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https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57776/handsomerik/p1
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57776/handsomerik/p1
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57776/handsomerik/p1
Looking at the Wilkinson’s they look e celebrate value for money but I can only find the narrower string spacing of 10.8mm saddles and a 54mm total string spacing on their vintage trems. I currently have 11.3mm saddles and a 56mm total string spacing.
I suppose i could could go to a narrower spacing without too many issues but I’m concerned it will change the feel of the guitar too much.
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57776/handsomerik/p1
When I put the guitar together I was building a more vintage spec Strat to sit alongside my more modern Strat with a 2 point trem because much as I love the super fluid feel of a two post trem I’m not convinced they sound great compared to a six screw vintage type.
however, in my opinion the Wudtone feels much more fluid in operation than any other vintage trem I’ve ever tried and yet still sounds “proper”.
I’m so impressed with it that I no longer have a Strat with a 2 post trem !
In all honesty I like it so much I’ve been considering buying the prs version and putting it on my ce22.
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57776/handsomerik/p1
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/89942/caspercaster#latest
30 seconds with a files sorted it out.
You might not have the same problem, but it's worth checking.
https://www.facebook.com/Mojopickups
From my understanding, the Callaham is built of higher quality materials compared to the original Fender trem but retains all the fundamental design flaws.
The Wudtone works beautifully and pretty much renders redundant the advantages of a twin pivot model.
One thing it doesn’t address however is the tendency of the strings to hang/stick on the bridge saddles - only locking saddles would do that.
I had mine set up in such a way that I could dive bomb at will and it would come back on pitch - amazingly spot-on. If however, I bent a string, it would come back significantly flat.
So now I tune after I’ve bent/stretched all the strings. String bending and upward movement of the trem leave the strings perfectly in tune. Gentle depression of the trem arm does not destabilise tuning.
If I really divebomb (which I don’t do) the strings will come back very slightly sharp. A gentle upward movement of the trem and they’re back in tune again.
But all in all, by far the best vintage style tremolo I have ever played - and I’m very, very picky...
I am however fascinated by the Gotoh 510 - specifically the zinc block which has the FST deep drilled mechanism - which means that after the ball end of the string the next point of contact is the saddle (the strings don’t doesn’t touch the bridge plate at all).
John Suhr told me about the strings hanging on the saddles being a fundamental flaw of non-locking bridges. The non-fine tuner Floyd Rose (on the Guthrie Govan guitar) of course addresses this. Suhr themselves are at the moment trialling a bridge with locking saddles which is on the Pete Thorn Prototype...
You may find this thread interesting:
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/124970/keeping-a-stratocaster-in-tune#latest
Suhr Locking Saddles
[Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/IZPX9xr.jpg)
Basically if its reliably returning to a pitch in one direction and then reliably going sharp (or flat) when used in the opposite, it usually means that the fulcrum point is moving - this manifests itself on worn Floyd Roses so it isn't a string locking issue necessarily.
FWIW, I had this on a Wudtone as well. I flagged it to Andy who instantly told me I didn't know what I was doing setting it up (despite being a guitar tech for some time - and following his instructions)... I never did resolve it, and got so fed up with it (and him) that I sold it.