Poll: Do you use the trem on your Strat?

[Figaro]

I no longer use mine and it’s against the body.

 

[PatrickE_FenderADV]

I have one decked and two floating... I really need to use my trem more for one of my projects.

 

[Ron Kirn]

There's a Tremolo On Strats???

 

[edwarddavis]

Don’t even have the bar in the guitar

 

[Blix]

Yes, and I don't trust anyone that doesn't!

 

[C-RAM]

There's a Tremolo On Strats???

Naw, but most of 'em have vibratos.

 

[MBT74]

The one in my Danocaster is superb so gets used. The one in my old Squier isn’t as great has been decked.

 

[Ron Kirn]

Yeah!! the pedantic crowd lives..

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[Kurt L]

Hell yes! Whammy, trem, vibrato, wang bar, wiggle stick... whatever you call it, I love it on a Strat!

Lightly floated, please.

 

[teleman1]

At the moment only 25% say yes.FOr me, vibrato is about 20% of the use of a Strat. Non-experinced players probably can't make heads or tails of its use and decide NOT is better than USE.

 

[Mike Duncan]

Dive only. Five springs installed and sitting against the body.

 

[Badside]

Missing one option: Yes but it's flat against the body

Seems best of both worlds. You can tune to Drop-D, no issues with double stop bends. But if you need to do a little dive it's still there for you.

Also... I'll be the one pretending that it does make a difference in tone and a floating trem makes a Strat sound more like a Strat. But that's me. Flat against the body is still a cool tone though.

 

[Rhythm Rocker]

The 2-point Fulcrum Vibratos are so easy to manipulate on my Strat Pro and Strat Ultra that
for light use, I don't even put the bar on to make effects. If I was gigging, yeah the bar is on.

They are almost decked as I like to palm mute. I usually keep it off my FCS Strat.
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[Mikhael]

No. But then again, I don't have a Strat anymore either.

 

[fjblair]

Yeah of course. I would never own a hardtail or blocked strat.

 

[Figaro]

Dive only. Five springs installed and sitting against the body.

Yes! That’s an option I forgot to include.

 

[cap10kirk]

Yes. Sometimes it's floating, sometimes it's decked, but I use it either way.

 

[Fenderbaum]

would not have a Strat if i didn´t

 

[83stratman]

Even if I didn't use it, IME a Strat sounds better and has better tuning stability with the bridge floating.

 

[Borealis]

I don't use it a lot, but every now and then when I remember to wiggle it a little I'm glad it's wigglable.