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rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua
@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org

Fellow guitarists, please help me!

My neighbor has a #Fender #Stratocaster (made in Mexico).

Which size are the grub screws at the end of the strings (inside the small holes on the sides)?

I tried a 1 mm Allen key, but it's "huge".

Could it be a 0,70 mm (or a 3/64")?

#FediHelp #guitar

Matteꙮ Italia
@cvtsi2sd@hachyderm.io

@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org my 2008 Mexican Strat uses a 1 mm hex key, but it looks like the bridge is completely different; I looked it up and of course there's a whole world of different Fender bridges out there https://www.fuzzfaced.net/ponte-stratocaster.html , the one you posted seems like a "2 pivot, 1/16" string spacing", as found on "Classic Player (Made in Mexico)" strats

rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua
@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org

@cvtsi2sd@hachyderm.io

Thanks!

The 1mm key is too large for the screw, and here the only one I know with smaller keys is the Rolex maintenance… I told my neighbor to visit them just to know the size of the key, so he can buy his own.

Matteꙮ Italia
@cvtsi2sd@hachyderm.io

@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org he may also have some unexpected luck with the multi-bit small screwdrivers sets... I just checked mine and it does have a 1.3 and 0.9 hex bit (probably actually 2 and 3 64th of an inch?)

Also, maybe it's obvious but: did he check his guitar bag? I'm almost certain that my guitar came with the relevant hex keys (now, where did they end up it's an entirely different matter)

rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua
@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org

@cvtsi2sd@hachyderm.io

The guitar was a second hand one, with no accessories 😿

And the closest Fender reseller is 300 km from here!