SORTED: Black Jackson/Charvel JT-6 vibrato

Funkfingers

Needed black FR vibrato to complete old Charvel Model series project. Found Charvel-badged Schaller on t'Bay.

Still interested in Jackson JT-6, any condition, provided that the base plate is intact. Not fussed about finish colour.

bloodandtears

Still want one? 

Funkfingers

How much of one have you got?

bloodandtears

I'll check but from memory, all sans the bar

Funkfingers

Please check. If possible, post a few photographs.

bloodandtears

https://photos.app.goo.gl/sZEVZV52Wx61ZJGd6

All there as I thought.. In bits to make it easier to ship. 

Funkfingers

The sustain block in your photographs looks taller than the one on my elderly Charvel Model 3. What are its dimensions?

bloodandtears

It's 42mm tall block

42x50mm approx

bloodandtears

I think they are all the same on my model 3 and 4s.

What is the Charvel Badged Schaller you have and will you still want it?

FelineGuitars

I have a few and I also have some upgraded parts for them too. 

We do a cold rolled steel block which improves things a lot and also the option of a floyd rose push in bar rather than the original Jackson one with the two nylon washers

Funkfingers

bloodandtears said:

What is the Charvel Badged Schaller …

It is a 371 with “Made By Schaller In Germany” cast into the baseplate near the arm and a Charvel script logo where the Schaller logo usually appears.

I bought it pre-owned from a well-known eBay parts seller. Saddles turned out to be non-Schaller. Now, I need to buy genuine German saddles with the short/fat lock screws or and acceptable substitute.

bloodandtears said:

… and will you still want it?

Hell, yeah!

My long term plan is for the German vibrato to go on my Gilmourish Model 3/1 Charvel and a Taiwanese hybrid one on my Model 2 bitsa project.

The easiest way to achieve this would be to have three vibratos in hand. That way, I can crib the required intonation settings before disassembly.

FelineGuitars said:

I have a few and I also have some upgraded parts for them too. 

We do a cold rolled steel block which improves things a lot and also the option of a floyd rose push in bar rather than the original Jackson one with the two nylon washers

Some combination of an unbroken JT-6 baseplate plus aftermarket steel block and arm upgrades would enable me to turn my collection of spare parts into a workable vibrato bridge.

GraphTech Ghost saddles might be of interest if they had Schaller compatible lock screws.

Overall, I seem to be talking myself out of this whole idea.

bloodandtears

I have a spare base plate too if that's all you want? 
As opposed to a full jt6? 

Funkfingers

A working baseplate would be most welcome.

Would you prefer money or guitar-related stuff by way of exchange?

bloodandtears

define working baseplate? given the photos I shared to you; what do you mean?

Funkfingers

I mean the zinc casting with steel knife edge plates to which all of the other parts are attached.

bloodandtears

https://photos.app.goo.gl/qpBRSQirhBvFsKJk7

This bit? 

Funkfingers

Affirmative.

bloodandtears

Not sure if you are interested but I also have a near complete FR from an ESP KH-202? 

Funkfingers

No, thank you.

I am specifically after the JT-6 baseplate … and only because of its unique/stupid sustain block fastening screw spacing.

bloodandtears

pm me then if you want this base plate.. I'll take the arm holder out of it.

Funkfingers

The other vibrato for which I seek parts is the Ibanez Pro Rock’r. Namely, the “T” piece linking the intonation screw to the saddle. 

There is a Reverb USA seller but the shipping costs mean that it would be cheaper to buy a broken Pro Rock’r in Europe.