Good vintage style strat trem

[AlexR]

I've got a home-made strat which I put together with parts from a cheap samick which I bought 2nd hand. I now know that the new body wood sounds killer so I'm happy to upgrade the trem ( and maybe the tuners too) to something better than the Samick stuff. What are your suggestions for a decent quality vintage trem - LH too.

[FuseG4]

Re: Good vintage style strat trem

http://www.callahamguitars.com/partsstr.htm

the callaham stuff, absolutely. I don't know of much better stuff being made, all I hear are good things.

Expensive, but at least the bridge block and the saddles would kick ass for your project.

[Hagbard Celine]

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+1 on Callaham. At the very least include on of their term blocks in the project.

[The Dali]

Re: Good vintage style strat trem

Agree!

[LReese]

Re: Good vintage style strat trem

Never tried the Callaham - but at about 1/2 the price the Gotoh GE101TS (Steel Block) sounds better to me than Fenders vintage vibrato bridge.

You could also go for the Gotoh 510 with milled steel block - I've got one on a Suhr and it is an awesome bridge. The narrower spacing might be a plus.

If you come up with a used Fender vintage bridge with steel block you can also try stripping the block and mating surface on the plate - that's one of the things Suhr does on their Fender bridge installs.

One thing to consider is string spacing at the bridge - if its 2.125", you will need the Gotoh 510 (for something a little more modern) or the Callaham (for something more vintage)

[AlexR]

Re: Good vintage style strat trem

Thanks guys, checked it out and that looks the goods!!

[John_L]

Re: Good vintage style strat trem

http://www.mannmadeusa.com/

[uOpt]

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The Callaham is best, no question, but expensive even used.

A Fender MIJ from Ebay and a steel block from guitarfetish cut off a couple bucks.

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Good vintage style strat trem

....Best since when?

[uOpt]

Re: Good vintage style strat trem

....Best since when?

Most expensive

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Good vintage style strat trem

Tcch..

[Luke Duke]

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Callaham is fantastic. It's what I have in my Cleveland and the action is great and his fixing of the wobbly trem arm is great too. I need to get a block and saddles for my Am Std trem. The Callaham is pricey but it's MIA out of Bills alloys that are like the original.

Luke

[WhoFan]

Re: Good vintage style strat trem

for most lower priced project builds that i wanted a Vintage Trem for i just went with a Gotoh... i like them...

[WhoFan]

Re: Good vintage style strat trem

ps... that body's trem holes will have to be plugged and redrilled to fit a Vintage spec trem... the screw pattern is wider

[Hagbard Celine]

Re: Good vintage style strat trem

Most expensive

They not only make ans sell products of the highest quality but their customer service is first rate. I haven't had any projects that required their products for a while but I recommend them at every opportunity because they old fashioned good folks to deal with and I swear by them. It's worth paying for if you can do it.