Tired Of Not Using my Axis

[zoe_nikotina]

The arm of my tremolo does not allow me to use regular soft guitar cases; always have to use its original hard case. ... I travel a lot for giging, and most of the times I cannot use this type of case. Could I change the original tremolo arm to this one without any issues?...thanks in advance
Floyd Rose Tremolo Bar f. Original/Pro CH

 

[ruger9]

I don't understand- can't you just remove the bar when you case it and take it somewhere? I always remove the bars on mine when putting them into a case or gigbag.

 

[beej]

Same.

 

[zoe_nikotina]

not with the old models....

 

[Iperfungus]

Unless you broke something, you can ALWAYS remove/unscrew a tremolo arm...also from Gotoh Floyd Rose tremolos.
So...what's the problem there?

Having so said, I don't believe a Schaller tremolo arm would fit a Gotoh.

 

[tbonesullivan]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't the Music Man EVH and earlier Axis models equipped with a Floyd that had a clamp on the top of the plate, and had arms that were bolted on from the back? That's why the inside of the cases had room on the top for an installed trem arm.

 

[Iperfungus]

Ok, I had a look to my Gotoh 1996T tremolo and probably I understood the issue and how to easily fix it.
Old MM Floyd tremolos are basically Gotoh 1996T tremolos.
The tremolo arm has a threaded seat on the bottom of its part that you put in the tremolo's seat and the tremolo's seat has a hole in the bottom: a passing screw, screwed in tremolo arm's threaded seat, secures it into seat through the hole, so that tremolo arm cannot pop out.
Then you can set tremolo arm tension to your taste by losening or tightening the other small screw on tremolo's seat top, where the clamp is.
If you remove the screw that secures tremolo arm to tremolo's seat, you can pull out and push in the arm whenever you want, since setting its tension in the clamp it's enough to avoid the arm popping out the tremolo.
So, tbone you were right.

Furthermore, that passing screw is completely useless to me (infact I don't have it).

 

[ruger9]

First I've heard of a tremolo bridge who's bar can't be (difficult to) be removed... learn something new every day!

 

[Iperfungus]

... learn something new every day!

Me too!

 

[tbonesullivan]

First I've heard of a tremolo bridge who's bar can't be (difficult to) be removed... learn something new every day!

If you look at pictures of EBMM EVH guitars, every one I have seen has the bar installed. With the case you didn't need to take it off, and I guess most people just left it permanently attached. For someone who did the type of tremolo work that EVH did, having a bar that could possibly unscrew or pop out was definitely not optimal.

 

[ruger9]

If you look at pictures of EBMM EVH guitars, every one I have seen has the bar installed. With the case you didn't need to take it off, and I guess most people just left it permanently attached. For someone who did the type of tremolo work that EVH did, having a bar that could possibly unscrew or pop out was definitely not optimal.

Oh IDK... Vai doesn't seem to have a problem with an easily removable bar, nor did all of the 80s metal guys with Floyds...

 

[Iperfungus]

If you tighten the clamp's screw enough to secure tremolo arm inside the seat, while allowing it to freely move around, I assume you don't need the screw in the bottom.
I've many other tremolos with push-in tremolo arms that are not screwed to the seat and they do not fall out at all.