Got a new guitar in, and the strings were a touch too high. Also, it looked like this was not the original trem, based on that circle pressure damage where a trem ring would be, and the cut-out space being bigger than the Wilkinson by Gotoh VS-100.
I went to lower the trem, and found:
- treble side post seems bent. Can't screw it in any further.
- bass side post head missing half. Luckily, a full turn put the strings at the right height, and no buzzing or fret-outs.
The Wilkinson VS-100N seems to be built to be a somewhat universal trem, with the treble side having a flat/wide knife edge that can accommodate slightly different post width differences. True?
So could I replace the trem with the black VS-100N I have handy/ It comes with new posts. I shouldn't have to remove the post sockets, though...just use the existing ones, right?
Or should I measure the post width and buy a different trem body?
The guitar has some tuning issues, mainly on the G-string, slightly less on the D string, they stay a little sharp after bending the trem down. This is after removing the strings from the string tree. Is the trem possibly the cause, or is it more likely the nut? Or is it the locking tuners? Someone built it with banjo tuners, which are weird.
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Got a new guitar in, and the strings were a touch too high. Also, it looked like this was not the original trem, based on that circle pressure damage where a trem ring would be, and the cut-out space being bigger than the Wilkinson by Gotoh VS-100.
I went to lower the trem, and found:
- treble side post seems bent. Can't screw it in any further.
- bass side post head missing half. Luckily, a full turn put the strings at the right height, and no buzzing or fret-outs.
The Wilkinson VS-100N seems to be built to be a somewhat universal trem, with the treble side having a flat/wide knife edge that can accommodate slightly different post width differences. True?
So could I replace the trem with the black VS-100N I have handy/ It comes with new posts. I shouldn't have to remove the post sockets, though...just use the existing ones, right?
Or should I measure the post width and buy a different trem body?
The guitar has some tuning issues, mainly on the G-string, slightly less on the D string, they stay a little sharp after bending the trem down. This is after removing the strings from the string tree. Is the trem possibly the cause, or is it more likely the nut? Or is it the locking tuners? Someone built it with banjo tuners, which are weird.
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