6 point tremolo with the most range?

[daenius]

Re: 6 point tremolo with the most range?

Thanks, is the tension adjustable? Also I have a GFS block I'm right now, which if I recall is the same size, so that shouldn't be an issue.

I remember it being adjustable depending on how many times you turn it. The funny thing is that after a certain point, if I remember correctly, it doesn't get any tighter regardless of how you turn it. I'll have to play my friend's guitar again to know for sure though, it's been a couple weeks since he's used that particular guitar in our jams. He's been using a different guitar recently.

 

[Chistopher]

Re: 6 point tremolo with the most range?

I guess that settles it, I'll try the Callaham. Thanks for the help.

 

[2ndhandband]

Re: 6 point tremolo with the most range?

Tip: don't be afraid to take a file to the cavity. Removing a little wood can increase your range dramatically. I did that with both my Callaham bridges. They really are a great unit, but they're pretty pricey for what they are.

 

[MetalManiac]

Re: 6 point tremolo with the most range?

Tip: don't be afraid to take a file to the cavity. Removing a little wood can increase your range dramatically..

How is that?

 

[2ndhandband]

Re: 6 point tremolo with the most range?

How is that?

You file a bit of wood out so the unit has further to travel before the block hits the body.

 

[Obsessive Compulsive]

Re: 6 point tremolo with the most range?

Tip: don't be afraid to take a file to the cavity. Removing a little wood can increase your range dramatically. I did that with both my Callaham bridges. They really are a great unit, but they're pretty pricey for what they are.

Yeah right,...like it were reversible. Might as well get a router.

By the way, the Gotoh arm is actually 'pop and screw', not 'pop-in'.

 

[2ndhandband]

Re: 6 point tremolo with the most range?

Yeah right,...like it were reversible. Might as well get a router.

By the way, the Gotoh arm is actually 'pop and screw', not 'pop-in'.

Of course it's not reversible... but if it's a bog-standard Fender does it matter? The things are a dime a dozen anyway. All of mine are partscaster Frankenstrats.

 

[MetalManiac]

Re: 6 point tremolo with the most range?

You file a bit of wood out so the unit has further to travel before the block hits the body.

I'm skeptical . You are going beyond the design parameters of a unit that already has return to pitch issues with it's original engineering.

 

[2ndhandband]

Re: 6 point tremolo with the most range?

I'm skeptical . You are going beyond the design parameters of a unit that already has return to pitch issues with it's traditional engineering.

I wouldn't do it for a standard Fender unit. But for something like the Callaham with a massive trem block I'm basically filing it out so it has the same range as a stock Fender. As for tuning issues... it's ALL in the setup. I can set up your six screw vibrato bridge (I flatly refuse to call it a tremolo) so you have to work really hard to throw it out of tune.

 

[daenius]

Re: 6 point tremolo with the most range?

Well if you think about it, it's about the same as Steve Vai taking a chisel to the body of his old Charvel in the 80s to dig out a recess for the Floyd so he could pull up on the bridge. A rough home-made DIY recess.

Personally I'm not brave enough to do it because I'm a clumsy person, but hey if you're a handy man and you don't mind sanding off some wood in the back where nobody could see (as long as you dont go so overboard that you can see a gap even with the back plate on), why not? haha

 

[2ndhandband]

Re: 6 point tremolo with the most range?

Well if you think about it, it's about the same as Steve Vai taking a chisel to the body of his old Charvel in the 80s to dig out a recess for the Floyd so he could pull up on the bridge. A rough home-made DIY recess.

Personally I'm not brave enough to do it because I'm a clumsy person, but hey if you're a handy man and you don't mind sanding off some wood in the back where nobody could see (as long as you dont go so overboard that you can see a gap even with the back plate on), why not? haha

None of my guitars has a back plate...

 

[daenius]

Re: 6 point tremolo with the most range?

None of my guitars has a back plate...

What a hater

JK

Most of mine don't have them too! Only the ones with non-recessed trems have them on

 

[Obsessive Compulsive]

Re: 6 point tremolo with the most range?

It's definitely doable and has nothing to do with tuning. But it's a hackjob and will deteriorate the guitar's value.

 

[daenius]

Re: 6 point tremolo with the most range?

It's definitely doable and has nothing to do with tuning. But it's a hackjob and will deteriorate the guitar's value.

Yeah if you ever want to sell that guitar, the resell value goes down the drain.

 

[VinceT]

Re: 6 point tremolo with the most range?

+1 for all comments on Callaham re tone, drop-in, bar stability, etc. (I would add that you can order 3 different length bars from Gilmour-short up to full length classic).

The block is definitely longer and mine does hit the back of the cavity, though it has a decent amount of downward travel before that happens (way more than what I would call "normal" use) That said, mine is set for floating, so the bottom of the block is already closer to the back of the cavity, if it were decked, it would have more travel.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

 

[2ndhandband]

Re: 6 point tremolo with the most range?

It's definitely doable and has nothing to do with tuning. But it's a hackjob and will deteriorate the guitar's value.

Well to be fair mine are all homebuilds with factory second bodies... I'm cheap like that. Also they go on the road which means they get the piss beat out of them. I don't worry about resale.