Tremol-No

[joeguitar]

Hi everyone,
I own a standard JP6 and i love it, but the tremolo tends to drive me crazy. I never really use it anyway and ive always preferred hard tail in the first place. Would installing the Tremol-No be a good idea? Has any of you ever tried it for yourselves?
Thank you

P.S. Also, which one would you recommend i get?

 

[shredderbetter]

I put a trem stop in mine as well you can dive but it stops upward movement and stabilizes it.

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[rutgart]

As you can see I'm a Bass player but can I ask what it is that's annoying you about your Trem ?

Because a close friend hated his trem until he got it set up right (which really meant, sticking to one gauge of strings/having the guitar-trem set up for that gauge/not trying to have 2-3 winds of string at the machine head/being aware of his right hand position when palm muting).

As stated, I'm a bass player but this friend of mine went from hating his trem to loving it.

 

[FantasyMetal]

I also prefer hardtails and I have heard many good things about the Tremol-No, though I've been unable to try one myself. Good luck!

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

I put one on my Brian May guitar that I used to own. It was dead easy to install and made the bridge rock solid.

That said, if you want to block the trem so its unable to to be used, you may be better off using a small block of wood like this:

 

[joeguitar]

thanks for all the help, im definetly considering all of my options

 

[Warg Master]

I had a tremol-no in my JP6 about 6 years ago. It was a very nice little device. I loved using it to lock the tremolo in place to change strings, made getting it back to pitch quickly very simple. It's solid and doesn't let the trem move at all. It's rock solid.

 

[SteveR]

Are you able to change tunings? I noticed that in the tremel-no video they turned the E to D, but what about taking the whole guitar down a step?

 

[spkirby]

I put one on my Brian May guitar that I used to own. It was dead easy to install and made the bridge rock solid.

That said, if you want to block the trem so its unable to to be used, you may be better off using a small block of wood like this:

Yep thats what Clapton does, just slots in a chunk of wood which is easy to insert and remove, is a cheap solution and he's not light on tone. And this shot is the back of a very rare gold leaf Clapton strat...Lust!

 

[threeminutesboy]

I always had concern about the way the battery is install on those models

 

[joeguitar]

I had a tremol-no in my JP6 about 6 years ago. It was a very nice little device. I loved using it to lock the tremolo in place to change strings, made getting it back to pitch quickly very simple. It's solid and doesn't let the trem move at all. It's rock solid.

What version of the Tremol-No do you have installed in your JP6?

 

[Warg Master]

What version of the Tremol-No do you have installed in your JP6?

It was the pin version.

 

[benoa]

It's solid and doesn't let the trem move at all. It's rock solid.

Glad it's working for you. But for me, it's not.

I got 2... One that I installed. Tought I had installed it badly so I went and paid a reknown local tech to do the other one to compare. Not much luck.

They don't hold. Period.

The lil' screws in the back always get loose. If you move around with your guitar, they'll scratch on your clothes/belly, unscrew and fall. If you set the Tremol-No as "dive only" it's even worst. If you don't think about it and do a couple of push on the bar it, when the device gets back and hit the stopper block that breaks the cylinder it will get loose.

I was hoping this device to be the "be all end all". Cool when playing in the basement but "live" they are not reliable enough.

Worst piece of gear I have ever bought.

Best advice to the OP, do as Tim above, save the money for a good bottle of your favorite drink and put a small piece of wood in the trem cavity.

 

[joeguitar]

Glad it's working for you. But for me, it's not.

I got 2... One that I installed. Tought I had installed it badly so I went and paid a reknown local tech to do the other one to compare. Not much luck.

They don't hold. Period.

The lil' screws in the back always get loose. If you move around with your guitar, they'll scratch on your clothes/belly, unscrew and fall. If you set the Tremol-No as "dive only" it's even worst. If you don't think about it and do a couple of push on the bar it, when the device gets back and hit the stopper block that breaks the cylinder it will get loose.

I was hoping this device to be the "be all end all". Cool when playing in the basement but "live" they are not reliable enough.

Worst piece of gear I have ever bought.

Best advice to the OP, do as Tim above, save the money for a good bottle of your favorite drink and put a small piece of wood in the trem cavity.

Thanks for sharing that, ill definetly take that into account. I might just go with the block of wood in the end, seems a lot less risky

 

[Paul LaPlaca]

Having problems with my Tremel-No as well. I am used to returning a dive bomb with a slight upward pull to stabilize strings, something EVH said in an interview about early floyds. This slight pressure is definitely moving the block on the rod.

Even when I am very conscious to stop the habit, having no luck with tuning stability.

Could it be my strings? GHS Boomers, 11s?

Thanks!

 

[dibart77]

Could it be my strings? GHS Boomers, 11s?

99.99999% of us use Ernie Ball strings, so we can't comment on how GHS Boomers perform...

(sorry.... couldn't help myself)

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[wheres my pick?]

I would recommed getting a proper setup, it can change everything, I use power slinkys (11s) and have a nut custom carved for that. Another option would be to get the floating trem locked down to a standard trem (like a strat, no pulling up), thats really easy to do, if all that doesnt work the wood block would be my last resort

 

[aleclee]

I have a tremol-no on my Axis (got it set up to float). No problems on it or the other 4 guitars (mostly PRS) where I've installed them. I will sometimes lock it down or set to dive only to use the D-tuna. I am careful not to pull up on it, though.

I wasn't able to install one on my ASS because the locking screws extended outside the cavity, probably the same issue that benoa encountered.

 

[benoa]

See my post above!!! Save your time, patience and money... If you want to block your Floyd. Use a piece of wood! It's free, easy and will give the results.

 

[Mercury25]

I've had tremol-nos on all my PRS and MM guitars, it takes some tweaking but when it's right, it's right!!