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N4Player
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N4Player
Senior Member
Joined: 12/22/02
Posts: 103
12/31/2002 5:13 am
New strings take a while to break in on a Strat. You'll have to retune occasionally (after bending etc). "G" string always goes out first from bending. Strings stretch - basic mechanics. Hot/cold temp changes will also raise havoc on you're tuning.
Little "trick" for new strings - overtune a half turn or so, then bring the string back down (sharp to flat) into tune.
Lastly, as others have already posted, stay away from the trem bar on a strat - you're guaranteed to knock out the tuning....That's why Floyd Rose has a patent on the double locking trem...
-Bob
...another toy, to help destroy, the elder race of man