Before you go replacing it, I would try dampening the springs in the rear cavity:
A buddy of mine tried a Vegatrem on one of his Charvel-style partscasters. We both agreed that it sounded dull compared to the Strat-style bridge he had on before, and he ended up swapping that back in.
Late to this thread. I’m a Banshee user and have never had a problem with the FOH guy mixing in my mic signal. But if that’s a real problem, you could also use a vocoder, which won’t sound exactly the same but at least will run to your amp.
I’ve been gigging a CLR since 2013 (initially the original but most of the time the MkII Neo). They never let me down. But it’s hard to recommend in light of numerous reports of people having difficulty getting Atomic to support their products.
Great condition, some tarnish on the gold hardware, includes OHSC, $2500 shipped to CONUS.
Neck profile: Hamer’s medium vintage carve, not a baseball bat. 1.685” nut width.
Weight: 6 lbs, 15 oz
Happy to answer questions and take more pics.
OK, if we're all gonna break the rules and post our non-guitar acquisitions, I just got this Tonex Plug. The Bluetooth editing and saving has been unreliable with my iPhone 17 Pro, but it works well via USB and is pretty freakin' fun: