What manner of wackiness is this?

[karmma1]

I saw this trem on a guitar on feEbay, and it piqued my curiosity.

Wiki tells me these have been around for a while, but i surrsly never encountered one...i haven't paid much attention to what's come out in the past 10 years or so (well, ok, maybe 15)...but i see possibilities here. My LP would be a lot of fun with a trem, but a completely non-invasive install is about the only way i'd proceed with such heinousness. However, i don't hear them mentioned here on HFC ever, or see them in the guitar pron...should i take this as an indicator that they suck?

[landon w]

This might be something you would want to look into. Ive never had any experience in using one, nor am I familiar with the quality of the trem, but it is a NON-INVASIVE trem add on that mounts to stop tail, hard tail etc. stock bridge systems.

You can kind of see that in the picture, in front is the tune-o-matic bridge.

check em' out. I think their website is just stetsbar.com or you should be able to google stetsbar tremolo and it'll come up.

Good luck

[atquinn]

I had one on a Hamer. It worked as advertised; however, I think the unit I would go for nowadays is the Schaller LP trem as seen in the video below and on Flaxwood guitars:

It is also a non-invasive retrofit, works for wraparounds and TOM setups and looks better to me.

-Austin

[Ethan]

do a search, i remember someone getting one a few months back and writing some about it

[landon w]

I had one on a Hamer. It worked as advertised; however, I think the unit I would go for nowadays is the Schaller LP trem as seen in the video below and on Flaxwood guitars:

It is also a non-invasive retrofit, works for wraparounds and TOM setups and looks better to me.

-Austin

hey thanks for the info on schaller lp. this thing is pretty cool. Its more than likely gonna end up on at least one of my hamers to try it out.

plus they have a great look.......a lot cleaner look and they seem to more thought out as far as the design. The stetsbar just looks clunky and thrown together. Schaller looks like t belongs there, and its a total retro fit.

NIIIICCE,

thanks again,

Landon

[karmma1]

I had one on a Hamer. It worked as advertised; however, I think the unit I would go for nowadays is the Schaller LP trem as seen in the video below and on Flaxwood guitars:

It is also a non-invasive retrofit, works for wraparounds and TOM setups and looks better to me.

-Austin

Agreed, much nicer setup. Thanks.

[JohnnyB]

I had one on a Hamer. It worked as advertised; however, I think the unit I would go for nowadays is the Schaller LP trem as seen in the video below and on Flaxwood guitars:

It is also a non-invasive retrofit, works for wraparounds and TOM setups and looks better to me.

-Austin

Like this?

Stew-Mac offers the Les Trem:

[atquinn]

The Les Trem is quite a bit different. It only retrofits on TOM setups and because it replaces the tailpiece, you still have to deal with friction from the saddles. The Schaller unit has roller saddles so that's not an issue (the Stetsbar avoids the issue entirely by moving the entire bridge assembly as opposed to just the strings). Unfortunately, I don't believe the Schaller LP Trem is readily available in the US and it would be insanely expensive to purchase from an overseas retailer. I haven't really tried all that hard to find on yet though, so I can't say for sure.

-Austin

[kanegon]

Just ran into this thread searching for locking tuners for my Studio with the Stets.

It actually works very well, i've got it floating both ways. As smooth if not smoother than my Jazzmaster, and you can lock the uptrem. I like it right in between with a little of both. The effect is bigger than a Strat's or a PRS; it pulls and shrinks the strings horizontally. Let me say that Eric Stets was great to work with - he made sure it was working on the Hamer.

Compare that to the bizarre business practices of Schaller, which claims there are 6 million M6 tuner users out there (including all three of my Hamers), yet the only locking tuners that drop in aren't available in the US, or anywhere else it seems. Allparts tells me they don't stock it nor can they order it. The ones stocked at Stewmac are too short (by maybe 2mm...), which leaves Hamers with no drop-in replacements - screw hole and all.

Also, can you imagine trying to get help for that LP Trem? I don't like the ground strip to the stud piece.

[zorrow]

I like the look of the Stetsbar, but I guess that's just me. Everyone else seems to think it's ugly as hell.