Fender American Series Stratocaster Tremolo Arm Tension Springs

This simple hack works surprisingly well. The springs are helping to hold the vibrato bar in place in my 70th anniversary 54 AVRI Strat and also in my Korean Squier with Guitar Fetish import "shorty" trem block. You should stop screwing as soon as you feel the lightest resistance and the vibrato bar stays where you want it. If you screw all the way in you may run into issues (over compressed spring, damaged threads, stuck spring, etc.)

Great spring. Do a very good job keeping them arm wherever I need it to be.

This is such a simple upgrade that is a complete game changer. Drop it in the tremolo socket, then screw in the tremolo arm to the point where there is a bit of resistance. Stops the arm from "dangling" without having to tighten to the max. The springs are good quality and tiny, don't drop them on a thick rug or carpet.

Works better then the pen spring trick. These things are beefy.

Worked well on my Fender Squier. They were a little too long for an off brand strat that I have. I crushed one down a little with a pair of pliers and it worked. If they were a little more compressible with more resilience (“springy”) I would give them five stars.

I love using the springs They work very wellas intended. Always good to have extras in case wait for positioning is when we borrow without it being too tight.

If you have a Fender Stratocaster guitar with a tremolo bar, you probably never knew there was a tiny spring inside that shaft where you screw in the tremolo bar. It keeps the tension on the tremolo so it will pretty much stay where you put it when you are not using it. But... when you UNscrew that tremolo bar, you may never have seen or even know that tiny spring has popped out and dropped on the floor! The next time you put the tremolo bar into your Strat, it will flop around and NOT stay where you want it! So... you need this very special spring! And... I think you get SIX of them here for a very cheap price! You can be sloppy at every gig and lose one now and then, and know that you YOU have the spare replacement springs! The other guy in your band will say "Hey! My tremolo bar is loose as a goose and I don't know what to do about it!" And you'l say... "What you need is one of these special steel springs that go inside that shaft hole and it holds your tremolo bar just where you need it!" Then... you say " Yeah, I can fix that for you, but it'l cost you $20!" Heh heh!

Different vintages of Strats and Squiers have different depths of the threaded hole for the tremolo arm. These springs are 7/16 long uncompressed. Measure the length of the threads on the tremolo arm. Add the length of the threads and spring. Then measure the depth of the hole. If the hole is not more than 1/4 inch deeper than the length of the threads plus spring, the spring can deform if the arm is tightened all the way. Other reviews have documented this. Trimming the spring eliminates this issue. As long as the length of the threads plus spring is 1/8 inch longer than the hole depth it works fine.

These work perfectly on both my American and Mexican Strats. To the people who say it doesn't spring back or act like a spring... IT's NOT SUPPOSED TO. It adds tension / resistance to the tremolo arm and keeps it from flopping all over the place. The tremolo arm is not supposed to bounce around.

Perfecto. Lástima que ya no esté disponible en Amazon

Só quem tem sabe a importancia dessas "molas". Uma alavanca firme e fácil de regular é um grande diferencial.

Finalmente la leva non balla più, le molle sono originali infatti funzionano perfettamente. Ci tengo a precisare che la leva non scenderà più verso il basso per effetto della gravità, ma rimarrà bloccata nella posizione in cui l'avrete rilasciata. Non è scomodo è solo questione di abitudine.

Perfect.