Trem tension with a spoon?????

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Hello,
I was skipping around about different trems, floyds, kahlers, looking for real people, not spokesmen, who may have tried stetsbar when I read a post about a guy who said if he really nailed the tension on his regular fender trem using a spoon he could get as good as a locking trem. There was nothing after that and the thread continued.
Does anybody have any idea what that even means? Is it literal? Or is it some old saying I have never heard?
By the way, any here had a good or a bad experience with a stetsbar?
Thank You
Steve Buffington
 
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What a rookie using a spoon everyone know pennies are the way to go

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Securb said:
What a rookie using a spoon everyone know pennies are the way to go
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lol haha. I don't usually block tremolos. But i must say i had a brain wave the other day. I think the best way to block a tremolo would be to use printing quoins from old letter presses like plattens. Just place one in and lock it up with the key. It would work perfectly and would never budge. There made to hold an extreme amount of pressure when in the chase. And if you used two either side of the block you could balance them between each other by tightening and loosening each one.

Yep that's the best way to block a tremolo and it would look way neater than wood or any other crap in there.

Just a thought.
 
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SJ318 said:
...if he really nailed the tension on his regular fender trem using a spoon he could get as good as a locking trem.
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Not entirely sure what this guy was on at the time, but it's been said before that if you wind the strings around the pegs so they lock themselves, the tuning stability is equal to a locking trem.

However, I'm not interested in:
1. a non-locking trem
2. burning through time and strings to figure out/test how to do this

Have not tried a Stetsbar, but they've been around for over 20 years. I used to see the ads for them in guitar mags back in the late 80s. The concept is valid, but Floyd Rose solved all the problems of a non-locking system years ago. I know that not everyone wants to route their LP for one, and SGs require a custom-made block, but if you really want to use a trem, get a trem.

That aside, there was a thread here a while back with a YouTube vid of some guy demoing the unit on an LPJr with a brass nut. Lots of pinging as the strings slipped during dives.

They're definitely not for EVH/Vai whammy work, though. Slight vibrato and minor pitch variations would be their limit. Dive too deep and you risk popping a wind out of place at the tuner.
 
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Maybe this?
 
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Dear LReese,
I do not know where you got that but it makes perfect sense, and shows in this case that many things also could be used.
Thank you. I was sure I would be labeled nuttier than I already am. My scientific "spoon" in this case is a balled up piece of masking tape with most of the sticky worn of so as not to pull any paint off right under the fender saddle plate. I set mine so I can go up from open G to open A#, open B to C#, open E to F. Got that from Carl Verheyan. Thanks again.
Steve B.
 
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Why a spoon, cousin?
 
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Dear PigBacon,
I take it from your "handle" you are probably not in law enforcement, so-who wants some of my government issue marijuana? No, it was not I who wanted to use a spoon, I was just trying figure out why some other guy would want one during set up. And it was LReese who actually found video of spoon use during set up. When I saw what he wanted it for it was clear he used it as a stabelizer, nothing fancy. Curiosity got the better of me.
Steve B.
 
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A spoon should be in every toolkit (Unless you're apt to shoot up). :)

The other end can be used as a fret burnisher to get minor divots off frets. You can delay a recrown for a while.

For the naysayers:
 
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