springs on the back cavity of strats

[ChanMin]

5 springs. block off trem completely.
thats a good vintage trem for me

 

[lightice]

If it makes it easier to understand

The FR trem pivots on a blade edge

the vintage trems pivot on the screws and metal plate area of the bridge where it mounts onto the body.

 

[edder]

lightice, just fyi, i've been setting up guitars for the past "X" years.

so... I know what I know to make it work and how it works and you know what you know. :wink:

 

[embryo]

huh? "pulling hair now!"

 

[lightice]

I don't doubt your experience, I'm just saying the way the vintage trem minus 4 screws = 2 pt american trem. It doesn't work the same as the FR.

Setting up guitars have nothing to do with this I think.
It still works as a trem, I'm just saying the mechanism behind it is not the same.

Anyway here is some reading on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremolo_arm

 

[edder]

nahh.... just finished 2 pints of my homebrew lager and my fingers are itchy. :twisted:

 

[edder]

lightice, its ok man.

ok my fingers need to type.

anything CAN be a pivot.

just that the vintage trem screws are acting as the pivot.

I'm just saying the way the vintage trem minus 4 screws = 2 pt american trem.

I TOTALLY AGREE! except that the vintage trem with 2 screws are a primitive workaround.

It doesn't work the same as the FR.

Of course not! FR is LOCKING and the keyword here is LOCKING. I was refering to the FR comparison in terms of the 2 pivot points....

so we clear here?

 

[lightice]

okay, i get what you mean now.

 

[ShredCow]

Woah.

*Thesis in the making!


Edder, this is a rare thread occurance, you've typed so much seriousness here!

 

[edder]

its the beer lah bro shredcow bro... its the beer..... :twisted: