Fender American Series String Guides, Chrome

These particular string trees are REALLY hard to find. I'm glad that I did. They are perfect and just what I needed.

Worked very well!!!

These Fender string guides are replacing the old style string guide(tree). Installed on a Tele I built. Much less surface of the string touching. Very smooth action when using the vibrato. Took no more than 10 minutes to install.. Reasonably priced, super upgrade. I recommend this product to anyone with string guides on their guitar. These look like rollers, but are not rollers. They do work well. and I will purchase more for other Tele's and Strats Pros: Well made Cons; None I can think of Sleek, well designed Quick install Improved sound Inexpensive upgrade

I added these genuine Fender string guides to my Strat and they’ve definitely done the job. Installation was straightforward—came with mounting screws, and lined up nicely with the pre-drilled holes I’ve noticed smoother string tension over the nut and fewer tuning hiccups when bending the D, G, B and high E strings. Pros: True Fender quality and chrome finish; they look and feel premium Well-machined, no burrs or sharp edges. Fixed firmly; one user noted “they don't move” even under tension Cons: May require lightly drilling holes for guitar necks without locator pins—a mild inconvenience Functional rather than flashy: they don't alter tone, so it's purely an upgrade for tuning consistency. Much better than the picture implies…look great Those who value brand authenticity and rock-solid performance will appreciate these guides. They won’t revolutionize your tone, but they will keep your strings under control and your headstock looking sharp. A dependable OEM upgrade for American-series Fenders made in the 90s. Mine needed 2 of these which is also good cause 2 per pack.

The trees do string but a bit expensive

I'm adding a few things to both my kids Mexican Strats(MIM)and thought these would be a nice addition. Since the Mex Strat has the stamped tree there is only a hole for the screw. The new tree has a nub next to the hole that sticks down, I'm guessing to prevent it from rotating. I didn't want to drill a hole to accommodate the nub, so I ground it down the till it was very small. I left just a little bit of material sticking out. There was just enough so you could catch a finger nail on the nub left. That made it so the little bit left would press in the wood preventing the tree from rotating when you screw it down. I looked on the web and the direction the tree should face. Near as I can figure it goes in with the nub closer to the tuner keys.

People complain that these aren't really rolling string trees, despite the fact that the description *never* says or even implies they are, in fact, "rolling" string trees. Honestly, they don't need to be, at least for most guitars. These small, round guides are superior to the flat, wider styles of most string trees because they have way less actual contact with the strings. Less contact means less friction, less friction means greater tuning stability since your strings don't have as much chance to get caught up on anything when they move. I put them on a cheap Telecaster copy I have and noticed the results immediately, and I did not replace either the tuners or the nut, those are still the cheap stock parts. If you have a whammy bar and you bend a lot, rollers might be a little better, but for five bucks this is an easy upgrade (anyone can change them, all you need is a screwdriver), it was a no brainer for my Telecaster.

They work great and finally I did something that noticeably improved tone.I had switched my bridge out and added a bone nut and nothing was making that noticeable of a difference. My tuning and vibrato ability with the trem staying in tune improved, but no positive tone difference that I could hear. Then I installed these trees, one on my fender sonoran acoustic and one on my strat that I was just talking about, and on BOTH guitars the high e and b strings sound noticeably better, clearer. It's subtle but a good way to describe it would be it sounds more expensive! The batwing trees that came on my guitar were of good quality and did not affect trem use, but they were obviously muffling the strings sound a little bit,which makes sense since they touch the string a lot more and pull the string down furthur. Awesome. It's important to note that you can file off the nubs on the bottom of these relatively easy, you just have to go slowly and make sure you just get the nub, and not part of the bottom. You could very easily create an angle if you file off part of the bottom unevenly. I did mine by hand while watching a movie and took my sweet time.