MIM Strat string tees

[Milkman]

I have a MIM Strat with a single, bent steel string tee. Is there any advantage in replacing this with a roller tee and/or adding a second tee for the D and G strings? The guitar stays in tune wonderfully and I don’t really have any issues… I’m just curious about what you guys do.

[mickey]

Can't speak for anyone but me, but I have always tried never to fix problems that do not exist.
If something was bugging me, I'd move heaven & earth to get it working so it felt right.

[Perfect Stranger]

No need for a second string tree. I use the Tusq string trees.....for no particular reason other than I just want to.

[BatUtilityBelt]

I leave them alone - never saw a reason to change them. I agree other trees are more attractive, but that's not enough for me to mess with it.

[honyock]

The Fender American ones are prettier, but the stiction on most cheap roller string trees is probably close to that of the curved stamped steel saddle. The string barely moves so friction force probably is negligible in both cases.

The tension of a string is so much greater than the stiction force that unless you have some sort of mechanical binding occurring, there is no way that it should make any difference which style you use.

[mozz]

You have to hold the guitar headstock sideways and look at it, you want the same angle across the strings. Any builds i always use 2 .

[glasshand]

I'm like Perfect Stranger; on the rare occasions I own a Strat-type guitar, I tend to replace the metal string trees with Tusq ones. It may not actually help a ton but it certainly doesn't hurt, so it's a harmless quirk at best. I just always thought it was a weird part of Fender's design anyway (although I understand why they exist): "With my new synchronized tremolo, the strings no longer have to drag over the bridge! Now they drag over a piece of metal at the headstock instead!"

[Flatline]

I've changed them in the past to roller string trees, but can't really say they made any difference. All my current guitars that have them are still stock and working just fine with no tuning stability issues.

[Rollin Hand]

I like the rollers on my Strat, but I don't even knowa where the bar is for that guitar, so any worries
about friction from trem use are pointless.

I say if it ain't broke, don't fix it.