beautiful.

This made all the difference, and it was very affordable, best upgrade yet!

Ever wonder why you sometimes see one string retainer, two string retainers, or NO string retainers? Why are they located in different places on a Fender type headstock? Well, there's a reason...Fender is all over the place here...some are round, some are stamped, some have rollers, and some aren't even there? Why? Well, on the "none" hopefully you have staggered tuner posts which change the break angle between the headstock side of the nut and where the string goes through the hole in the tuner post. The further the string post is from the backside of the nut, the shorter that tuner post should be. This helps keep the string in the nut (especially if bending). So staggered tuners MAY not require any retainers. Why one retainer? Well, the tuner posts may not be staggered or the break angle isn't large enough to maintain the string in the slot (especially when making bends). Plus, one retainer is half the price of two and a lot of folks think that one may be insufficient while two is overkill. The problem with using 2 string retainers is you're forcing a break angle where you may not need one, using twice as much hardware, and putting two little holes in your headstock face. Remember, nothing is free and many folks believe you shouldn't use any more than necessary. The brilliance of the 3 string retainer is that the typical high strings are USUALLY all unwound and those strings are easier to pop out of the nut when bending. The Glaser 3 string retainer catches all those little unwound boogers with one retainer and that keeps you from having to drill another hole in your headstock. If you think reverse headstocks look cool (or you want to look like Jimi - but you don't) now you're trying to put this on the "bigguns" (the wound strings) and the amount of loading goes up. Fewer is generally better but the Glaser 3 string retainer allows you to address a problem on a vintage guitar with a solution that is completely reversible (keep that old retainer and all parts which are a little screw and a spacer). I do wish the spacers were metal (putting a piece of plastic in compression isn't a great idea since, over time, it tends to move away from the load). This means you may have to retighten the little screw because the spacer squashes over time (plastic is NOT metal and, unless it's reinforced acts like the slowest moving liquid you've ever seen unless the clamping joint is properly designed). What about the round retainers? Well, they cost more to make and unless they're huge, can generally only cover 2 strings at a time anyway and Fender moved away from them since Leo was a cost cutter. I know...TMI...but mostly correct. If not, hopefully Joe will comment/correct me which is fine...if you made it this far, you're probably either OCD or an engineer.

Music City Bridge's Three String Tree is a perfectly inexpensive upgrade for my beloved Telecaster. Super easy to install and it works exactly as advertised!

These work great. No more buzzing g string and no new holes in the headstock. Nice!

I had a wiggly g string on my tele and didnt want to drill another one for it, so i am very happy and it works perfect.

They work flawlessly!

Love it , its working great. Proud to have a Glaser innovation on my guitar.

I have only purchased twice from MCB……once in person at NAMM 2025 and once online. Same product both times, triple string trees.

Great company, extremely friendly, helpful and professional and I won’t hesitate to purchase from them again, should I require something they sell.

I just love how this changed my setup. Great product, that's why I purchased 2 pair for my other Tele