Any way to fit a tremolo on my guitar?

Branshen

Or vibrato for the pedantic.

Branshen

This is it. Peavey Hartley Peavey signature EXP. 

Sorry. The mobile text editor is giving me problems. 

impmann

Duesenberg Les Trem... maybe?

https://store.duesenberg.de/en/hardware/tremolos/34/duesenberg-les-trem-ii

Branshen

The piece that the deusenberg trem replaces, cannot be removed on my guitar.. So I don't think it'll work. 

vasselmeyer

If you don't want the body routed then your options are limited. How about a Bigsby?

impmann

Branshen said:

The piece that the deusenberg trem replaces, cannot be removed on my guitar.. So I don't think it'll work. 

How is it held in place?

Branshen

@vasselmeyer not keen on routing as I'd prefer something reversible. I've had a look at bigsbys and it appears that the immovable bridge piece will get in the way.

I guess I'm looking for something that will replace the saddle piece and allow for vibrato movement. But I'm not sure such a product exists.. 

Thanks for the suggestions guys. 

Branshen

@impmann it goes through the body and there are metal pieces that protrude and expand. Kind of like a rivet. A photo will explain it better. 

Branshen

Sorry. Editor issue. 

impmann

Ah, I see...

Er - short of routing it, then, I can't see a way. Sorry!

Phil_aka_Pip

Looks like a nice axe. Why spoil it?

Branshen

It is nice. But I don't think adding function to it spoils it. Since it doesn't seem feasible, I'll leave the shimmery chords to my strat. 

p90fool

If there's room a Schaller might work - it replaces the bridge instead of the tailpiece.


https://m.thomann.de/gb/schaller_tremolo_scdc_c.htm?gclid=CjwKCAjwiPbWBRBtEiwAJakcpEuXC-jecb_szaDLBzTArQ4-9IXlbQXN-wSmvOAEtsgyXOTxHDc8lxoCiMYQAvD_BwE

57Deluxe

Just get a guitar with a trem already or waggle it about a lot...

thermionic

http://www.fairdealmusic.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/1ad2536b4e0b64b5213084f52c752e7f/v/b/vb-2w_f.jpg

darthed1981

1.  Use a pedal

or

2.  Buy another guitar that has a Trem...

Both involve acquiring gear, which will make you smile

ICBM

This.

https://schaller.info/en/tremolos/363/les-paul-tremolo?c=51

It's intended for a Les Paul, but for some bizarre reason that I've never understood, it's designed to fit on the *bridge* mounting points and not on the tailpiece ones. This is very odd as it leaves the tailpiece studs unused, and usually the bridge mounting points wouldn't be as strong since even on a Nashville-type bridge, the inserts in the body are a smaller diameter than the tailpiece ones.

But on this guitar it's the ideal solution - although you may still need to enlarge the bridge post holes, it would be possible to plug them again if you wanted to reverse it, without it showing.

Check the bridge post spacing, but if it's even close to a standard tune-o-matic then it should fit.

p90fool

That's the one I already posted  

Branshen

Thank you @p90fool and @ICBM and everyone else who has chipped in. 

I will look into the trem mentioned. Do you guys know if there will be a problem with the bridge post being able to hold up all the strain from the strings? considering that that bridge mounting points were not originally designed to withstand that pressure..

ICBM

p90fool said:

That's the one I already posted  

Ah, sorry - didn't scroll down far enough before posting .

Branshen said:

Thank you @p90fool and @ICBM and everyone else who has chipped in. 

I will look into the trem mentioned. Do you guys know if there will be a problem with the bridge post being able to hold up all the strain from the strings? considering that that bridge mounting points were not originally designed to withstand that pressure..

That's my issue with it as well - it just seems a bit close to the limit for what that size of inserts will support, especially as they're also less deep into the body than the similar diameter ones on a Floyd Rose.

Do you know how thick the maple top is, or if it's just a veneer? You'll be able to tell if you take the bridge pickup out.

Branshen

@ICBM It's a thick-ish veneer about 3mm from memory.. Does that matter? There is a cutout below the bridge piece and I can see the veneer from the bridge piece cutout when changing strings because the bridge piece isn't screwed in like normal Les Pauls, it slides onto the posts and is held in place purely from the string pressure.