Fender Stratocaster – Setup

A nice new Stratocaster.  Nothing much wrong with it, but the owner just wanted the action lowering and setting up.

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Starting at the top; the string height over the nut (measured at the 1st fret) was fine.

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The set in the neck was a rather high (0.023″) so I’ll straighten that out a little.

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The action height at the 17th Fret was also a little high so I’ll drop that down a little as well.

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The Tremolo is was also sitting rather high so I’ll reset that.

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The pickups were quite low so I’ll wind those out a little.

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All in all the setup wasn’t bad, quite playable but not as sweet as it could be, and indeed, is now!

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