Tremol-No on JP13

[mandoismetal]

My JP13 is having trouble staying in tune after using the trem. It seems like it's not resetting completely. I tried some lube and it worked somewhat. I'm contemplating putting a tremol-no in my guitar.

Anyone have any feedback on these units?

 

[FantasyMetal]

I had one on a Jackson USA Kelly that worked amazingly well. I've never put one on an EBMM though. I would caution you that you may have to leave the back cover off since the set screws on the Tremol-No might stick out too far for you to put the plate on. Perhaps someone who has experience with a Tremol-No on a JP can weigh in on that though.

 

[Warg Master]

I had a temol-no on a jp6 back in the day... was a great unit great for "Blocking" the trem as it were. I will say, however, it could be a multitude of things. Could be the knife edges being a little warps and needing some filing. Could be the springs are bad an need to be replaced. some times those springs aren't up to the task and don't filly reset the way they are meant to. Could be the nut needs a good lube... more of a lube..... try some things.....

 

[JLocrian]

I've installed Tremol-nos on almost all of my Jp's, and it's definitely worth it. The thumb screws don't stick out farther than the back plate, so you're good there. I would leave the plate off though if you plan on switching between hardtail mode and full floating mode often.

 

[mandoismetal]

Thanks for the feedback!

I will probably try to get one in the near future. In the meantime, I will try more nut sauce lol.

 

[Siddius]

They work pretty well and are pretty easy to install. If you end up wanting to still use the vibrato, it is really easy to deactivate

 

[flaze]

I had The sabe problem on my JP12, I only solved it when I bought a new bridge. The Tremol-No is a Fast solution, but Not really a complete solution.

 

[mandoismetal]

I just switched from EB Cobalt 9's to regular 9's and it seems like the cobalt strings were a bit... "rougher"? I think they had a bit more friction at the nut. Now the problem is almost gone. I also applied a double dollop of Big Bend's Nut Sauce at the nut on each of the wound strings.

I think I may get some other type of spray lubricant at the knife edges of the bridge. I'm curious as to how gun lubricants would work? I have a couple of different lubes (graphite, oil, synthetic), but I'm too afraid of messing up the finish on the guitar lol

 

[Warg Master]

I just switched from EB Cobalt 9's to regular 9's and it seems like the cobalt strings were a bit... "rougher"? I think they had a bit more friction at the nut. Now the problem is almost gone. I also applied a double dollop of Big Bend's Nut Sauce at the nut on each of the wound strings.

I think I may get some other type of spray lubricant at the knife edges of the bridge. I'm curious as to how gun lubricants would work? I have a couple of different lubes (graphite, oil, synthetic), but I'm too afraid of messing up the finish on the guitar lol

Personally, I use the Nut sauce on the knife edges as well..

 

[mandoismetal]

Nut Sauce did the trick.

I applied quit a bit to the nut and the knife edges and while it still comes just a few cents sharp/flat, it is way better than before.