zorrow Posted July 16, 2010 Posted July 16, 2010 My question is about these units: I wonder where the heck the spring is. There should be one somewhere, right? Am I missing something?
landon w Posted July 16, 2010 Posted July 16, 2010 My question is about these units: I wonder where the heck the spring is. There should be one somewhere, right? Am I missing something? if you look directly under the unit say just to the left of the low e string area, that flat bar with the little lip to the back edge of the trem should be the spring. it is attached under the bottom of the trem to the top of the mounting screw. the best i can tell. went on the site and saw the detail tech drawings to try and figure it out. Its made to be a direct bolt on replacement with blind screws if you neeed them for removing stop tail. hope this helps.....................and i hope im right
gorch Posted July 19, 2010 Posted July 19, 2010 Look at page two in the PDF from the Schaller site.I love those trems btw.
atquinn Posted July 19, 2010 Posted July 19, 2010 How come all the really cool Schaller stuff is impossible to get in the US -Austin
guitaround Posted July 19, 2010 Posted July 19, 2010 That's a Flaxwood guitar. Really, really fine guitars! (is it quite obvious that I have one?) They have a lot of videos about setup and maintenance, and in one of them you can see this tremolo unit quite well: For more videos: http://www.flaxwood.com/player+support/set...nd+maintenance/ I have mine setup with all five springs as I rarely use it. Close up of the bridge: Green!!
gorch Posted July 19, 2010 Posted July 19, 2010 How come all the really cool Schaller stuff is impossible to get in the US -Austin Interesting! Schaller lists about 7 wholesalers for the US, but non of them lists the LP trem. It looks like they are banned from the US.
atquinn Posted July 19, 2010 Posted July 19, 2010 How come all the really cool Schaller stuff is impossible to get in the US -Austin Interesting! Schaller lists about 7 wholesalers for the US, but non of them lists the LP trem. It looks like they are banned from the US. My guess is maybe the design is too close to the Les Trem, but either way I contact a couple wholesalers on the list and none of them could get it. The same with some their other stuff. -Austin
zorrow Posted July 19, 2010 Author Posted July 19, 2010 I wonder if that bridge will work on this guitar:
edrock Posted July 19, 2010 Posted July 19, 2010 Reminds me a bit of the Skyway Trem, although I think the Skyway looks a little more like quality kit.
atquinn Posted July 20, 2010 Posted July 20, 2010 Totally different purpose from a Skyway. The LP Trem was meant to retrofit with no routing onto an LP. You'd have to get out a router and probably re-set your neck angle to get a Skyway on to a setneck guitar. And that's assuming you could get one -Austin
landon w Posted July 20, 2010 Posted July 20, 2010 the only thing i dont like about the schaller is that they make this trem and then basically tell you not to use it.............kinda stupid. Im sure there are nicer units out there. wasnt there a thread a few months ago about alternate trems and bridges for direct "no routing" mounts?im not good at doing those searches, so if anyone remembers the one im talking about.........
edrock Posted July 20, 2010 Posted July 20, 2010 Totally different purpose from a Skyway. The LP Trem was meant to retrofit with no routing onto an LP. You'd have to get out a router and probably re-set your neck angle to get a Skyway on to a setneck guitar. And that's assuming you could get one -Austin Ahh yes, I should pay closer attention. (hits self on head with Hamer . . er Hammer)
burningyen Posted July 20, 2010 Posted July 20, 2010 the only thing i dont like about the schaller is that they make this trem and then basically tell you not to use it.............kinda stupid. Im sure there are nicer units out there. wasnt there a thread a few months ago about alternate trems and bridges for direct "no routing" mounts?im not good at doing those searches, so if anyone remembers the one im talking about.........People generally have good things to say about the Stetsbar. There's also the Vibramate, which lets you mount a B5 Bigsby without any additional holes. And then there's the Les Trem, which Joe Naylor at Reverend seems to favor (although he modifies the stoptail bushings and glues them into place to stop them from wiggling out from trem use). I just got a Les Trem equipped Reverend Flatroc but haven't had a chance to put it through its paces yet. I'll post a review when I do.There's also the Bowen Handle, which I haven't heard good things about.
zorrow Posted July 20, 2010 Author Posted July 20, 2010 the only thing i dont like about the schaller is that they make this trem and then basically tell you not to use it.............kinda stupid. Im sure there are nicer units out there. wasnt there a thread a few months ago about alternate trems and bridges for direct "no routing" mounts?im not good at doing those searches, so if anyone remembers the one im talking about.........People generally have good things to say about the Stetsbar. There's also the Vibramate, which lets you mount a B5 Bigsby without any additional holes. And then there's the Les Trem, which Joe Naylor at Reverend seems to favor (although he modifies the stoptail bushings and glues them into place to stop them from wiggling out from trem use). I just got a Les Trem equipped Reverend Flatroc but haven't had a chance to put it through its paces yet. I'll post a review when I do.There's also the Bowen Handle, which I haven't heard good things about.All that stuff is very cool, but I think this is the only one that would replace a wraparound bridge with no mods.
sw686blue Posted July 20, 2010 Posted July 20, 2010 Reminds me a bit of the Skyway Trem, although I think the Skyway looks a little more like quality kit. Isn't this the grape sparkle Suhr?
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