much of it has to do with your own playing style.

Jeffytune wrote:
Check the neck clearance and the truss bar adjustment, if there correct all you can do it raise the action.


+1 on that. If your neck is straight then all you can do is raise the action.


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What helps also is to rip out the vintage frets and put in bigger frets like medium jumbos or even jumbos. I have a beautiful Classic 50's Strat and I had my technician pull out the vintage frets that it came with and put in some Wide/High's. I can play anywhere and bend anything with absolutely no choking.


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True, although you have to weigh the prices. Sometimes, for the price of a refret, you can buy a whole new neck altogether with the specs that you want. Speaking of which, how much did your refret cost you?

But if you have a vintage instrument or you just love the neck too much then you can definitely also refret since those vintage frets are hella small.

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