Vibrola upgrades

[Chistopher]

Someone gave me two upgrade ideas for my vibrola on the SG. I think it was on here, but it may have been real life.

One was a rocker bridge for tuner stability.

The other was an improvement on the mechanism for mounting the arm.

I cannot for the life of me remember what the trem arm mod was, and I've grown tired of the arm slinging around willy nilly.

Anyone hear know what it was?

 

[ehdwuld]

I use the Guyker TOM vibrate

 

[Mincer]

^How well does it stay in tune? And how much does it bend?

 

[ehdwuld]

I haven't tried to see if it's a whole tone or semi tone . I will check tomorrow
Pulls up and dives tho

Roller bridge helps alot

 

[Mincer]

Yeah, I'd think the roller bridge would be mandatory.

 

[Chistopher]

My trem stays in tune just fine. Has about the a little more range than a floating Strat bridge.

I'm not concerned with replacing the thing, I'm just tired of the arm swinging around

 

[ehdwuld]

Ahhh

My trem stays in tune just fine. Has about the a little more range than a floating Strat bridge.

I'm not concerned with replacing the thing, I'm just tired of the arm swinging around

Got an image of yours so I can take guesses at what would remedy it?

 

[d1dsj]

Looks like a great solution, cool guitar to boot!

 

[Chistopher]

Ahhh

Got an image of yours so I can take guesses at what would remedy it?

Arm is held in by a screw and a washer

 

[jeremy]

do you want the trem? as i mentioned before, id stop tail it and leave the plate for looks ala derek trucks

 

[Chistopher]

Yeah, maybe it's just time to lose the arm. It looks a lot cooler with it though. But man if it isn't a pain

 

[ehdwuld]

Between the washer and the arm,

Add something to increase friction

A rubber o ring or paper or foam

Trim it small enough to hide behind the arm

They should have plastic washers at the hardware store
It should crush a bit to slow the arms descent

 

[Chistopher]

Actually I have a set of rubber washers roughly the right size here I could try

 

[GilmourD]

IIRC, Mike "Puisheen" Adams put a nylon washer under the nut on the bottom but also put a second nut to lock the first one in. You can set your tension by how much pressure is on the nylon washer and then lock it in.

 

[d1dsj]

I just bought this back off a mate, got a classic 57 bridge and a 59 neck with an A4 from memory. Plays great, sounds great….. vibrola arm is a PITA but looks cool!

 

[Ashurbanipal]

To stop the maestro vibrola arm flapping about, use a longer screw and two hex nuts to secure it - one to set the desired tension, the other to lock it all in place.