Electric guitar Questions

[pass]

OK, I am just getting back into the guitar playing, and this time around I want a good guitar..I am considering the Fender Strat (american made). Now I have been looking and noticed that they do not have a locking nut.
And since I dont see any Fender strats with the locking tremolo and nut, this kind of has me thinking, are these features not worth having? are they a waste? Seems my old guitar, when ever I used the Tremolo bar, the strings would slide in the nut (not a locking nut) then whenever I let off the tremolo bar, I would be out of tune..so I am wondering, will this same problem exist with a better made American Fender Strat?

Tremolo question..what is the factory tremolo like on the Strats? are they good Tremolo's or would a person be doing himself some good to replace it with say a Floyd Rose Tremolo? and if he did, is he going to have to do extra work on the body to get it set in place?

I should mention that my old guitar was a Peavey..not the best guitar on the wall when I purchased it..it is long gone now..so I am starting from scratch here and dont want to waste my time on junk.

[jb007]

it depends how much/hard your going to use the tremolo bar. I have a MIM Strat and using the tremolo doesn't detune it.

[Blewbyou]

Changing from a Strat tremolo to a Floyd would involve routing out the cavity on the body.
I have an American Strat and the tremolo works well with no tuning issues

[ez-one]

I have an American Deluxe Strat and although I don't use the tremlo bar that much when I have messed around with it, the guitar had no problem staying in tune. It might have more to do with how well the bridge is built and designed, on the cheap import guitars there are more problems in general. Years ago I had a friend that had an old Tesco and if you even looked that the bar the guitar would go out of tune

[Hendrix]

I just got an American strat 60th anniversary.. it doesn't have locking tuners and it stays perfectly in tune. I think it was just because your Peavey wasn't great quality. Lots of things can affect the tremolo.. how many screws you have on the bridge, having 2 on either side is better than having 6 seperate screws, the saddles, the design.

[pulja_91]

guys my english is a bit bad i dnot understand the word "tremolo" could u explain plz the meaning...
tnx!

[kingmann90]

guys my english is a bit bad i dnot understand the word "tremolo" could u explain plz the meaning...
tnx!

Basically the whammy bar:)

[pass]

Thanks for the replys, I went today and purchased myself a real cheapy fender squier..and knowing it is cheap, I want to make sure that my interest in getting back into playing is "Really" there before I go spending nearly 2 grand on a good Strat.
I have already found out one thing, after giving up playing for 3 yrs, I seem to have forgotten a lot of what I knew, I will have to really work on finger strength agian..and for some stupid reason, my fingers wont land on the fret board without looking where I put them..I used to be able to play without even looking down, didnt realize this could be lost so easily.:rolleyes:

[bobthecow]

I have a squier strat and an '62 Re-Issue strat. That squier will go out of tune when you use the tremelo arm, the re-issue has no problem staying in tune.