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I always thought the overwrap argument was ridiculous, but that's just my opinion. This guy does have a legit reason to do it though. Neat little trick for people who like trems.

I suspect the tune wouldn't stay quite as good as I like if I did that. But it's a cool trick. Might be worth a try for many.
I don't like the way it feels to play when I do that, or even raise the stopbar higher, simply prefer the feel when the stopbar is as low as it can go. If anything, I might try stringing low strings normally and only higher 3 over...that could work. But alas, I currently own only one guitar in which that is even possible. Hm. Maybe I should try it that way, sceptical as I may be, it's just the cost of three strings to try it out.

He also has a legit reason to route the body for a Floyd. Neat trick but not the style I play . Full of Snark today.

I've been an over-wrapper, but honestly I can't say I notice a ton of feel difference, or tend to do those faux-tremolo things (although I might give it a try now). For me, it's like why Bender smokes cigars: it makes me look cool!

I recently restrung my 2020 Gibson Les Paul Standard and decided to overwrap. It's not something I normally do, but I felt like experimenting. I don't notice any drastic difference in the feel or tone, though it looks cool.

Regarding the video in the OP, that guys tone has so much gain and effects that I don't see how anyone could tell the difference between over verse under-wrapping anyways. All I can hear is saturation, compression, the heavy reverb and delay . . . basically the pickups, pedals, and amp. I wouldn't even know if he was playing a Les Paul, Strat, or Tele without seeing it. Better to play some cleanish to mild break up Peter Green type stuff when trying to ascertain if there is any difference between under vs over.

Neat bending trick though. Sorta like a poor man's Brad Gillis Floyd effect.

I hate when people do sound demos with tons of gain and added effects. Any tone difference that manages to not be obliterated by the distortion and compression in the signal chain gets wiped out by YouTube compression and you are left with generic gain tones that aren’t at all informative.

I have tried over wrapping, but I just thought it was an extra step that didn’t do much of anything so I went back to standard stringing.

Of all my TOM + stoptail bridge guitars, I only overwrap one. The only reason I consider doing that is when I want the tailpiece on the deck and the break angle at the bridge is too severe.

Only one of my guitars has a bad enough neck set to warrant that in my opinion, but overwrapping reduces the strain on the strings and bridge in that case. A couple of the strings were actually resting on the back of the bridge (not just on the saddles).

The original stop tail wrap around bridge especially the fixed saddles is very obvious in sustain and harmonics. But I'm not really sure about the later guitars with a post separate bridge. I guess it also helps out with the sound if youre inspired and comfortable that your wrap-around setup makes a difference.