https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/springs-inside-the-guitar/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:59:44 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/springs-inside-the-guitar/#post-258830 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:19:25 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance TRGuitar https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/springs-inside-the-guitar/#post-258830 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/springs-inside-the-guitar/#post-258716 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:57:39 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance medarrah https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/springs-inside-the-guitar/#post-258716 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/springs-inside-the-guitar/#post-258683 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:06:33 +0000


This isn't either of the kinds of springs I was talking about in my last post. Your 6 springs are the springs that go between the pickguard and the pickup covers.

Each pickup has two screws that mount it to the pickguard, right? The heads of the screws sit on the face of the pickguard and the way that you adjust the pickup height is by turning these screws.

The little springs you have are supposed to go onto thoses 6 screws, placed between the pickguard and the pickup covers, - they push the pickup back away from the pickguard; that way when you loosen the screws to back a pickup away from the strings of the guitar there's something to push the pickup back and keep it from floating loose.

Narrow end goes against the pickguard.

Sometimes instead of springs a little piece of surgical tubing will be used to do this job. I don't know which way is better, although my gut tells me that springs would be more reliable longhaul, as rubber does tend to lose its bounce and get crumbly after a while.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance quarterfront https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/springs-inside-the-guitar/#post-258683 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/springs-inside-the-guitar/#post-258595 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 02:50:46 +0000
I ask because the little ones would be trem arm tension springs. The trem arm hole on in the original trem block on my 2004 MIM Strat was open at the bottom and if you tried to drop a trem arm tension spring into the hole it'd fall through into the body of the guitar....]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance quarterfront https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/springs-inside-the-guitar/#post-258595 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/springs-inside-the-guitar/#post-258525 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:52:22 +0000 Sorry, had the day off, and left the Camera at work. :( Will take a pic later for you!]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance medarrah https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/springs-inside-the-guitar/#post-258525 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/springs-inside-the-guitar/#post-258512 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:13:06 +0000
If they were just floating loose, not attached to anything, it would sound like maybe somebody took them off and put them there to keep them from getting lost.

If it's a Strat, it might be that they blocked the trem. and put the springs in there for safekeeping.

But it seems a little odd to do that - if they're just floating aroun loose one could slide around and short something out.

How big are they? Can you post a pic?]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance quarterfront https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/springs-inside-the-guitar/#post-258512 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/springs-inside-the-guitar/#post-258446 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:42:14 +0000
Thanks for the Help! :)]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance medarrah https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/springs-inside-the-guitar/#post-258446 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/springs-inside-the-guitar/#post-258438 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:42:18 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance TRGuitar https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/springs-inside-the-guitar/#post-258438 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/springs-inside-the-guitar/#post-27344 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:37:31 +0000 Is this normal? If so, what are they used for?
Thanks. :D]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance medarrah https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/springs-inside-the-guitar/#post-27344