My Lo Pro Keeps Getting Loose!
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Re: My Lo Pro Keeps Getting Loose!
The arm holder is loose. What I am tightening is the screw at the bottom of the arm holder. The problem is the screw gets loose after only a few minutes of trem abuse. I've tried duct tape over the screw as someone recommended me, but it doesnt work.
The arm holder is loose. What I am tightening is the screw at the bottom of the arm holder. The problem is the screw gets loose after only a few minutes of trem abuse. I've tried duct tape over the screw as someone recommended me, but it doesnt work.
Gearjoneser
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Re: My Lo Pro Keeps Getting Loose!
For $15, buy an Allparts bar retrofit kit, which is a screw ON type of bar assembly like an original Floyd has. To install it....
Pull your trem assembly off the guitar. From the underside there should be a screw or pin holding the assembly on the base plate. Get the assembly out with a hammer.
Pound the new one in with a rubber mallet. You may need to use a dremel tool to get it to go in easily. Also, if the cuff part on the new bar rubs the side of the high E saddle, you may have to use a dremel tool to remove a small amount of metal....
Put the trem bridge back on the guitar, a voila, it's got a much better trem arm attachment that always feels tight. It even improves the sustain, since there's no looseness robbing energy from the bridge. Screw ON bars are the way to go.
The screw IN or pop in arms are just ridiculous on a Floyd.....most licensed ones have those.
For $15, buy an Allparts bar retrofit kit, which is a screw ON type of bar assembly like an original Floyd has. To install it....
Pull your trem assembly off the guitar. From the underside there should be a screw or pin holding the assembly on the base plate. Get the assembly out with a hammer.
Pound the new one in with a rubber mallet. You may need to use a dremel tool to get it to go in easily. Also, if the cuff part on the new bar rubs the side of the high E saddle, you may have to use a dremel tool to remove a small amount of metal....
Put the trem bridge back on the guitar, a voila, it's got a much better trem arm attachment that always feels tight. It even improves the sustain, since there's no looseness robbing energy from the bridge. Screw ON bars are the way to go.
The screw IN or pop in arms are just ridiculous on a Floyd.....most licensed ones have those.
