Loose whammy bar(/tremolo arm)

MrNiceguy87 · #1 03-03-2002, 04:01 PM

I used the tremolo arm pretty much and it got a little to loose for my taste, I got a tip on how to solve the problem by using nailpaint(right word?) behind the plastic things(rings) on the tremolo arm, it works now but for how long?? I have a pair of extras but I would want to save them for "emergency"!

How long will the method I´m using now hold?
Are there better ways?
Permanent fix?

Rich · #2 03-03-2002, 04:06 PM

I've never understood why people do that when a bag of 12 bushings is cheap and easy to get.

MrNiceguy87 · #3 03-03-2002, 04:07 PM

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Rich on 4:06 pm on Mar. 3, 2002
I've never understood why people do that when a bag of 12 bushings is cheap and easy to get.

That would be excellent but "easy to get"? I´ve never seen them here in sweden, I´d love to have that many!!

MrNiceguy87 · #4 03-03-2002, 04:13 PM

But a bag that small couldn´t be that much to ship

Rich · #5 03-03-2002, 04:13 PM

I'm sure it's something your distributor would stock, you only need a dealer to order them. If they don't, it's a global market. Click on that swirly banner up top, I hear he stocks them :biggrin:

MrNiceguy87 · #6 03-03-2002, 04:16 PM

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Rich on 4:13 pm on Mar. 3, 2002
I'm sure it's something your distributor would stock, you only need a dealer to order them. If they don't, it's a global market. Click on that swirly banner up top, I hear he stocks them :biggrin:

I don´t know, I´ve heard the owner is a ****head!

I wonder how much it would cost?

Rich · #7 03-03-2002, 04:20 PM

Gearhead? Nope, not me :biggrin:

Dealers can't discuss pricing in public.

MrNiceguy87 · #8 03-03-2002, 04:22 PM

Hey, Rich, I like a whammytrick that I heard Petrucci uses which is called the tiger claw, you hit the whammy at the same time you play a note, it sounds very cool...it can´t hurt the bridge can it?? I hit it very gentle, just enough for a small vibration but it´s still pretty quick....

I have my first double locking bridge and I "over-use" it, but hey it´s fun!