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Post subject: String trees?
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 9:43 pm
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My 08 American Deluxe SSH Strat does not have a string tree on the headstock. Is this normal? Is this because it has a roller ball nut?


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Post subject: Re: String trees?
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:07 pm
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fretmedic wrote:
My 08 American Deluxe SSH Strat does not have a string tree on the headstock. Is this normal? Is this because it has a roller ball nut?


Yes and yes.

Modern Strats equipped with a roller or locking nut do not require a string tree.

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Post subject: Re: String trees?
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 11:50 pm
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Though it isn't normal to be an SSH, the hum-bucker should be in the bridge position, not the neck position. Normal would be HSS. :lol:

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Post subject: Re: String trees?
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 2:00 am
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shimmilou wrote:
Though it isn't normal to be an SSH, the hum-bucker should be in the bridge position, not the neck position. Normal would be HSS. :lol:


Could be a "lefty" :lol:

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Post subject: Re: String trees?
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 4:07 am
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Retroverbial wrote:
Yes and yes.

Modern Strats equipped with a roller or locking nut do not require a string tree.

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+1

This also applies to graphite & tusq nuts, especially if the guitar utilises staggered locking tuners making usage of string trees redundant.

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Post subject: Re: String trees?
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2015 10:50 pm
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shimmilou wrote:
Though it isn't normal to be an SSH, the hum-bucker should be in the bridge position, not the neck position. Normal would be HSS. :lol:


Deslexia strikes again. The humbucker is in the bridge position.


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Post subject: Re: String trees?
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2015 2:06 pm
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Cool!

We would like to see pics of your Strat. 8)

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