Fender mexicano strat HELP please

[dudelove]

i just traded for a mim fender strat.

it was strung with .09s. i intend to change it to .10s but i realised that he had only 2 trem springs at the back so i need to go get one more to cope with the extra pulling force.

okay heres the thing. everything is stock in this guitar. and it cant effing keeping in tune. even if i dont touch it, it somehow detunes itself. especially the B and e strings. it gets worst when i use the tremolo. the whole guitar detunes itself.

i'm going to look to buying a new set of machine heads as a last priority, because i'm super short of money and i have nvr changed one before.

is there any other way i can make this hell of a guitar stay in tune?

if my only resort is buying a new set of machine heads, can anyone recommend me one that whill stick to its job of keeping in tune faithfully. cheapest possible solution.

 

[meekahsoh]

Have you fully stretched the strings yet?

 

[subversion]

yup, string stretching is one conseideration. the other might be some slippage over at the machine heads. if you set your bridge to float & not employ a proper set-up, tuning issues might arise.

 

[dudelove]

Have you fully stretched the strings yet?

this strings came with the guitar. i traded it. its slightly rusted. thats not the problem because i'm changing to gauge to .10s

 

[dudelove]

yup, string stretching is one conseideration. the other might be some slippage over at the machine heads. if you set your bridge to float & not employ a proper set-up, tuning issues might arise.

so what should i do?

i suspect the springs in the bridge have something to do with it. there are only 2 springs and i'm going to buy a couple more.

so how?

 

[subversion]

extra spring at the rear may/ may not be the cure. the installation here would only serve to counter string tension to pull the bridge down to the body. if it's a tuning issue, the instrument's tuners/ nut need some looking into. in any case, just instal first