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removing strat back panel??

StuffnJunkStuffnJunk Posts: 896
edited February 2007 in Musicians and Gearheads
is there a reason for removing the back panel of a strat and keeping it off, like mike? does it do something to the sound?
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    I don't think there's a reason, makes it easier to add/remove trem springs.
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  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    mine's off because with the way my bridge is set against the body, the string guides in the guard don't match up with those in the bridge, making string changes a pain.
  • harrisonmerwinharrisonmerwin Posts: 766
    i lost the screws after i took one of mine off once...therefore it stayed off.
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  • moster78moster78 Posts: 1,591
    I keep it on one of my Strats, the other, a John Mayer Strat, doesn't even come with a backplate or screw holes to add one.
  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    There's a mystique that if you remove the backplate, you get a more woody sound, too. I have no idea if that's why Mike does it, but I tried it and I couldn't hear a difference.
    One guy told me once, in no uncertain terms, that, "when you take that plate off, the air circulates better around the springs and that Strat "quack" is better."

    Ok, well, I took physics a lot in college, and unless they changed the laws since then,,, there's plenty of air there.

    Although if you're playing with no shirt,,,, maybe you play with more passion when your hair gets caught in the springs! Maybe that's why he rears his head back all the time!

    It could be that techs like it that way for in between song string changes, too. I like the hair theory better, though!
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  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    who's_pearljam? wrote:
    There's a mystique that if you remove the backplate, you get a more woody sound, too. I have no idea if that's why Mike does it, but I tried it and I couldn't hear a difference.
    One guy told me once, in no uncertain terms, that, "when you take that plate off, the air circulates better around the springs and that Strat "quack" is better."

    Ok, well, I took physics a lot in college, and unless they changed the laws since then,,, there's plenty of air there.

    those people make stuff up like that to create justification for doing daft things like spending 4k for partsocasters.
  • seanw1010seanw1010 Posts: 1,205
    i used to keep it off(before i blocked all my trems, much better tone BTW) because i would have to make a lot of adjustments to the springs, and it was just easier to keep it off. mike does it for the same reason.
    i think eric johnson leaves his off too
    they call them fingers, but i never see them fing. oh, there they go
  • run_into_the_rainrun_into_the_rain Posts: 93
    who's_pearljam? wrote:
    There's a mystique that if you remove the backplate, you get a more woody sound, too. I have no idea if that's why Mike does it, but I tried it and I couldn't hear a difference.
    One guy told me once, in no uncertain terms, that, "when you take that plate off, the air circulates better around the springs and that Strat "quack" is better."

    Ok, well, I took physics a lot in college, and unless they changed the laws since then,,, there's plenty of air there.

    Although if you're playing with no shirt,,,, maybe you play with more passion when your hair gets caught in the springs! Maybe that's why he rears his head back all the time!

    It could be that techs like it that way for in between song string changes, too. I like the hair theory better, though!


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  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    I have mine off because during shows, It is easier just to change the strings.
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  • armanHammerarmanHammer Posts: 471
    It looks cooler.
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  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    Hendrix would do that, he'd go behind the back of the guitar and pluck the tremolo springs too etc.
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    mines off because string changing is a lot easier and I like the way it looks.
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  • MLC2006MLC2006 Posts: 861
    exhausted wrote:
    mine's off because with the way my bridge is set against the body, the string guides in the guard don't match up with those in the bridge, making string changes a pain.

    me too. it's almost impossible to change the strings with that freaking thing on.
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