Author Topic: talking about TF getting 2 of each ... (Read 3179 times)

hunter · « **on:** March 01, 2008, 02:10:20 AM »

guess there is a soul brother of yours over at the vintage modern forum ... I think he just ordered his second VM too ...

Philly Q · « **Reply #1 on:** March 01, 2008, 11:01:48 AM »

I wish I had a nice display area like that in my house. My place just looks like a garbage dump. :(

hunter · « **Reply #2 on:** March 01, 2008, 11:40:09 AM »

Quote from: Philly Q

I wish I had a nice display area like that in my house. My place just looks like a garbage dump. :(

Tell me about it ... well maybe he just moved all the garbage from one corner to the other for the display purpose, who knows ...

noodleplugerine · « **Reply #3 on:** March 01, 2008, 12:13:11 PM »

That's a serious number of EMGs (cept for the steinergers which look like EMGs!)

Johnny Mac · « **Reply #4 on:** March 01, 2008, 12:44:48 PM »

Anyone tried those 'Trans Trems' on The Steinberger?

Philly Q · « **Reply #5 on:** March 01, 2008, 01:17:15 PM »

Quote from: Johnny Mac

Anyone tried those 'Trans Trems' on The Steinberger?

No, but I've got one of those "Spirit by" Steinbergers with the R-Trem. It's a bugger to set up, a bugger to tune and it feels absolutely awful as a tremolo. I hope the TransTrem is a lot better (I'm sure it must be).

gwEm · « **Reply #6 on:** March 01, 2008, 01:31:02 PM »

Quote from: noodleplugerine

That's a serious number of EMGs (cept for the steinergers which look like EMGs!)

they /are/ emgs - but shitety EMG Selects - the worst pickups ever IMO

gwEm · « **Reply #7 on:** March 01, 2008, 01:36:43 PM »

Quote from: Philly Q

Quote from: Johnny Mac
Anyone tried those 'Trans Trems' on The Steinberger?

No, but I've got one of those "Spirit by" Steinbergers with the R-Trem. It's a bugger to set up, a bugger to tune and it feels absolutely awful as a tremolo. I hope the TransTrem is a lot better (I'm sure it must be).

hmmm, i actually quite like the r-trem. prefer it to floyd

Philly Q · « **Reply #8 on:** March 01, 2008, 01:45:11 PM »

Quote from: gwEm

hmmm, i actually quite like the r-trem. prefer it to floyd

Fair enough, I'm not a trem fan at all so I don't think my opinion counts for much

. I don't like Floyds either, FWIW. The thing I hate about trems is that you get that kind of "spongy" felling as you depress the bar and the sustain drops off - it's almost like the guitar's dying...

The only trems I've liked are the original cam-based Kahler (lovely feel but still kills sustain), the long-gone Kahler fulcrum one and the PRS - which somehow doesn't seem to have a detrimental effect on the tone.

dave_mc · « **Reply #9 on:** March 01, 2008, 02:13:28 PM »

Quote from: Philly Q

I wish I had a nice display area like that in my house. My place just looks like a garbage dump. :(

hahaha, +1!

WezV · « **Reply #10 on:** March 01, 2008, 02:16:48 PM »

Quote from: Philly Q

the long-gone Kahler fulcrum one

Thats where wammi J comes in handy, the man seems to be providing much needed tech support for Kahler users as well.

http://www.wammiworld.com/u2710.html
http://www.wammiworld.com/u2720.html

Personally i went for one of the cam hybrid models because it can be locked of easily - i dont always want a trem

I am also looking into the trem king system for a future build

Philly Q · « **Reply #11 on:** March 01, 2008, 02:34:29 PM »

Quote from: WezV

Quote from: Philly Q
the long-gone Kahler fulcrum one

Thats where wammi J comes in handy, the man seems to be providing much needed tech support for Kahler users as well.

http://www.wammiworld.com/u2710.html
http://www.wammiworld.com/u2720.html

This is the one I meant, still have it on my old Frankenstein Strat. It's about as near as Kahler got to a traditional Fender tremolo:

http://www.kahlerparts.com/Part_Pages/T_2500.htm

WezV · « **Reply #12 on:** March 01, 2008, 02:37:59 PM »

well at leats he has loads of spare parts if you need them

Philly Q · « **Reply #13 on:** March 01, 2008, 02:44:07 PM »

True, if I ever get that guitar back in working order! I have quite a few spares already, I spent a fair bit replacing the brass-roller saddles with steel-roller ones. The parts that do wear out are the fulcrum points - they're just the edges of screw-heads which sit in a groove on the front of the bridge.

I'll be interested to see how the Trem King turns out, it looks a neat design.

sambo · « **Reply #14 on:** March 01, 2008, 02:45:28 PM »

Did anyone else not spot the dean acoustic at first, or is it just me? :oops: