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And here's something amusing:
Do you have trouble keeping your Strats in tune?
Oh, it’s terrible. It’s really bad. I’ve played other Fenders that haven’t been so bad, but they all seem to do it if you use the tremolo arm a lot.
I’ve got to turn you on to something.
You know somebody who’s built something?
Yeah. There’s a guy going around who imitates Jimi Hendrix. His name is Randy Hansen.
Oh, I’ve heard of him.
He knows someone up in Seattle, Floyd Rose, who’s invented a system for a Strat that locks the strings at the bridge and the nut. Randy says that this system allows you to use the arm to take the strings up three steps, go totally limp, beat on ’em with your pick, snap it back, and it will be in tune.
And you can still get a fast vibrato too?
Yes. Eddie Van Halen and Roger Fischer of Heart have those Floyd Rose systems too.
Oh, well, that’s just what I’m looking for, I think. Have you got his phone number? [I give Mick the number.] Is he into guitar mechanics and building guitars too?
