Les Trem??? Anyone have experience with these?

[MJM.VITAL]

I was thinking about picking up one of these for my Epiphone Dot... I was going to put a bigsby on it but I thought this might be better because I wont need to do anything to the guitar other than change the studs.

Do they work well?

Here is the hardware:
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bridges...ece_Tremolos/Instructions/I-4616.html#details

Thanks

 

[martin6string]

Re: Les Trem??? Anyone have experience with these?

A trem on a Les Paul equates to square wheels on a car in my book.

Seriously, never saw one of those before. Someone must have used one on here....

 

[MJM.VITAL]

Re: Les Trem??? Anyone have experience with these?

A trem on a Les Paul equates to square wheels on a car in my book.

Im putting it on a Dot not a Les Paul... I wanted to get a little more vintage vibe(pun intended) from my Dot.

 

[Blue_Fingers_Jay]

Re: Les Trem??? Anyone have experience with these?

Never heard of those.
I would like to try a Stetsbar.
http://www.stetsbar.com/

 

[martin6string]

Re: Les Trem??? Anyone have experience with these?

Im putting it on a Dot not a Les Paul... I wanted to get a little more vintage vibe(pun intended) from my Dot.

Thats cool bro. Good luck with it

 

[stratsandaks]

Re: Les Trem??? Anyone have experience with these?

I have no personal experience using that trem but I would be concerned about putting one on a semi-hollow body. It looks to me like that spring loaded spacer puts pressure on the top to balance out the string tension, I would be worried that it might warp the top on that area or go through it if there is no support underneath of it.

I don't know how Epiphones are made so it may or may not be a concern.

 

[Almost Never]

Re: Les Trem??? Anyone have experience with these?

Kinda pricey when you could just go Bigsby. Stetsbar is even moreso, but atleast it seems a little bit more complex than the StewMac bar. The StewMac kit looks like it comes with a bar, two springs, vague instructions, half a corndog, and a note that says "good luck, champ."

 

[Markk]

Re: Les Trem??? Anyone have experience with these?

Never heard of those.
I would like to try a Stetsbar.
http://www.stetsbar.com/

If it wasn't for their dam astronomical prices! But this les trem thing looks cool although I remember opinions floating around that it wasn't too good.

 

[CapoFirstFret]

Re: Les Trem??? Anyone have experience with these?

A trem on a Les Paul equates to square wheels on a car in my book.

Seriously, never saw one of those before. Someone must have used one on here....

I'll let you battle that one out with Mr. Neil Young

 

[martin6string]

Re: Les Trem??? Anyone have experience with these?

I'll let you battle that one out with Mr. Neil Young

I hear ya bro. Lots of guys like trems on LP's, I'm just not one of them.

 

[ksmith63]

Re: Les Trem??? Anyone have experience with these?

i had one a while ago on an esp ltd horizon guitar. did a pretty good job of staying in tune and the arm could be adjusted to any length you wanted. different than a bigsby. i would also be concerned about putting it on a hollowbody.

 

[Empty Pockets]

Re: Les Trem??? Anyone have experience with these?

I posted a thread about this a while ago...what they told me was that a Les Trem is like an easier-to-install version of a Bigsby...good for light trem but don't try to go all Hendrix on it.

The Stetsbar is supposed to be as effective as a vintage Strat tremelo -- so you CAN go all Hendrix on it. That's worth the extra money to me, I just haven't had the extra cash yet.

As for the semihollow thing...i guess it depends on how wide that block of maple running down the center of the guitar is. If you're basically mounting the bridge onto the maple block then you're probably fine but if the bridge is wider than the block i could see warping happening.

i'm not a luthier tho. in fact i'd barely call myself a guitarist.

 

[MJM.VITAL]

Re: Les Trem??? Anyone have experience with these?

I posted a thread about this a while ago...what they told me was that a Les Trem is like an easier-to-install version of a Bigsby...good for light trem but don't try to go all Hendrix on it.

would you know if the Les Trem and a Bigsby have about the same pitch range?

 

[Empty Pockets]

Re: Les Trem??? Anyone have experience with these?

That was what i inferred from my thread on the subject a while ago...lemme find a link for it.

 

[ksmith63]

Re: Les Trem??? Anyone have experience with these?

would you know if the Les Trem and a Bigsby have about the same pitch range?

the les trem seemed to have a little more of a pitch range and didnt feel much like a bigsby. its use is real similar to a bigsby though....a little 'wobble' sounds here and there