Who would put a steinberger trem on a LP jr?

guitarmangler

Gibson. Gibson would.

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Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.

Funkfingers

Harry Seven might.

Moonrunner

If it is your preference to have that kind of tremolo system, I don't see a problem

Strangefan

Plus they are truly awful the posts would bend forwards  and if you wanted to used it as a trem it would go out of tune with a feather touch., I owned one for a month or so ...... Horrible. 

sawyer

I think it may be factory fitted. My 87 Single cut is more vintage spec apart from tailpiece and tuneamatic. Has a dogear p90. That seems a more modern spec with soapbar p90. Plus the knob placement and switch.Gibson have always done 'odd' things.

Strangefan

sawyer said:

I think it may be factory fitted. My 87 Single cut is more vintage spec apart from tailpiece and tuneamatic. Has a dogear p90. That seems a more modern spec with soapbar p90. Plus the knob placement and switch.Gibson have always done 'odd' things.

Yup they were factory fitted, they did a whole range of them in the 80s  

ICBM

Basically it was an early attempt at the robot tuner idea - take a classic vintage guitar design and bang on some wildly inappropriate modern technology which will be obsolete before the paint has dried...

Just be thankful they didn’t fit them to all the models that year.

DrBob

Thing is, when they’re built properly the Steinberger trem systems are amazing bits of kit 
But maybe not the right accessory for a Junior

HarrySeven

Funkfingers said:

Harry Seven might.

Indeed. I'd fit anything to anything (insert appropriate never-the-twain-shall-meet guitar/vibrato here) if I wanted to.

sweepy

It's rather cool in a very odd way

octatonic

Gibson fucked Steinberger when they bought the company.
Here we have Steinberger fucking up that Gibson.

octatonic

Also, since when is '88 'vintage'?

Funkfingers

It is over thirty years old. To a millennial, that is an eternity.

sweepy

Would have been better with a Bigsby, those Steinberger trems as with the headless ones are as responsive as an Austin Allegro on Crossplys 

octatonic

sweepy said:

Would have been better with a Bigsby, those Steinberger trems as with the headless ones are as responsive as an Austin Allegro on Crossplys 

Depends on which one.
The Trans-trem is a marvel.
Once Gibson fucked the brand took over quality control went massively downhill.

Philly_Q

Didn't Hohner have a range of guitars with that same bridge, maybe a few years earlier than this one?  I think they had graphite necks too.

maltingsaudio

I would have gone for a wonderbar or a kahler

ICBM

maltingsaudio said:

I would have gone for a wonderbar or a kahler

They did quite a few with factory Kahlers. A far better and more appropriate unit, but no doubt the bean-counters objected because Gibson didn't own Kahler.

sweepy

The Steinberger inc the Trans Trem had no real feel or response, in other words stiff and heavy handed which for me is all that i detest in a trem unit

pintspiller

If it's what you're into it's good. 

For me, it's not.

77ric

HarrySeven said:

Funkfingers said:

Harry Seven might.

Indeed. I'd fit anything to anything (insert appropriate never-the-twain-shall-meet guitar/vibrato here) if I wanted to.

Floyd rose on a Gibson Byrdland? 

You know I'm not even sure if that’s possible.