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STRAT SETUP TIPS

1 SETTING A VIBRATO UNIT

“When you’re setting up the trem [aka vibrato unit], I would get your guitar into tune first then tighten the screws [of the adjustable claw inside the cavity on the rear of the guitar that adjusts spring tension] until the underside of the bridge is just resting against the body – so you can touch the arm and it will move easily,” Matt explains. “Then you keep methodically loosening the

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