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HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,217
edited November 2005 in Musicians and Gearheads
How come on strats (I do it as well) do people take off the back white plate??? does it give you a better sound?
the only reason i have mine done is because my uncle onced asked "hows that strat working out for you? maybe ill give you my tele one day, just make sure you have that plate off on your strat"
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  • dont_go_on_medont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    Hendrix did it because it made it easier to change strings. His tech would change his strings while Jimi kept playing.
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  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,217
    don't_go_on_me wrote:
    Hendrix did it because it made it easier to change strings. His tech would change his strings while Jimi kept playing.

    yeah but is that all...almost 90% of the people i see with strats...they have it off
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  • HardtoImagineHardtoImagine Posts: 48
    HailHailVitalogy wrote:
    yeah but is that all...almost 90% of the people i see with strats...they have it off

    that and the fact this is jimi hendrix we are talking about
  • MissYouAllDayMissYouAllDay Posts: 939
    I am no acoustic genius but it seems to me it would lower the sustain of the guitar. I mean, it makes an escape route for vibration. Unless the plastic plate has the property of being an exceptionally good vibration dampener, then it would increase vibration overall in the guitar.
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  • Spook FishSpook Fish Posts: 241
    don't_go_on_me wrote:
    Hendrix did it because it made it easier to change strings. His tech would change his strings while Jimi kept playing.


    I think alot of poeple have the plate off to
    1. make string change quicker (as opposed to top loading bridges)
    2. adjust the tension of the trem.
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  • MetalGod75MetalGod75 Posts: 262
    i took my off to adjust the trem never put it back again.Doesnt have any affect on the sustain to my ears
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  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
    It does help with changing strings, even if the plate has a slot cut for that. Gives better access. And the tremolo springs are back there, so it gives you quick access to those as well. I think most people take it off once to do something back there and leave it off... one of those things where everyone else does it, why not me? I kept the plate on my old Strat... no particular reason, I just did. It's really a personal-preference thing.
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    because it's annoying as fuck to take it on and off with the screwdriver everytime a string pops.

    also it has no real purpose... it's like that appendix of the strat ;)
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  • moster78moster78 Posts: 1,591
    I leave mine on, just because I like the look of it better with it on.
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