The Definitive Yngwie Malmsteen Strat Thread, Pix & Video

[Dunkirkk]

Nice work! The VegaTrem quality seems bad and the wiring seems to be rather interesting as well…

I suspect a previous owner must have tried their hand at it at some point through the years. And you may have made the right call with the Fender V/N bridge on yours!

 

[Brandon Breeze]

I see it both ways. My favourite non locking guitars all have them and stay in tune great but you can't point to the tuners as the only factor there. I do like them for string changes but I find myself wrapping a few times around the post out of habit

The split shaft tuners are great, you can put the excess string down the middle and get a few windings. Have yet to have tuning problems. Worst case scenario use the string wrap over method to create your own locking tuner by wrapping the string over itself. I've never understood the point of locking tuners. The quick string change part is definitely nice, but even with 50+ guitars I've always enjoyed string changes and the therapy it provides.

 

[Jakem]

I suspect a previous owner must have tried their hand at it at some point through the years. And you may have made the right call with the Fender V/N bridge on yours!

The Fender V/N trem has been great on my Strat. Training session ongoing at the moment and the YJM Strat is the weapon of choice as almost always. These guitars are incredible!

 

[Dunkirkk]

The split shaft tuners are great, you can put the excess string down the middle and get a few windings. Have yet to have tuning problems. Worst case scenario use the string wrap over method to create your own locking tuner by wrapping the string over itself. I've never understood the point of locking tuners. The quick string change part is definitely nice, but even with 50+ guitars I've always enjoyed string changes and the therapy it provides.

Ya I hear you. Using Elixir's I am not changing string often anyways. When I am on my deathbed the 2 extra minutes I could have saved changing strings isn't going to be time I want back lol