The Callaham site shows a cutaway of their block vs the Fender block showing the difference in the hole and thread design for the trem arm. Basically, the Callaham has a Delrin bushing that supports the arm above the threads and prevents any slop in the fit and also makes breakage very unlikely, so the arm is very responsive to subtle touches. The different length arm options allow further customization of the feel. I like the "64" length 5-1/4 inch, which is 3/4 inch shorter than a standard Fender arm 6 inch. I have one of the "Gilmour" length arms too 4-1/8 inch, which is even shorter, I thought that it was just too short and made the trem feel stiff.

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i hardly ever use my strat trems honestly. if i do trem work its usually on a floyd.

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

For sure, please share the info when you get it ! Am considering changing trem blocks in a couple of "project" Far-East Bullet Strats from the pot-metal type to something else a little more upscale...suggestions appreciated !

Re-inventing the wheel is a good thing. Thats why we have synthetic tires instead of wooden spoke wheels.

This is all physics, vibrational energy systems. Everything matters, even how firmly you hold the guitar.

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Well,I always heard when something was going wrong,"You ain't holdin your mouth right!"
Does that matter too?

New "Infallible Web Dogma" is imminent!

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It's just physics. In a "system" everything effects everything else to a greater or lesser degree. In this case, the vibrational system of the Stratocaster, The degree to which a particular component alters the system, may not be perceptable to the human ear or perceptable to one human and not the next.

In our solar system even the smallest asteroid is attracted to and is attracted by every other body.

Let me say this in closing. When these types of discussions get cranked up, there is far too much ego involved, that is, many persons are more interested in scoring points of sarcasm than having a real discussion. It seems web brings out the dark side of some people.

There many good books on the physics of sound. Easy to find on Amazon. etc.

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I thought I laid out what was improved from the stock; more string clearance through the saddle so you're not breaking strings on the edge or losing vibration before it clears the saddle and goes over the pickups up the neck, the mounting holes have a more generous bevel on the bottom of the plate giving you a smoother action on the tremolo, and a much better hole with the bushings for the arm to go in that gives it a better purchase and keeps it from flopping around. As for the original deign and parts being the absolutely best, that is definitely debateable. The first thing everyone wants rewired when they bring in a reissue is the second tone pot that's wired to the middle pickup alone. Everyone wants it to beam able to roll the highs if the bridge pickup. People improve the wheel all the time. If they didn't try to, we wouldn't have the Floyd Rose, humbucking pickups, 5 way blade switch,adjustable saddles on stoptail bridges, etc. And if you read the post you'd notice that I was replacing the tremolo on a Mexican strat, which if you can't hear a marked difference than you're tone deaf, and I don't know what to tell you, and a strat I built. The price difference between a Fender replacement tremolo and a callaham is small. I've installed a couple dozen in strata since last summer, and haven't had one person yet not mention an improvement.now obviously these aren't going into custom shop built guitars that have steel blocks. They're replacing zinc blocks that when you compare the two, sounds like a sponge. I found the heavier brass definitely improved sustain, more mass is goingbto do that. Especially on a guitar like q strat, that along with having pickups that float on a piece of plastic instead if being screwed to the body or on a ring screwed to the body like on a Les Paul; uses the block to get its tone,'& everything that the tone possess more than the wood itself. If anyonw read the genisus of the Strat knows that when they built the prototype they didn't use a block and the note would ping and instantly die, hence the need for the block. As for using just the weight to determine what it will sound like, and not take into account the material that makes up that weight; it just doesn't work that way. Again, if you want to compare the tone on a Callaham and a CS, you probably wont notice much organization difference, f you compare a Mexican, squire, or hell even an American STD & don't notice a difference before you even plug in, I don't know what to tell you.

Leo Fender himself changed the design, and build of his guitars when he left Fender and went on to start Music Man, and G&L.

Yep, same here, I've decked the bridge on all Strats and when I want to whammy I whip out the Kramer with the Floyd double-locking system. That is, if I want to stay in tune after whammy use, I use a Floyd, as the Fender Trem isn't nearly as stable as the Floyd.

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What does this mean exactly? Is it French for "I disagree"?

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I use locking tuners, and a well setup Strat with a properly cut and dressed nut, and I never go out of tune. I can play for a couple hours, put it down when I'm done and pick it up a week later and if its out of tune its not by much. Granted I'm not using the trem to divebomb or anything like that, but I bend pretty deap.

In part.

It means that in spite of the absolutes regarding a given issue, some will push it beyond logical limits with fantasy statements while at the same time, adamantly declaring their statements are without error. For example: "I have all identical equipment to what Jimi Hendrix used; I studied his stylings for twenty years. I even dress like he did too. Therefore, there can be no argument that I can play his music better than anyone else."

It all has to do with the "If" not agreeing with the "Then".

Or on a more primitive level, "I know I'm right because my tech (who is the greatest on the planet, bar none) told me so."

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I don't see that happening in this thread Martian, seems we are sticking to the facts, and our own experiences.

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BS!! It is either in tune or it isn't. "Not by much" is still out of tune, so your statement about "never" going out of tune is bogus. Yeah, my girl friend never gets pregnant, but if she does it's only a little bit.

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