does anyone know how to setup the whammy bar??

I want to be able to raise the pitch of each string by exactly tone and a half

a tone and a half is pushing it. Open the rear tremelo cavity, you will see two wood screws going from the claw of the trem into the guiatr body, If you turn the srews counter-clockwise the bridge will "float" You must leave enough of the screws in the wood though so be careful.
*Tighten these screws if you want to pull the bridge to lay flat against the body(no up pull at all).

You can adjust other things like the number of springs and string gauge to get it where you want.
Floating bridges are cool but even the weight from the palm of your hand can possibly raise the pitch slightly.

It's all right here - Strat set up guide: http://www.fender.com/support/stratocas ... _guide.php

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I can show you a picture of my trem cavity if you like. I play Ernie Ball regular Slinky (10, 13, 17, 26, 36, 46). In order for the guitar to stay in tune, spring tension needs to equal spring tension. In other words, while the bridge is floating, you want it to have a natural inclination to go back to the same pivot point after every pull or push of the whammy bar. Because the wound strings have more force, the claw must be screwed into the guitar further. That's why the claw isn't straight. What I did is find tones (notes) that sound for each string when the whole bar is pulled back. Basically one half note for the high E and one whole note for the rest of the strings. I think that's right, I'll double check later. Anyhow, the guitar stays in tune even during hard whammy use.

Of course, everything you do to you're setup is going to change the other adjustments all around, so it's a balancing act. String height, tuning, neck relief, etc. They all effect each other.




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Okay. Checked. The G string does go up 1 1/2 notes. High E 1/2, all the rest are 1 whole note.

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'12 Sonoran Acoustic - black (dated 10/31/12)
'13 Standard Strat
AMP
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PEDALS
Compressor
Big Muff
Vox Stomplab 1G
Carbon Copy Delay

is there any way you can get each string to go up the same amount?

I'm not sure. Maybe in some kind of alternate tuning. What is it you're trying to achieve?

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GUITARS
'12 Sonoran Acoustic - black (dated 10/31/12)
'13 Standard Strat
AMP
Vox ac4c1-bl
PEDALS
Compressor
Big Muff
Vox Stomplab 1G
Carbon Copy Delay

I think you can raise and lower the pitch the same amount if you buy a Steinberger guitar like EVH used in the 80's. Or was it the 90's? I think it was something like a Kahler trem unit.

[quote="Nevin1985"]Digitech Whammy. Problem solved. Its not the same as the "real deal" but it will get the job done.[/quote

+1 Too much float creates tuning and other problems. I've been floating my trem since 72 and tried all kinds of variations. None were as successful as the 1/8" float as recommended in my old instruction manual. It's a delicate balance.

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