silhouette, tremolo problem

[ludo]

hello!
my name is ludo mesnil , i'm french
I have a silhouette hss (n° 98342) with a tremolo music man under pink licence floyd. I have a big problem of tuning: when I draw upwards on the tremolo, the tuning of the guitar go up some tenth of tone, it is necessary whereas I push back it downwards to return more or less has the good tuning. I tried everything to solve this problem, but nothing made. I changed the springs, I added a fourth (with indeed a a little better result, but the problem is always), I filed the point of support of the floyd, hoping for that a wear was the cause, that does not change anything either. did somebody already have this problem with a silhouette (it's the second which I have with a floyd, the first did not have any problem) and especially somebody has it the solution?

scuse for my english and thanks google for the translation

ludo

 

[zabba]

The problem may be with the bridge or nut.
When dive bombing
The string will be stretched and pulled through the groove on the nut.
If for some reason the string does not snap back,
but is caught in the groove then the tuning will change., temporarily.

The groove may be
too tight,
not set at the right angle,
worn
have spurs on it
perhaps the strings are too course

The same situation applies to the bridge saddles also , as the string slides along the saddle.

A little graphite or lubricant might help

carefull observation of the nit nd bridge may reveal the cause
the vut groove
angle should be set close the angle the string takes as it heads onto the headstock, if the groove is flat with the frettboard then it needs to be re-cut.

The point being it is probably a result of the string binding up at the nut or bridge.

 

[Mick]

Solution

Hi I had a similar problem with my EVH equipped w/ FR trem.
If you´ve checked everything else before, the solution may be the following.
Retighten the screws of the nut which go through the neck. The become loose over the time the wood shrinks a bit, and this will move the nut while using the trem.
This should solve your problem.
All the best Mick.

 

[ludo]

thank you very much for your posts, but the problem is always the same one... I think that it is a manufacturing defect, I will change guitar.

bye!

 

[Mick]

MM Guitars are not available with a manufacturing failure, this is not in the option list
Check the mounting stud s of the Floyd they may be bad.