Tremolo Bar Adjustment - Petrucci

[dselby]

Hi everyone,

I just bought my first Petrucci model and I love it. I do have one question.....Is there a way to tighten the tremolo bar to keep it from swinging down everytime you let go of it?

Thanks,
Dave

 

[SteveB]

Yes,

Depress the tremolo arm and look at the bridge from the bottom while holding. You'll see a hex nut which sets the arm tension.

 

[dselby]

Thanks.......that's what I thought but I figured it's better to ask before I start changing things. Looks like you need a pretty short allen wrench to get in there. I see you're from Pittsburgh....so am I.

Thanks again,
Dave

 

[SteveB]

Dave,

I can't remember the size of the hex for the trem arm.. I'm thinking 2mm but there's always a 50-50 chance I'm wrong.

Yes, there are a few guys from the 'Burgh on this forum:

old_metal_head
PghTopCat
urwordsbreakmed

and another bass player.. I forget his 'nick', but his name's Tony.

We're getting some representation here!

 

[SteveB]

So, you just bought this Petrucci... is it brand new?

Did you get the medallion gold one that Piano's-n-Stuff had in stock?

I have a Pearl Redburst JP6 with all options, and a quilt-top Morse Y2D which will be arriving in the very near future.

 

[dselby]

Yes, I bought the one at PNS.....but it's desert gold. It's loaded with all of the options and they gave me a pretty good deal on it. I was considering buying one from PMBlues but PNS worked with me on price so that I was walking out the door cheaper that PMBlues with the tax included! Desert Gold was the color that I wanted too. I love the pickup configuration, especially the clean sound you can get in the middle position. I have an Ibanez RG2020X that I wired the Petrucci way so I knew that's the sound I wanted (and this time I didn't have to make any modifications!)

Dave

 

[SteveB]

Ahh, it was desert gold, yes.

I remember looking at it the last time I was down there. Stunning color.
Yeah, ALWAYS give those guys a shot at your business, they are great to work with. (esp. Jason the guitar manager, or Huey.)

 

[dselby]

Yeah.......Jason was the one who hooked me up!