Re: Trem Claw won't stay put when pulling up on whammy?
If I didn't describe it well, watch the video.
I never said it was "falling off", the closest I said was "falling loose", ie coming slack. I wasn't aware falling loose was an uncommon phrase.
The Vegatrem is closer in range and feel to a Floyd Rose than any other bridge I could think of. The tech that did the work on it mistook it for a Synchronized. End of story, no aggression necessary.
It was most certainly not doing this before hand. All my other strats, this one before now included squeaked. This one makes a loud "clunk".
I don’t think I need lower tension springs, as I'm sure you meant, because I've used now 4 different sets, including 2 high tension springs parallel to each other, 2 angled high tensions springs, 2 angled medium tension springs, and just to try it also a single low tension springs
Again, let me reiterate, there is no need to get aggressive, no need to tell me the problem I am having doesn't exist, no need to bash Super Vee as if it hurts me in any way.
Holy smokes. There are so many problems here, I don't even know where to begin. Gotta just jump in, I guess.
Firstly, someone pointing out where you are confusing or incorrect, after you have expressed dismay that no one is understanding what you're saying, is not "aggression." It's exactly what it is: someone telling you where you are wrong or unclear.
Now, about you saying, "I never said it was 'falling off', the closest I said was 'falling loose'..."
In the post of mine that you quoted, I quoted you saying, "
[T]he issue is that when I release the tension, the claw falls off." Your words, now you claim you never said them...in response to a post in which
I quoted you saying them.
Again, the bridge "operates" (your words) with very little in common with a Floyd Rose (beyond both being FUNDAMENTALLY based on the Fender unit, of course). That is a basic design fact. The Floyd has a couple of major defining characteristics: Two post/knife edge mount, locking saddles, fine tuners. The range is not a feature that is unique to a Floyd (the large range largely comes from the bridge plate height), and the "feel" that you are talking about likely comes from using only two springs.
It looks about as much like a Fender Synchronized Tremolo as a Nova looks like an Impala. Sure, they're both Chevies, with four wheels. But you can't mistake one for the other, even from across the parking lot, just as you couldn't mistake the vibrato in question for a Fender Synchronized from across the room. If your tech though it was a Fender Synchronized Tremolo, then he or she is a very ignorant tech. But we had some idea of this already, as the guitar was returned to you with the bridge plate angled rearward.
The vibrato in question is its own thing, but it's using design elements that can be seen in Super Vee and Wilkinson vibratos, far more than it is using design elements seen in a Floyd. That's a fact...and that, among other confusing, contradictory, and oddly worded statements are why people weren't grasping exactly what you were talking about. Why the explanation of such is a personal affront or "aggression" to you is something I am not even going to bother to try to figure out...but it's weird. I explained why people weren't getting it (because your statements were weird), and I followed it up with the closest thing you've had to a solution in the thread.
I did NOT mean lower tension springs. I had just said a few sentences up that "you don't need to change the number of springs or try different springs." I wrote strings, and that was what I meant. But I did write "lower" when I meant "higher" in my head. In other words, maybe your tech put lower tension strings on the guitar. I have gone back to the post and changed "lower" to "higher," to correct it.
I did not get what I would call aggressive. I told you what was wrong with your description, which I thought was why you weren't getting more useful answers. I did not tell you your problem doesn't exist. I tried to nail down exactly what it was. And I did not bash Super Vee to hurt you (how could it). I did it as an aside (I own one...unfortunately). Where you are coming up with this stuff is beyond me. But trust me; I wasn't attempting to be "aggressive" with you. I was attempting to straighten out your statements and provide a real solution. Criticism – often very detailed – is how you solve problems and make improvements. So instead of getting all hurt and upset, please go back and listen to what I was suggesting. It might work.
To get back to something in my second post, did your tech install the same strings, or at least the same string set, that you had on it when you dropped it off?
