Luke Tremelo Brrrrr Problem

[cherub]

Cheers guys !

Cheers guys, as always, thank you so much for your comments, that's why this forum is THE best out there. I am privileged to be part of such a cool family.

I think it may be the baseplate and the pivot posts that is causing me the problem, I will let my tech guy have a look when he's back in the workshop and report back with the results.

I think the first person I heard achieve the "Brrrr" effect was Steve Vai when he appeared as the Devil's guitarist on the movie Crossroads. It was during the end guitar duel, man... I still get tingles now when I hear it.

Had to chuckle there the way some of us call it a " Brrrr " effect, never heard the " purr " or " flutter " effect but they make sense to me. You learn something new everyday eh ! I wonder how musically they would note that so if you were reading a piece of music, you would know what it meant ?
100 kudos points to the first person to chime in with the answer... Ha ha !

Cherub

 

[guertzi]

Ah , so that's the brrrr sound

I can do it on my Luke, but my problem is that my trem arm is just very loose. Anyone knows how to fix that?

When you press down the vibrato you can see a little allen screw on the right hand side.
By tightening this screw, you can determine how tight the vibrato arm is. You can use the same small allen wrench that you use for adjusting the saddle height on your bridge.

The tighter the arm, the longer the brrrrrrrrrrr

 

[Luc]

Thanks man!

With my setup (float height 1 1/2 steps on the g string) it isn't even really necessary to pull the brigde down- I can already see the screw

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

Maybe the springs are over stretched and need replacing?

 

[guertzi]

Thanks man!

With my setup (float height 1 1/2 steps on the g string) it isn't even really necessary to pull the brigde down- I can already see the screw

Hahaha, same goes for me!
I love to fool around with that thing like hitting a not bend it up and then pull the vibrato arm to raise the pitch even more!!! The audience loves that (from time to time, that is )

 

[Crewood]

Hi Guys,

Excuse the ignorance of an old man but what is the Brrrrr sound you're on about from the tremolo, where can I hear it?

I'm embarressed to admit I'm more used to the sound of Hank Marvin's tremolo style.

Mike

 

[tommyindelaware]

losen the claw screws in the vibrato spring cavity as needed. try like 2 turns each & check yer float. do more or less if needed. this works as a fine adjustment to balance the springs w/ the strings & achieve the desired bridge angle.