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callaham is $150
Gotoh is $100
Wilkinson is $17.
I’ve had a vintage style jap fernandez strat trem that fucking sucked. (Could have been made by gotoh, looking back) I bought a used callaham and it was a considerable upgrade all the way around.
Help: best vintage 6 screw strat trem
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Re: Help: best vintage 6 screw strat trem
I have a Wilkinson but it wasn't $17. But it wasn't very expensive either.. like 50 bucks. So I guess they different levels. It's pretty good, smooth and stable.
The older Fernandes tremolos were made by Takeuchi and yes, they sucked.
The older Fernandes tremolos were made by Takeuchi and yes, they sucked.
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'78 Les Paul Pro / '89 SG Special/ '04 Gibson Les Paul Classic 3 pickup / Jackson Star/ Endres Tele / Fernandes Rhoads/ ''74 Hohner MIJ strat/ 2 Partscasters
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Re: Help: best vintage 6 screw strat trem
I bought the Gotoh for my parts-Strat (American Special Body/Allparts neck) and it’s awesome. Proper bent steel saddles, good size block, everything you could want in a good vintage trem.
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Ended up buying a gold gotoh wilky VSV. I’ve always wanted a vsv. Good enough for andy timmons. This guitar is going to look good with gold.
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Solid trem. I think Paul used them on his Pittman S guitars. I had one on a 95 Ernie Ball Music Man Silhouette Special (only year it didn’t say special below the Silhouette logo but was HSS and 22 frets). Great trems.
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GuitarBilly wrote:Anyone who played an 800 "model" in a Kemper/Fractal/Helix and think they know what a raging 2203 sounds like is pretty much the guitar equivalent of a virgin nerd that thinks watching porn counts as sex experience.
NinjaRaf wrote:6505 is 100% balls to the fucking walls low end and aggression. It is FUCKING PISSED. Like an 18 year old angry at the world.
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BroSlinger wrote:Ended up buying a gold gotoh wilky VSV. I’ve always wanted a vsv. Good enough for andy timmons. This guitar is going to look good with gold.
Awesome choice! That is what is on my Yamaha USA 1. Super smooth and solid.
Re: Help: best vintage 6 screw strat trem
The Wilkinson one on my Fret-King is crazy good. Dunno the model name but it's six screw mount with the bent saddles
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