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I just put a 24 3/4 scale neck on a road worn strat with a BladeRunner tremolo. Tusq nut (white), Schaller locking (non-staggered) tuners. I have yet to put any tree's on the head stock. The guitar stays in tune pretty well with light trem use however, with heavy dives the G string goes up in pitch about a whole step. Others remain fairly stable.

Will installing a string tree on D & G strings solve this? I've also considered installing a string bar (like the Floyd Rose's have) ... my thought is: having a consistent departure angle across all strings could improve tuning stability ... thoughts? Maybe the the nut is binding on the G?

TIA

(newbie) Chad

Hey Chad, welcome to the forum!

Definitely check the nut slot for the G string first. Whenever you're unsure what the problem is, go from easiest fix to hardest. If the slot is clean and not binding the string up, then a string tree should fix the problem. I don't think you need a whole bar.

Did you reposition the tremolo when you installed the BladeRunner? A 24 3/4" neck on a strat would make it impossible to intonate if you didn't move the bridge to compensate.

The neck is a Musikraft conversion neck (btw: It's the 3rd neck I've bought from them and I like them a lot better than Warmoths) so you don't have to change the bridge position. I just checked the string height and then re-intonated the saddles and it works slick as snot.

I'll try out your recommendations. Thanks much for the advice!

If you dive the bar and the string goes sharp, the string is definitely getting hung up somewhere, either at the nut or the bridge.
Adding a string tree or a bar adds another friction point. If the string is making sitar sounds in the nut, then you would be forced to add a string tree, I would use a roller tree if it came to that.

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