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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:15 pm
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will fender make a shortened tremolo arm for sale? I know I can get one through callaham guitars, but it'd be nice to get one at my local GC or something rather than sending away for it.


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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:14 pm
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Callaham is a class outfit, and if you order it, you should get it in a week. I ordered the Vintage S Model Bridge and got it with no problems what so ever. The craftsmanship is top notch!

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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:21 pm
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Or you could just take the plastic tip off, grab a junior hacksaw and shorten your existing arm to the length you like. That's what Dave did, after all. No after-market short arms available back in those days. (Unless someone tells us that there were, that is...)

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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:27 pm
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A guy could even tap some new threads on the arm once he's done with his junior hacksaw.

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orvilleowner wrote:
A guy could even tap some new threads on the arm once he's done with his junior hacksaw.


Really? Is it shorter at that end as well? Never knew that.

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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:43 pm
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The end is different, but the saw idea is always an option. The shorter arm is only $15. They have the two different threads available.

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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:51 pm
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If I'm understanding right Orvilleowner is implying that the end that screws into the plate is shorter as well as the "playing" end. So that you'd saw it down and then need to recut a new thread onto it. That would make Gilmour's arm lower to the body as well as shorter. I didn't know that was the case, but I can't remember Orvilleowner being wrong about something.

If all that's so - then put that hacksaw away immediately and buy a replacement instead! Much easier...

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I'm with you Ceri, but I do like sawing stuff :lol:

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thank you but, No, I wasn't implying the end that goes into the trem block.

Every arm I've seen has had threads under the white tip.

If you cut off part of the arm that was under the tip, then maybe you'd want to rethread the arm for the tip to screw onto.

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orvilleowner wrote:
thank you but, No, I wasn't implying the end that goes into the trem block.

Every arm I've seen has had threads under the white tip.

If you cut off part of the arm that was under the tip, then maybe you'd want to rethread the arm for the tip to screw onto.


Ah, I mistook your meaning. Now you point it out it's so obvious: duh... :oops:

I wonder if Gilmour bothered to get that thread re-cut, or if he just stuffed the tip back on the arm. Let's ask him!

So happens, on Monday I was standing on the opposite bank of the river from his houseboat/recording studio. I should have yelled across: "Hey, Dave! Is your whammy threaded beneath the plastic tip or not?" But I didn't.

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Now that sawing off OEM tremolo arm lengths will inevitably become the latest fad, I recommend that the threads be extended to the desired (shortened) length before the sawing commences; it is easier to lengthen an existing thread than to start one anew. Don't forget too, to round off the newly cut, sharp thread end on the arm so that it does not tear open the arm's tip at any time. This rounding out also holds true even if one simply wants to saw off the 'excess' length of the arm and merely push the tip on without any (new) threading.

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