Tremel-no

[Spivonious]

I originally heard of these over on the Megadeth boards. They look good, but I haven't found anyone who actually has used one.

Do any "JCFers" use the Tremel-no? Is it worth the $60?

[Ben Johnson]

They do everything they promise. I have one installed in my Rhoads. Unfortunately I don't use it very much because I can't keep my hands off the trem bar, I've discovered. But it does work very well - definitely worth the $60, especially if you can't justify buying another guitar.

[Megalightning]

I have one. It's worth it if your gonna use it alot.

[Guitardude86]

Never heard of it, but if it does what it promises it oughta be good.. If it could save the trouble of buying another guitar just to play drop-D.. Why not?

[toejam]

There's a few threads on this. The creator of it, Kevan, is also a member here.

http://www.jcfonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45405

http://www.jcfonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54751

[Regor]

I've got one in my 89 RR Custom, along with an EVH d-Tuna. It's the perfect companion for a d-Tuna. I don't use it to switch to hardtail mode at all, so I don't leave the screws in. Only for the Deep-C which puts it into drop-only mode, which is ideal for the d-Tuna, cuz you can still divebomb, just not pull up.

Works like a charm, and I stay in tune.

[savage]

they are great if you will be going from blkacked to unblocked a lot but if you are like me and have the trem to dive only then save your cash and get one of these two

http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/gbridge_frstoplock.htm

http://www.axcessories.com/products.asp?cat=103

either of these work great if you use a dive only trem

[Regor]

But both of those are permanent 'drop-only' devices, and require invasive modifications to your guitar.

The Tremol-No doesn't install anything that can't be uninstalled without permanent structual 'damage' to your guitar. And also, the T-No lets you go back to full-floating trem with the twist of a screw. Neither of those do.

[Chad]

I got one a few days ago, but haven't had a chance to install it yet.

[Adam]

I have one in my floyded Carvin Carve Top. It's pretty cool, but I don't find it very practical for live use. If you loosen the thumb screws that lock it down (so you can use the trem) they can fall out very easily. They're tiny and black and NOT fun to search around on the ground for after a show.

The one thing it does that to me is well worth the price is how easy it makes changing strings. No more one-string-at-a-time, no more floyd-rose-tuning-dance. Lock it down, take off the strings, put on new ones, stretch em out and tune it up. Awesome.

[slash]

they are great if you will be going from blkacked to unblocked a lot but if you are like me and have the trem to dive only then save your cash and get one of these two
http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/g...frstoplock.htm

http://www.axcessories.com/products.asp?cat=103

either of these work great if you use a dive only trem


But both of those are permanent 'drop-only' devices, and require invasive modifications to your guitar.

The Tremol-No doesn't install anything that can't be uninstalled without permanent structual 'damage' to your guitar. And also, the T-No lets you go back to full-floating trem with the twist of a screw. Neither of those do.

That must be why one cost $3 and the other $60

[Bengal65]

I have them a couple of guitars now. They work great and are very well made. As it was said here that no modifications, ie; drilling is required. If you want the guitar back to stock, then all you have to is remove it and put the stock claw back in the guitar.

[Chad]

Well, I got my Tremol-No installed. No throwing tomatoes, but I ended up putting it on my ESP Mirage Custom, which has an ESP Synclear(sp?) Floyd. I've had the tremolo blocked on that guitar for quite some time by using the tremblock spring-screw Synclear feature and by tightening the springs down. The install took a lot of time because I was not only installing the Tremol-No, but also doing an entire Floyd floating setup.

One word of advice: watch the video instructions on the Tremol-No website. I was winging it and ended up missing a few of the finer install points that Kevan gives in the video.

When all is said and done, I think it's gonna work just fine. It's cool to be able to once again use the trem as floating on this guitar, yet still be able to lock it in place when needed.

A couple notes: You can't do an Alex/Roope Floyd spring setup nor can you do a 5 spring setup because the entire 2nd (from the bottom) spring position is entirely occupied by the Tremol-No (obviously).

To the person who said that the thumb screws can fall out of the Deep C and the receiver......maybe they have improved/lengthened the screws because I don't really see how that is possible on my setup unless I were to REALLY unloosen those screws. You just have to loosen them enough to allow the shaft to slide freely in the receiver.

Here is a picture with the Tremol-No installed:

[finnman]

I used Plumbers tape on the threads and it works like a charm.
Screws stay nice and tight.
Kevan, says lock-tite is good also.
I use mine on my SL2H.

[maxboost]

For a dive only attachment, I made something with a small L bracket, a bolt and 2 nuts ( and 2 small wood screws) that i found lying around at work. cost $0. very similar to this, as listed by ToeJam:

http://www.axcessories.com/proddetail.asp?prod=AXfrstp

sorry no pics-I lent that guitar to a friend.