FenderVintage-Style Standard Series Stratocaster Tremolo Assemblies

Ive never felt more excitement for a bridge

Fast shipping. Great drop-in upgrade for Squier classic vibe strat.

I have a very inexpensive S type guitar I purchased as a project. When I disassembled it to repaint it, I noticed the trem block was very thin and unimpressive. I put in new electronics, did all the fretwork, and painted the body and it worked fairly well but with average sustain, and I was not surprised. The cheap trem (nobody should have a trem where you fear being cut by how thin the baseplate looks) had the wrong size saddles, and it was cheaper to buy this trem and get the saddles too.Upon receiving this I was amazed at how beefy it is, and by the quality of the part (and all the smaller parts that make it).I measured the recipient body before I ordered this and compared against Fender's published specs, and it looked like it would drop right in. When I got it, the holes lined up perfectly, but corners were (un)cut on my project guitar and I had to route a small bit of wood (about 4mm x 20mm of cap) because the guitar body would not fit a full sized bridge plate on the term arm side. After removing that small bit of wood this trem dropped in perfectly (as it did when I tested it in a Squier Strat body that is my other project).After buttoning the guitar back up, I was not surprised to find better sustain characteristics. As an experiment, I checked this guitar's sustain against a sample recorded with the old bridge and it was a clear upgrade.This bridge is also better than the one that came with my Squier project Strat (and it fits without modification), so I'll be getting another one.All in all, I've never been a "genuine Fender" kind of person, but I am impressed and delighted by the quality of the genuine Fender parts I've purchased to date, and it's why I will continue to buy these parts for all my project guitars that fit the "S" or "T" body shapes.

The Fender standard trem block is a lot beefier than what comes stock in most Squier models, as well as some other cheap off-brand Strat guitars out there. Was easy to remove the old one and install this trem block. Takes around 15-20 minutes. Most difficult part is getting the springs off and back on (make sure you loosen the claw quite a bit for easier remove and installation of the springs). Don't over tighten the mounting screws or you'll run into binding issues when using the whammy bar. Leave them about 1mm above the plate surface. The trem should sit level on the guitar when installed properly.The one complaint I have is that Fender doesn't appear to be machining these trem blocks consistently. I've ordered two of these and one of them had quite a bit of a slant within the drill hole for the whammy bar, so the whammy bar fits awkwardly when installed. Not sure if this is a rather common issue or not...the whammy bar threads in my 2nd Fender trem block (same model) also weren't the greatest. Not a clean fit (and I'm using Fender brand whammy bars). Otherwise, this tremolo block does give the guitar a little more sustain and helps hold tune better overall. It's an inexpensive part (~$25) and makes a noticeable difference once installed. Definitely a worthwhile upgrade for less expensive Strat models which have the smaller/thinner trem blocks.

The Fender product number for this Fender Vintage-Style Standard Series Stratocaster Tremolo Assemblies (Bridge) is PN 0071014049. The Tremolo arm needed for this assembly needs to be Standard 10/32 threading tremolo arm according to the Fender web site where this bridge is posted in the parts section. Oddly Fender doesn't seem to post the tread size for tremolo arms and there's many different Fender Tremolo arms. Little frustrated with that. The only tremolo arm that posted a 10/32 tread size is Musiclily Pro UNF #10-32 4.8mm Thread-in Steel Tremolo Arm Whammy Bar Vibrato Arm for Strat Style Electric Guitar, Chrome with White Tip, and the Musiclily Bar fit perfect. . I install this Fender Tremolo bridge assembly into a Donnor DST-152R and all the screw holes line right up. The tremolo block is more than twice the thickness of the Donnor and deeper or taller. It fits perfectly in this Donnor Strat and the back cover also clears! Love the new bridge assembly sounds great, lots more sustain. Side note: I would have purchase a Fender Tremolo arm but there were too many and none of them posted the thread specs #10-32 so this is why I purchased the Musiclily tremolo arm.Update on the Tremolo arm. I have since discovered the Fender Pure Vintage 60s Stratocaster Tremolo Arm Kit, Eggshell is 10-32 threaded. https://www.amazon.com/review/review-your-purchases/edit?asin=B00LJY360C&channel=YAcc-wr-thankyou&ref_=ryp_hz_thnk_l_2&pinnedAsins=B0BG4Z3V8Y

I used this to upgrade my cheap squire affinity Strat that came in a box kit. My goal was to take my first guitar and mod the heck out of it and this piece made a huge difference in how the guitar played. The original block as others have mentioned was small and cheap feeling. When I got the new one in, the first thing I did was compare the weight of the two and surprise, the full sized hunk of solid metal weighs more and felt great compared to the original.I will echo what others have been saying that if you have a lower end squire, it might stick out of the back a little bit. For me, this wasn't a deal breaker because I haven't had a back plate on for a while so I still bought it and I would gladly do it again. I will also say that the original squire trem bar doesnt fit anymore but I feel like this is more due to the squire trem bar being for a cheap bridge and not because of something wrong with the new bridge block. Truth be told, I haven't tested another trem bar yet but it works for me.Overall, It was worth the investment