Super-Vee trem

[mixmkr]

anyone got one, and how's it work. Comparable to a Floyd?

I'd like to not hack up a Strat I have and drop one in.

http://www.super-vee.com/index.html

 

[mixmkr]

this thing looks seriously cool.

No bites here, though....??

 

[Track Rat]

Hey Mix, long time no see. I'm not much of a whammy bar guy. Just wanted to say hey.

 

[mixmkr]

hey track... how's St. louie?

ever hear from Slocum? I've tried to search him down via the internet, but no luck.

So... you all sissys and don't have whammys!!

..or am I the only one still living in the 80's?

 

[Light]

NOTHING is as stable as a (well set up) Floyd, if you want a full functioning, sharp as well as flat trem. Period. They suck to set up or restring, but if you need that kind of functionality, you need a Floyd.

If, however, you are more in the subtle school of trem use, or if you only need to be able to go flat, just about any two post trem will be fine. I'd actually suggest going with a Wilkinson style trem, but the Gotoh 510-FE is also pretty damn cool (good luck finding it, though).


Gabriel

 

[mixmkr]

thanks Light. I have a couple of Am Stand. two point trems and they are OK. I don't fault other areas like the nut, string trees, etc as the sole culprits either. I've got some MiM strats too, where I tried the "two point" setup on those tailpieces too...but they don't work as well. Never been intimate with a real older "vintage" trem on the Strats.
I've never also owned a Floyd, but I am liking the whammy nowadays and would like the capability of both sharp and flat... Although I could settle with just flat if need be..for now.

Have you seen this Super-vee, btw? I suppose the $180 beans isn't a total waste if I don't really like it and can return the guitar back to original. I have no intentions of raping one of my Amer Strats with a Floyd.

What I'd really like to do, is drop it in my MiM Roland Ready strat...which is what I use a lot live.

 

[mixmkr]

this thing rocks. Highly recommended if you can get past the looks of the locking nut. It doesn't bother me, but my Strat, set to float now stays in tune. Not to mention individual height adjustment. Strings up with an extra minute or so. Nothing like a Floyd.

However, the stainless nut did change the guitar sound quite a bit. It is quite a bit brighter.

 

[ggunn]

this thing rocks. Highly recommended if you can get past the looks of the locking nut. It doesn't bother me, but my Strat, set to float now stays in tune. Not to mention individual height adjustment. Strings up with an extra minute or so. Nothing like a Floyd.

However, the stainless nut did change the guitar sound quite a bit. It is quite a bit brighter.

How would a different nut material change the sound of fretted notes?

 

[mixmkr]

It doesn't ..to me. But you know there's a reason for bone nuts, corian, brass, etc. But I play a fair amount of open strings. I'm not going to say the added mass to the headstock did anything, because I wouldn't hear it, but to some, it might. Also, I am sure the new block for the trem changed things a tad too..

 

[ggunn]

It doesn't ..to me. But you know there's a reason for bone nuts, corian, brass, etc. But I play a fair amount of open strings. I'm not going to say the added mass to the headstock did anything, because I wouldn't hear it, but to some, it might. Also, I am sure the new block for the trem changed things a tad too..

Bone nuts are good for lowering friction in the nut slots, wheras plastic is grabby even if the slots are wide enough. A brass nut is terrible for a guitar with a tremelo bridge ( the metal/metal coefficient of sliding friction is very high) unless it is a locking type.

 

[mixmkr]

I knew all that, but thanks for the clarification. Don't forget graphite too