Hey All

Im green as here and this is my first post

Just a question to see if anyone out there can give me some advice on this one. I have just got in my possession a 1977 USA Fender Strat with a Kahler Locking Trem System on it. Can anyone advise me as to if this is going to drastically change the tone of this strat and if i wanted to convert back to the standard fender bridge is this an expensive exercise and one that wouldnt be recommended - I guess the pro's and con's of this.

Thanks all for having a look and providing some advice

my opinion kahler is garbage. i would do what it takes to get it back to original. if you have a locking nut on the neck then your gonna need a locking bridge of some sort. anything but kahler.
if theres no locking nut you should at least get locking tuners.
care to post a pic of this guitar and its bridge set up?

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

Damn i dont know how to load pics in here.. sorry.

If you have email i can send u some pic of it ??

Thanks.

use photobucket and load pics just like any other site

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz20 ... kahler.jpg

http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz20 ... ahler2.jpg

http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz20 ... ahler3.jpg

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Good Thinking.

the locking nut is included and with a standard nut fitted.


Im thinking about converting it back to original fender bridge if i can. Got her at a good price and she does play beautifully .. im just really not sure about the Kahler trem now.

yep thats the one. man i hate those things. have you had the trem out yet? did they do any extra cutting to install that trem?

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

Nahh i havent had it out yet and as far as i can tell yes a little bit of the body may have been cut. Thats where i think im going to have the issue to convert it back to original bridge .. might be a right pain in the proverbial..

I hope i can

hum......i would see how much wood has been removed. you might can go with a floyd rose trem. heads and tails above what you have.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

Yeh might be my only other option ...

Cheers for the heads up on it .. definitely something to consider.

i have seen builders block up the hole with wood and redrill for a different tremolo with great results.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

what sorta cost involved to do that would that i wonder ??? I read Dave Gilmour put a Kahler trem on his strat around 83 did an album on it and then retired it until late 90's and had a techy remove the kahler and block it up then re fit fender bridge... hmm so thats given me some hope ..

What fenders do u have or had ?

its all about location. what might cost me $50 might cost you $150.
it can be done.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."