New Ibanez Zero Resistance tremolos...

[BallsOnParade]

Re: New Ibanez Zero Resistance tremolos...

since another person has shown interst in these tremolos, I'm bumping this topic...

[MikeE]

Re: New Ibanez Zero Resistance tremolos...

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Couple of things...

1) Steinberger used ball bearings in the transtrems, not sure about their 'R' and 'S' trems. It's a great idea for the most part...

2) EXCEPT they wear out quickly, since the ball bearing is only used in an arc. Estimates are around 1-2 years in the transtrem, then they don't return to zero correctly and need to be replaced.

3) For the TransTrems, the Steinberger folk have specified a replacement sealed ball bearing that should last much much longer - from what I've heard, the guys that have replaced them haven't had to do it twice. These parts aren't that expensive either, which is a real head scratcher as to why Ibanez isn't using sealed bearings.

Pete

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Good call on the Steinberger; a lot of his great innovations go unnoticed.

The S-Trem is also ball bearing as it is the same as a Trans Trem with out the transposing feature. The R-Trem is knife edge, but still has a nice locking feature and the great gearless tuners.

Don't mean to hijack but this site has a ton of great Steinberger info.

[ChickenScratch]

Re: New Ibanez Zero Resistance tremolos...

This trem seems like a good idea. Anybody know how it performs compared to an OFR? Does it fit in the same rout for the OFR? I've got a guitar that could use a new trem and this thing seems interesting to me.