Tremelo Help

[Horus]

Yeah, but let's say you have dots A, B, C and D.

A B

C D

The distance between A and D is greater than A and C. I was comparing the \|/ spring setup to the | | | setup. Not \|/ vs. /|\

 

[RobbM]

The distance between A and D is greater than A and C. I was comparing the \|/ spring setup to the | | | setup. Not \|/ vs. /|\

Duh...

You said \|/ would be better than /|\..

 

[Horus]

I did? I meant that \|/ would be better than | | |.

 

[RobbM]

ok, heres the rundown.

He said: its in this pattern and still has the problem /|\

you said: This is what the springs should look like to get the best tuning stability. (In my opinion at least.) Here's my crappy ASCII job. (\|/)

so I guess you didn't realize he was already running it like that.

 

[Earth Breather]

How do I go about finding the nut size?

 

[RobbM]

mesure the bottom length of the nut with a really good ruler, in MM, chances are its a 43mm. you will have to take the nut off.

 

[Earth Breather]

Must I take off the strings??

 

[RobbM]

yep

 

[Earth Breather]

Okay.
I measured it without taking it off and it came around 42 mm.
But I don't get what kind to get from the site you gave me. Would I get 3/4?

 

[RobbM]

did you measure the top or the bottom of the nut, you should measure the bottom.

 

[Earth Breather]

K, it's 43 mm.
So Which should I get?

 

[RobbM]

you mean for a trem?

 

[Earth Breather]

http://www.warmoth.com/hardware/bridges/bridges.cfm?fuseaction=bridges_floyd_original
What size should I get from that site if it is 43 mm?
the For Left Hand is only for Left Handed guitars right?

 

[RobbM]

I believe 1 11/16 is 43mm, I would call warmoth directly though just to be on the safe side, I dont know what the difference is with the narrow/wide thing, I've never seen that before.

 

[Earth Breather]

Do you have any other suggestions of sites that sell OFR's?

 

[RobbM]

Warmoth is your best bet, there one of the few online shops licenced to carry OFR's. Most sites only carry copys, or Schaller which are almost as good (although some say better)..

 

[Vital Remains]

this sounds kindove stupid but some guitars need to be broken in (i think). my bitch only recently started keeping good tuning after tremolo use. i think i had to break the springs in

 

[Earth Breather]

I believe 1 11/16 is 43mm, I would call warmoth directly though just to be on the safe side, I dont know what the difference is with the narrow/wide thing, I've never seen that before.

What should I choose? Narrow or Wide?

 

[RobbM]

I believe 1 11/16 is 43mm, I would call warmoth directly though just to be on the safe side, I dont know what the difference is with the narrow/wide thing, I've never seen that before.

I dont know what the difference is with the narrow/wide thing, I've never seen that before

 

[Earth Breather]

So if I do get an OFR, and it is set up right, it will rarely ever go out of tune?