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Blocking Trem on Strat-why?

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a lot of players get hung up on sustain, when they should be thinking about timbre/tone. most (all real) Fenders are not about sustain, but the vibe of that unique Fender tone. if sustain were the important thing, I don't think Fender would have switched back to stamped metal saddles on some Strat models to recover the cool Strat tonalvibage. (jury in on that yet?)

a guitar is a resonance system. with so many complicated parts, it become very difficult to predict how a single change will effect tone. gotta try to find out. and among the same model guitars, the results of a change may not be exactly the same. the guitar-to-guitar variations in woods, set-ups and even dimensions can cause a lot of interplay among the changes (such as blocking, locking, re-springing ...). this is why some of us picky jerks try out a many of the same model guitar before buying.

-=tension & release=-


   
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