Jaguar tremelo keeps snapping my strings

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:58 pm

dots wrote:i don't use trem much but try fender bullets. they're fucking AWESOME and i use them on all my guitars, even hard tails. it's rare that i ever break a string.

Yeah this is what I'll do if I keep having probs. I work in a guitar shop & try buy what they have.. for cheapness..

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:10 pm

Like I said thought I'll pull things apart and do things properly !!

remove trem plate & dismantle two parts of the trem to get better access to the holes

Previously I was working on it whilst assembled. Just being lazy !!

coil sand paper and gently work the inside of the holes

Since I fully dismantled the trem I could now feel the sharp edges of the holes so sanded the flat part over the holes...

used the enamel to fill any tiny cavities and to line the inside of the holes, not sure if necessary but it was sitting there from earlier on.

strung her up, stretched the strings and did a few whole step bends and so far so good !!!

Some of the chrome is now gone but this doesn't bother me, as long as it operates properly that all I care about.

Hopefully this is it sorted...

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:34 pm

Excellent post.
If this works it should go in the Wiki..

HAY!! DOTS! WHAD'YA SAY?

Post by **dots** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:25 pm

definitely!

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:31 pm

othomas2 wrote:
Fran wrote:Solder the winding.

THIS.

Stevie Ray Vaughn Did that to his guitars strings because they always broke at the ball end.

Mungodora · Post by **Mungodora** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:03 pm

awesome job, hope it does the trick.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:51 pm

Cheers, played for a few more hours since yesterday and it's holding up well so far...

chisa · Post by **chisa** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:28 pm

Fran wrote:Probably a sharp edge in the tail piece hole but if you have filed it its odd that its still a problem. Friction however is a constant problem on any tremolo, try lubing the holes with graphite or vaseline, using something like surgical tube could be a last resort but seems a bit drastic as does purchasing an AVRI tremolo.

yeah, i had this with a strat trem, i filed it smooth and didn't have the problem. however, if the strings are breaking right at the end near the ball then it could be a bad break angle in the trem. everything can be sorted though, don't worry

chisa · Post by **chisa** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:29 pm

Mike wrote:That's got ernie ball written all over it.

i had this exact same snap with d'addarios, 9s.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:56 pm

chisa wrote:
Mike wrote:That's got ernie ball written all over it.
i had this exact same snap with d'addarios, 9s.

Post by **dots** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:14 pm

Fran wrote:Excellent post.
If this works it should go in the Wiki..

HAY!! DOTS! WHAD'YA SAY?

http://www.shortscale.org/wiki/index.ph ... aintenance

Post by **Mike** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:23 pm

chisa wrote:9s.

hahaha

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 9:31 pm

dots wrote:
Fran wrote:Excellent post.
If this works it should go in the Wiki..

HAY!! DOTS! WHAD'YA SAY?
http://www.shortscale.org/wiki/index.ph ... aintenance

Awesome. Good work Dots!
P.S. Dont forget my suggestion of a stickied wiki of each guitar in the appropriate forums. Shad will love it, besides the n00bs.

laamaposse · Post by **laamaposse** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:33 pm

Seriously sanded, enameled and ta-dah!

Breakthrough!

Should I get me some of them bullets or seriously have a nervous breakdown.

What's with that little unwinding of the string? (or am I just being paranoid, and imagining it up?!)

When I was setting the string up with a tuner, I got it in tune (like E) and then it would start lowering its pitch by like 2 cents per sec.
I Could do this like 3 times before the snap. So I think the wound was unwinding itself slowly when tuning, pretty odd.

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:13 am

fucking bizarre

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:46 am

that is weird. soldering it would fix it though.

what kind of strings are these?

laamaposse · Post by **laamaposse** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:26 am

mage wrote:that is weird. soldering it would fix it though.

what kind of strings are these?

Straight outta a d'addario .012 flatset

laamaposse · Post by **laamaposse** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:52 pm

I chose the easy way and switched to bullets, seems solid so far!

holyCATS1415 · Post by **holyCATS1415** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:56 pm

my jazzmaster just started doing the same thing.

laamaposse · Post by **laamaposse** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:09 pm

holyCATS1415 wrote:my jazzmaster just started doing the same thing.

that fucking sucks ;/