Kahler trem?

[Budman68]

Hey there, I may have the part you need. Please post a pic so I can be sure or you can email it to me:
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Dave->

[DJROBA]

Kahler trem?

I just bought a model 3 from Ray and it has a trem on it that I've never seen before. It is a double locking trem, and it has what looks like unshielded bare wire leads coming of the bottom section, underneath the tail piece. they are part of the saddles. Does anybody know what kind of trem this is? On the saddles, there are little brass things that the strings rest on.

[Tekky]

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Those guitars came with either the JT-6 or the Kahler Fulcrum. Do you have a pic??

[Accept2]

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The Kahler Traditional trems did have options that were a hex MIDI, or piezo. It could be either one, and upgraded by the previous owner..............

[Jim Shine]

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The midi ones have a PC board attached to the trem block and a little red LED near the arm socket. If it is just a wire coming out, it is a piezo model.

[DJROBA]

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I'll click a pic and post it. It has no identifiable markings anywhere on it. There is a sticker, but it is pretty much rubbed clean. does anyone have pic's of the JT-6 or the Kahler Fulcrum?

[DJROBA]

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The leads are attached to the saddles, which would probably mean it has some sort of piezo function. What I'm on the hunt for is the little brass insert that goes into the saddle. I am missing one. It's flat, and slides into the front top portion of the saddle. The edges are kinda bent alittle to hold it in, and the string rests on this piece. You do not cut the ball end of the string off with this model trem. The ball rests in the screw that screws into the saddle. Funky sh*t!

[Budman68]

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Here are the pics for Darin's Trem:
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Certainly looks like the Midi version of the Kahler but it's missing the circuit board. Unless there was a piezo version(which I kinda doubt they put that in something like this back then).

Dave->

[DJROBA]

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Thanks for posting the pic's for me Dave.
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[Budman68]

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No problem at all. Glad I could help! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]


Dave->

[DJROBA]

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Does anyone know who makes this trem?

[AlexL]

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Truly one for the "It seemed like a good idea at the time..." archives. [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]


- E.

[lerxstcat]

Re: Kahler trem?

Originally posted by DJROBA:
Does anyone know who makes this trem?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The back of it - the fine tuners area and the way it's attached to the rest of the bridge, look just like my Rockinger trem.
Mine is a drop-in vintage replacement though, with a plate with 6 screws mounted to the body, and that connects to the main bridge by 2 steel pins that it pivots on. I'm sure Rockinger had models
with the knife-edges though; early Kramers had Rockinger before they hooked up with Floyd.

Oh, Rockinger was located in West Germany!

[ August 16, 2003, 02:05 AM: Message edited by: lerxstcat ]

[DJROBA]

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It is most certainly a Rockinger trem. I thank you lerxstcat for identifying this for me. [img]graemlins/toast.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[mm2002]

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It is a rockinger, I used to have one on an old Kramer. Not bad trems but they weren't double locking.

[ August 18, 2003, 08:07 PM: Message edited by: mm2002 ]