Washburn Wonderbar

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Huntermb

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I'm in the process of putting together another strat. It's going to have hot rails for pickups and I'm going to use it for hard rock/old school metal.

I haven't got a trem for it yet and when I was going through some of my gear today I came across an old Shift 2001/Washburn Wonderbar trem I used years ago and forgot about. It would fit the strat perfectly and it covers the trem hole up top perfectly but I was wondering if there would be a downside to using this and having the trem cutouts in the body. In theory it should give the guitar more sustain but I'm not sure. Any thoughts?
 
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Wow, what a mousetrap of a trem that was. LOL! I have only seen 1 of them so, I am not 100% sure.
 
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Huntermb said:
I'm in the process of putting together another strat. It's going to have hot rails for pickups and I'm going to use it for hard rock/old school metal.

I haven't got a trem for it yet and when I was going through some of my gear today I came across an old Shift 2001/Washburn Wonderbar trem I used years ago and forgot about. It would fit the strat perfectly and it covers the trem hole up top perfectly but I was wondering if there would be a downside to using this and having the trem cutouts in the body. In theory it should give the guitar more sustain but I'm not sure. Any thoughts?
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than the ROCKINGER TREM the wonderbar is thee worst trem ever!
 
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Washburn Wonderbar!
Man,you must have had that hidden in your stash for a loooooong time!

I could never come to grips with them. Because they are flush mounted on the top of the guitar,I found them bulky.
I remember taking some skin off my knuckles in the heat of battle. They don't have any "give" when you hit them mid windmill.

Cheers,PJ
 
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Pontiac Jack said:
Washburn Wonderbar!
Man,you must have had that hidden in your stash for a loooooong time!

I could never come to grips with them. Because they are flush mounted on the top of the guitar,I found them bulky.
I remember taking some skin off my knuckles in the heat of battle. They don't have any "give" when you hit them mid windmill.

Cheers,PJ
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Yeah it has been tucked away for awhile. I never minded it as I'm not a huge whammy user anyways and never did the huge dive bombs etc. You're right about it being bulky, but I do remember it being easier to keep maintained than the floyds I used to have.

It's funny with these that people either love them or hate them.
I guess maybe I will track down a trem for the strat and stick with the proper style for the body.
 
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I think there must have been a good reason for you pulling it off in the past...
 
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I dunno about putting it on a guitar... but I know it makes one helluva paperweight! :laugh:
 
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DonP said:
I think there must have been a good reason for you pulling it off in the past...
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I had it on a flying v copy years ago, it worked fine for that, then I parted out the guitar and hung onto the bridge for a future project, and I guess I had just tucked it away a little too good.
 
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i used to has a Washburn AF-40V...Ace Frehley...it had the wonderbar trem...it was pretty cool, but very bulky!!! stayed in tune good.
 
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If you want a top-mounted trem that's lighter, I have a Kahler 2300 in chrome I can part with.

That said, the Wonderbar looks pretty cool.
 
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