Northwest Guitars

Barrel String Retainer Guide

£2.99
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4.88
SR1-CR
Colour: Chrome

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Individual barrel string guide for use on Stratocaster/Telecaster guitars.

String trees are a necessary addition to most guitars that don't have an angled headstock. They provide the correct amount of tension where the strings break over the nut.

Essentially, they increase the string’s break angle (the angle a string makes where it bends over a nut or a bridge) and ensures that the strings won’t come unseated in the nut slot.

The added pressure also means you'll get more sustain when the string is played open.

Overall, string trees are a vital component for guitar with a straight headstock design. It is a very simple component but can significantly help tuning stability.













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Neil Clarkson
String tree

Excellent service off a local company. Fitted to the guitar perfectly and looks good too. Have ordered a set of 8mm fender machine heads off you too and cant wait to get them and get them fitted as well.
Thank you
Neil

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Matthew Farrell
Barrel string guide

Certainly better than the bent metal string tree it replaced, though had actually assumed it to be a roller version. That said, it works fine.

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Paul Hamer

Barrel String Retainer Guide

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Steve Hodges
Guitar rebuild

Ordered parts for a Fender Catalina, put together, now looks great!

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Mal Roberts
Good quality.

like all their products it's extremely good.

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