Fender American Series Stratocaster Tremolo Arm Tension Springs

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

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.

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

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.)

I misplaced the spring and didn't realize it untll I was playing the other day and it went from super-spinny to dead lock. I like to somewhat flex between the two, where I like it both loose but also will turn it once to get it less 'free' but still moveable. This was loose to 'it's not moving unless I break something'. I guess I hadn't played this guitar in a while, as I hadn't noticed... This solved that problem; easy drop in, spin it back up, feel where it's going to stiffen up a bit and call it good!

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.

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!