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Post subject: Has anyone tried this?
Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 11:20 pm
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Just want to discuss this little piece of clever ingenuity.. Has anyone tried this?

Who needs a Hipshot Tremsetter, Tremel-no or a block of wood.. As far as I see, I'd say this would work fine and is easy to install.. All you need is a screwdriver and your done.

Cheap as chips mate. :)

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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 1:47 am
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Ah! So that's why there's a latch missing from the toilet door!


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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:00 am
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Redneck engineering at it's finest...

That's actually pretty clever, but it has a huge "rattle potential."

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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:18 am
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Interesting concept.

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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:58 am
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Woo! a bolt action strat :D


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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 7:06 am
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Ingenious. :lol:

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Post subject: Re: Has anyone tried this?
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 7:25 am
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- It doesn't prevent a dive.
- What happens over time, when the trem dead spot moves? You have to move the entire thing.
- You have to put screws into the wood right behind the bridge pickup. Those screws better be non-magnetic and fairly short.

A better redneck solution would be to put a latch like this on the front of the guitar, locking the bridge.


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Post subject: Re: Has anyone tried this?
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:09 am
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It's def creative. Practical?. Not the 1st impression on this end.
A lot of work to achieve what decking the bridge already does (without any mods, drilling blah blah blah blah....). Why bother? Tighten up your trem springs and have a party ;)
Besides, if you really don't want to have use of a trem... get a hard tail!

I know this is going off on a tangent... but... Why all this hoo-ha about blocking a trem.... all these things that can be done to stop, lock, block a trem in closed position. WHY?!?!?!?
If you don't dig whammy bars... go for a guitar WITHOUT one. This really a hard concept to grasp or am I missing something?

All the arguments people come up with with also about... more sustain, better tone if the trem is blocked.... etc....

Frankly, it's Bull-Dinkies. Played loads of guitars over the yeras... some hard tails, some with a trem. Have never experienced loss of sustain or tone with a trem... if it's set up proper.
And know... back to our regularly scheduled program....

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Post subject: Re: Has anyone tried this?
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:11 am
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Blertles wrote:
Just want to discuss this little piece of clever ingenuity.. Has anyone tried this?

Hi Blertles: ha! The steampunk solution! It fits perfectly with G-cramps used for capos. 8)

I tried a similar approach for replacing a missing switch tip on a Telecaster:

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Rugged and of course very practical.

Cheers - C

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Post subject: Re: Has anyone tried this?
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:21 am
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Strat-Slinger wrote:
It's def creative. Practical?. Not the 1st impression on this end.
A lot of work to achieve what decking the bridge already does (without any mods, drilling blah blah blah blah....). Why bother? Tighten up your trem springs and have a party ;)
Besides, if you really don't want to have use of a trem... get a hard tail!

I know this is going off on a tangent... but... Why all this hoo-ha about blocking a trem.... all these things that can be done to stop, lock, block a trem in closed position. WHY?!?!?!?
If you don't dig whammy bars... go for a guitar WITHOUT one. This really a hard concept to grasp or am I missing something?

All the arguments people come up with with also about... more sustain, better tone if the trem is blocked.... etc....

Frankly, it's Bull-Dinkies. Played loads of guitars over the yeras... some hard tails, some with a trem. Have never experienced loss of sustain or tone with a trem... if it's set up proper.
And know... back to our regularly scheduled program....


It's because Clapton did it... plain and simple! 8)

If Clapton had the choice of a hardtail Strat when he purchased his first, I am pretty sure he would have.

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Post subject: Re: Has anyone tried this?
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 9:49 am
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I think I prefer blocking with a wedge.

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Post subject: Re: Has anyone tried this?
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 11:24 am
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Just thought I'd chime in.. :)

I guess from the functionality perspective, its one way of blocking or stopping a Trem and undoing the bolt will also unblock it. We all know how to use this contraption, and looking at the picture- you'd know how to fit this to a guitar.. It's self explanatory- no luthier needed.

I guess inventors of other units probably used something like this, saw there was a market for a contraption that would fix such Trem blocking solutions and then went to work to create something that effectively- does the same thing.. :!: :wink:

I've got two strats with Hipshot units and I don't find them very useful. Not to my style anyway.. But you know, when I saw this picture I could understand for a price of a door latch, this would work as well as the tremel-no units at less than a quarter of the cost.

I see this has been installed on a Strat style guitar with a Floyd Rose unit.. To me, that would be useful if a string breaks, the Trem pulls sharp and everything goes out of tune. With a flick of the latch, your back in business.

Redneck? Perhaps, if that's what you think. But you have to wonder, if Tremel-no does the same job, costs about 10 times more, + the cost of paying someone to install... Why wouldn't you? :)

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Blertles wrote:
Just want to discuss this little piece of clever ingenuity.. Has anyone tried this?

Hi Blertles: ha! The steampunk solution! It fits perfectly with G-cramps used for capos. 8)

I tried a similar approach for replacing a missing switch tip on a Telecaster:

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Rugged and of course very practical.

Cheers - C


I nearly lost a mouthful of tea when I saw this :shock: :lol:

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Post subject: Re: Has anyone tried this?
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 11:45 am
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Screamin' Armadillo wrote:
Redneck engineering at it's finest...

That's actually pretty clever, but it has a huge "rattle potential."

True...but imagine what it would contribute to the tone :!: :lol:

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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 11:48 am
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Strat-Slinger wrote:
It's def creative. Practical?. Not the 1st impression on this end.
A lot of work to achieve what decking the bridge already does (without any mods, drilling blah blah blah blah....). Why bother? Tighten up your trem springs and have a party ;)
Besides, if you really don't want to have use of a trem... get a hard tail!

I know this is going off on a tangent... but... Why all this hoo-ha about blocking a trem.... all these things that can be done to stop, lock, block a trem in closed position. WHY?!?!?!?
If you don't dig whammy bars... go for a guitar WITHOUT one. This really a hard concept to grasp or am I missing something?

All the arguments people come up with with also about... more sustain, better tone if the trem is blocked.... etc....

Frankly, it's Bull-Dinkies. Played loads of guitars over the yeras... some hard tails, some with a trem. Have never experienced loss of sustain or tone with a trem... if it's set up proper.
And know... back to our regularly scheduled program....

Well that certainly blew out the candle, did'nt it. :wink:

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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 11:52 am
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Tiger J wrote:
It's because Clapton did it... plain and simple! 8)
If Clapton had the choice of a hardtail Strat when he purchased his first, I am pretty sure he would have.

The old Blackie had five springs on the vibrato's mass block, the trem claw flush to the wood, the bridge decked and no wood block between the mass block and the body. No where have I been able to find out why they chose to install a wood block in the new Signature Series guitars. My '87 prototype doesn't have one but that doesn't mean it never existed.

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