Posted by TonyIN on January 04, 2010 at 18:32:53 from (72.49.225.36):
In Reply to: O/T Will It Work? posted by Allan In NE on January 04, 2010 at 15:13:16:
Looks like someone was putting the "whammy" in whammy bar. That"s some impressive work there.
I would have to agree with Tom as well... that metal to wood connection on those was a tight fit friction deal and I doubt with the stresses a tremolo presents that you will get a long term solution otherwise.
Being a recovering tone addict myself, I would be highly tempted to go the wood block path. Then it could potentially make things better if the wood block you rout in is of another species - i.e. one to increase sustain or warm things up a bit. may also be worth dovetailing or fingering in the new species for better transfer of the wood"s tone...
Good luck and if you don"t mind, drop me an email with the solution that works out.
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