Broken Vibrato Arm

Francois

Francois

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Just by curiosity : Do you often break you trem arm ?

Mine broke last night (on the Strat). I did not do any antics. It just broke this that : what is called "fatigue". The piece of metal was 30 years old.
I am sure this happens but It never saw this before.

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Re: Broken Vibrato Arm

It happens.

It has only happened to me once, on my first guitar, an '85 MIJ '50s Strat.
 
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My teacher broke the arm in the block of my '82 Strat when I was 15. That was the only time it happened, though.
 
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Never broke one

But my buddy seems to do this frequently

Take the saddles off
So you can get to the screws for the block

Take the block off and see if you can take a sharp pointy something
And spin the peice out
Get pointy thing directly on top
Make tiny circles counter clockwise
It should back out

Then put it all back together

Or take this opportunity to put a brass block on

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ehdwuld said:
Take the saddles off
So you can get to the screws for the block
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Yeah I was thinking trying this (after a pickup swap on two other axes). But I hate removing the sadle one day after changing the strings.

ehdwuld said:
Or take this opportunity to put a brass block on
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Good idea... Looking for a new job now... After I will order some parts... I want a Trem Block with DEEP holes so the string does not move to much inside when I bend it).
 
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Also, very cheap bridges have a better chance of breaking. I had a student that broke 2 of them on his 2 Squier Bullet Strats. I don't even think the blocks are solid in those.
 
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My Charvel's floyd arm has been going strong for the past 10 years or so. I'm not the craziest trem user, but it gets regularly pushed around.
 
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I was just thinking earlier how i NEVER use a trem. Lol, after reading your experience, not looking to start! :)
 
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I never use the screw-in Fender trem because it's a bad design.

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Even Leo realized it was a bad design, seeing how the G&L arm is used

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