Stetsbar is the modern, professional, linear tremolo system that retro fits to some stop tail, hard tail, Tele and Strat style guitars without any modification -- no holes, no routing! Hi-tech micro roller bearings combine with a bridge that moves with the trem to give the Stetsbar unrivalled pitch range and stability for its class coupled with a extremely smooth up and down action.

Tuning and intonation stay correct - even after dive-bombing.

The friction-free action gives you the sensitivity for delicate and accurate control of the trem's effects. Its smoothness comes from the trem and bridge gliding horizontally back and forth on rollers, giving you shimmering vibrato with the lightest of touches. The bend range is big: up to one octave down and a third up.

The cost of installation is either zero or minimal. It's so straightforward to fit that you can do it yourself in about 40 to 50 minutes. Around 70% of Stetsbar owners fit their own. If you prefer to have a Guitar Tech do it, the cost is small because it's so quick to fit. $50 for 20 to 30 minutes of their time is all it can take.

There are no complicated mechanisms with lots that can go wrong and requiring lots of maintenance. The uncomplicated Stetsbar is deliberately designed with few moving parts, all precision-made. The result is a very simple mechanism giving years of reliable, maintenance-free performance.

There is no friction to break your strings, wear out the bridge or require you to use roller… read more saddles that dull the tone. By the trem and bridge gliding back and forth together friction and string fatigue are eliminated, avoiding any need for roller saddles. Your strings last as long as normal and your tone stays bright.

Your guitar's sustain and clarity of tone won't be reduced due to any lessening of the strings' break-angle from the top of the saddles. With Stetsbar, the break-angles remain exactly the same as those of the top guitar brands. If anything, your sustain will increase due to the extra mass of the Stetsbar on your guitar.

A Stetsbar can be so easy to install and remove that putting a tremolo system on your guitar is no longer a major, irrevocable, one-off decision. You gain the freedom to use a tremolo as the mood takes you or as your musical needs require. You can switch the Stetsbar easily between different guitars you own

How Does It Feel?

Use all your normal playing techniques of damping, vamping, choking, semi-harmonics, etc. Rest the palm of your hand on the bridge area as normal without fear of activating the trem by accident. It's like taking two guitars to the gig: a hard-tail and a tremolo guitar. One doesn't interfere with the other.

When you want tremolo, you get it. When you don't, you won't. This is all because the Stetsbar moves horizontally to produce tremolo rather than rocking on a vertical fulcrum. Activating the tremolo accidentally is impossible until you decide you want it.

Play double-stop string bends without putting your guitar out of tune. With Stetsbar's unique "floating lock" use dropped D and other drop tunings on the fly, and when a stringbreaks the other strings stay in tune. With no locking-nut needed or complicated bridge mechanism, re-stringing is as quick and easy as ever.

Note: The Stetsbar is primarily designed for non-trem Stratocaster style guitars and certain Squier Tele models. For the most accurate information on whether the Stetsbar will fit or not, contact the manufacturer through www.stetsbar.com. read less