Guitars Upgrade Tremmory S

I bought the Tremmory so I can do double stop bends without the top note going out of tune while still having the option of using the tremolo traditionally.

Installation was moderately easy on my Fender Player Strat with an ABM tremolo. I replaced the original springs because I wanted noiseless ones (I got the ones from Harley Benton) and I ended up with 3 (2 hard tension and 1 normal tension) after setting the tremolo to my preferred position which is almost decked with very little upwards play just so the tremolo doesn’t hit the body when it returns to its initial position.
2 small black felt pads are provided to acoustically dampen the contact points between the Tremmory the tremolo claw and the tremolo block but they are trash and easily disintegrate so I ended up not using them. They didn’t make a difference in reducing unwanted noise for me anyways.
You do need to apply quite a lot of force to the Tremmory springs to get them in place in both ends and they are pretty hard to grab. I used a needle to pull the end spring into the tremolo block hole. If you’re not handy you will probably have a hard time installing it but it’s certainly possible.

Performance wise, it works in doing what I wanted. Tighten it and you have a faux decked tremolo that doesn’t lift with bends. Untighten and you have normal action tremolo. I’ve read reviews that state that you can still use the tremolo while tightened but I’d say it’s way too stiff in that mode it needs a lot of force to go down and the strings will go out of tune when returning to the resting position. But if you leave the back plate off at all times it’s really easy to access and tighten or untighten the screw. You can even do it mid-song.

However the Tremmory is very noisy. Even with the felt pads (they didn't make a difference). While tightened it’s almost silent but while untightened it will introduce a distortion like rattle in the guitar’s acoustic sound in most notes and chords. This rattle does not translate through the amp hopefully. But yeah your Strat’s acoustic tone will be destroyed if you care about that…

All in all it seems like a good easy to install and non intrusive accessory!

NOTE
You will most likely need to buy the S (small) because the others are way too big.

EDIT
I was able to get rid of the noise completely! I cut 2 cotton sheet squares and placed them in between the metal joints in the same place you would put the provided adhesive pads. It worked with these squares but not with the provided pads because the ones I used are thicker and larger.