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Post by spacelord77 on May 12, 2018 15:13:22 GMT
I've yet to have a trem that won't stay in tune. The problem nearly always lies at the other end. Sometimes the string trees but much more often a problem with the nut slots. Have you checked them out for tightness or stickiness or just plain oddness? I have fettled a trem to make the screw hole contact points more knife like, as was Leo's original inspiration, but this was just because I was a bit of a perfectionist with my first strat rather than it not staying in tune. Thanks for the tips! I usually setup all my guitars myself, but the ST-62 has been through me and a professional luthier friend of mine and the thing still has tuning issues, i bought it secondhand for 70€ so no big loss, but its my second and definitely last trem guitar, the first one a Floyd rose one, absolute crap both.. In fixed bridges i trust!! If someone wants a ST-62 with Wilks to messup with, mine is for sale!
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Post by salteedog on May 12, 2018 20:32:08 GMT
I'm not a fan of trems either. Fiddly things that can cause all sorts of tuning troubles without engaging in precisiotn engineering. It's ironic that strats are often the beginners guitar of choice. Much better to avoid trems until you've mastered keeping a fixed bridge guitar in tune. They can slowly drive a unsuspecting guitarist insane!
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Post by MartinB on May 12, 2018 21:14:27 GMT
I think Blackstar follows the Bethesda model of trouble shooting.
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Post by MartinB on May 12, 2018 21:28:23 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2018 21:45:57 GMT
I really miss the ST-90SA 2 point trem! Fantastic stuff which was featured on our Grain of Salt I think.
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Post by trb on May 13, 2018 13:41:54 GMT
Hi I all my 6 HB I swapped PUs and pots/caps. In my CST24HB I wanted to try Railhammer PUs: I put in Alnico Grande and Hyper Vintage. Ok that was the price of the CST24HB... but the CST24 largely deserves them.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2018 14:02:04 GMT
Oh DefJef I LOVE those knobs! Can I have em?! Please! You should put those on your favorite tele! Im searching for such as I dont like the feel of those metal knobs and Strat knobs are plain ugly unless they're on a Strat.
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Post by MartinB on May 13, 2018 22:00:48 GMT
I’ve smashed up two guitars, both were atrocious instruments beyond saving, zero redeeming qualities.
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