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| Author: | sttelnoj [ Wed May 26, 2010 7:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | wooden tremolo. any thoughts/experience? |
yello. i usually put a wooden bridge and tailpiece on all my guitars. the reason being, i prefer the natural look of wood, and lumps of expensive heavy metal do not help with weight or aesthetics. i do however, wish i could make some sort of tremolo system. has anyone heard of all wood trems? i cant find any info out there either positive or negative. cheers all. |
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| Author: | Bob Garrish [ Wed May 26, 2010 8:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: wooden tremolo. any thoughts/experience? |
You should be able to make the bar out of wood easily enough, though I'd recommend putting a metal rod or composites in it to keep it thin and strong enough. Actually, composites would probably be important in a lot of places if you want to keep it small and not worry about it cracking. Also, I've had trouble finding wooden springs 
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| Author: | Joe Sustaire [ Wed May 26, 2010 6:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: wooden tremolo. any thoughts/experience? |
They can be mighty tricky to carve, but I bet the Padma could give you some tips!  Joe |
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| Author: | sttelnoj [ Thu May 27, 2010 2:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: wooden tremolo. any thoughts/experience? |
excellent. no hard reasons why not to try it. the reinforcement is definately a good idea. cheers for that. guess i'll just give it a go and post my results. i may be some time! ![[:Y:]](./images/smilies/smiley20.gif "Thumbs Up")
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| Author: | theguitarwhisperer [ Fri May 28, 2010 6:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: wooden tremolo. any thoughts/experience? |
I bet some kind of wooden spring could be fashioned out of a bent piece of wood. Not a corkscrew spring, one kinda like on those SG tremolos they had on 'em in the sixties. A wooden tremelo, hmmmm........ Maybe we can have a Luthiers Forum contest, see who can design and execute the coolest wooden tremolo, the prize could be some cool piece of wood for a top or a neck or something... |
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| Author: | Brett L Faust [ Fri May 28, 2010 11:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: wooden tremolo. any thoughts/experience? |
Check out Jersey Girl guitars, metal trem that works well, with wood ornamentation. |
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| Author: | Ian Cunningham [ Sat Jun 05, 2010 8:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: wooden tremolo. any thoughts/experience? |
Bet a wooden Bigsby wouldn't be too hard to do. I know people have been making wooden tremolo blocks for strats and stuff. There's certainly a call for it, but I can't help but think there could be a reason why there aren't wooden tremolos. |
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| Author: | Brett L Faust [ Tue Jun 15, 2010 6:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: wooden tremolo. any thoughts/experience? |
I had a Gibson SG that had a trem neck. Every time I moved inertia would change the pitch.
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| Author: | Ian Cunningham [ Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: wooden tremolo. any thoughts/experience? |
I saw most of the Jersey Girl guitars use wooden tremolos. |
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