Ball-bearing the future of floating trems?

[Arteus]

They seem to work easier smoother and hold tune better, what do you guys think? Will ball-bearing trems take over the world?

[Dee]

If they could make them feel as good as an Edge or Lo-Pro, maybe.

[nuno]

and if they could build the arm torque cap with something harder (that's won't break)...

[Axeshredder]

actually with todays technology, im waiting for a mechanisim that mimics the feel of springs but is actually some ingenious collection of high tech mechanisms...and an autotuner that guarantees a perfect return

[Demiurge]

I like the technology, but I really wouldn't say that it's the thing of the future when it's hardly the thing of the present. Ball bearing trems have been around for awhile, but currently, only Ibanez S-series guitars and ESP's USA Jeff Hanneman sig (which has a Kahler) offer them. Some company has to take a chance on it to bring it to the forefront. Let's see a ZR on an RG and we'll be getting somewhere.

[Dee]

Originally Posted by nuno

and if they could build the arm torque cap with something harder (that's won't break)...

Good point, nuno. I heard that it can snap quite easily in a ZR.

[waylay00]

Originally Posted by Demiurge

but currently, only Ibanez S-series guitars and ESP's USA Jeff Hanneman sig (which has a Kahler) offer them.

Vigier uses ball-bearing Floyds...

[elcid]

It's probably a pretty good idea, until one breaks, and threads start popping up all over about how unreliable they are and how they dont sound as good a springs.

[crush]

Originally Posted by elcid

It's probably a pretty good idea, until one breaks, and threads start popping up all over about how unreliable they are and how they dont sound as good a springs.

LOL... you couldn't be more right about that!!!! Bull's eye!

[Ayrton]

"It's all ball bearings these days!"

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Fletch