JT-6 Tremelo

[Ricker]

Hi, I'm new here and since I've discovered this board I've decided to pull out my old Model 3 and start using it again. It was the first good guitar I got with the help of my parents.

My question is does anybody else have the problem with the bar in the JT-6 being loose? The bar does not sit firm and snug in the socket. Not like how an Original Floyd Rose sits snug with the little screw cap on the bar. I have replaced the bar with an Ibanez bar because I broke the original. This loose bar is what I really don't like about the JT-6.

[Tekky]

Re: JT-6 Tremelo

I'd suggest either replacing the entire tremolo with a Floyd Rose, or replacing the arm with the "collared" bar.

[Ricker]

Re: JT-6 Tremelo

If I replace it with a Floyd Rose should I replace the locking nut or leave it? Thanks for the reply and the link.

[charvel750]

Re: JT-6 Tremelo

You can leave the original locking nut. I have found (which is quite counter to most on this Forum) that a Floyd cannot accurately replace the JT-6. Usually the route is too tight to allow the wider/bulkier arm base to fit in the guitar. And there is almost always an unstable balance of the trem against the posts. I've tried this with maybe 10 C/J's. There is absoulutely no difference in tone between the Floyd and JT-6, again, I've tried it 10 times. And if properly set up and fully functioning, there's no performance difference either. I'd leave the JT-6 as is and replace the arm receptacle as Tekky mentioned.

[Ricker]

Re: JT-6 Tremelo

OK, I'm going to order a replacement arm from the link that Tekky supplied. Once I get that and take the guitar in for a setup it will set to rock once again. [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] Thanks for the help. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[heartfielder]

Re: JT-6 Tremelo

Are we talking "hozzle" ? [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

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