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PunkRockFaces

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Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:16 am

Okay, this is kind of embarrassing. I've been playing guitar for about two years already, and I bought a Fender Deluxe Players Strat yesterday, with a Gold-Plated Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo, and I can't figgure out how to even get the old strings out of the thing! I really don't want to take apart the entire bridge to do this, but i'm about to just to see how the thing works. Here are some pics of the bridge. (Sorry for the blurry)
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I've already tried checking the Fender website for instructions, to no avail. As for Google, we all know that as it gets bigger, it becomes harder to find anything of any use to you.

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:16 pm

If it has a whammy-bar attachment you'll have to take the back off and loosen the strings. If it works anything like my Schecter or my Ibanez, then the bridge will come loose when you loosen the strings the strings and you'll have to slide them out from under the bridge. If you decide to take all the strings off at once, like I do, reassembly MAY be required, but that's not difficult.

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l_Shamrock_l

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Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:18 pm

It's not letting me edit/change my post for some reason, so excuse the double-post...

Actually, looking at your bridge you might just have to loosen up the bolts on the bridge that are holding the strings down. Just twist them to the left. They put pressure on the strings so that they don't come out when you tighten the strings they don't just snap right off. Try doing this before you decide to disect your guitar.

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:36 pm

Actually, I figured it out right before I had to leave for work this morning. Sorry.
What those little gold things are in the holes on the back are the ball end of the strings that come with it. They're "Bullet Strings", and I had no idea that meant that the ball was a bullet shape. I thought that it must have been some sort of locking device that I had to loosen some how. But a little persuasion with a screw driver loosened them up enough that I could get them out. They were just on there for so long that the tension had them stuck.

Thank you though.
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iBasketball

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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:26 pm

HOLY CRAP I LOVE YOUR SG!!!!!

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 3:37 pm

iBasketball

HOLY CRAP I LOVE YOUR SG!!!!!

Thanks, although it's only an Epiphone. It has a nice balance of tone between my Ibanez, and my Fender.
Here's a better picture of it SG. (Old picture)
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It's a G-400 Deluxe in honeyburst with no pick guard. (Limited edition model)

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MAKQ

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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:14 pm

PunkRockFaces

iBasketball

HOLY CRAP I LOVE YOUR SG!!!!!

Thanks, although it's only an Epiphone. It has a nice balance of tone between my Ibanez, and my Fender.
Here's a better picture of it SG. (Old picture)
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It's a G-400 Deluxe in honeyburst with no pick guard. (Limited edition model)

wow thats a pretty cool sg , and cool that your string thing problem is all good now .

Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 10:48 pm

I want your Thunderbird. I don't care if it's an Epiphone, I want it.

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MAKQ

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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:19 pm

how does your thunderbird sound ?

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