Whammy Problem

[gilmourguy]

I just got a PRs santana se. And since its used in the shop the whammy baR comes with it in. But this is not a screw whammy and i cant just pull it out either. Does anyonew know how to get this type off?

Edited December 12, 2004 by gilmourguy

[IvanV]

hmm...weird can you get some pic or link?

[Guest AlexVDL]

santana se

looks like the normal prs style trem, so I guess you should pull it out. Maybe it's a bit vacuum because there is no space between the trem arm and the nylon armholder. But I could be wrong about it

[bluespresence]

My guess is that this design takes a straight/unthreaded bar type of whammy (like the Ibanez Edge) and someone put a threaded whammy in there (like a Fender or Yamaha)........don't ask how I know.......but if this is the case it may never come out short of drilling through the back of the trem and forcing it out. I do not recommend that course of action. My recommendation is leave it in and don't apply too much force trying to get it out.

[Sindlei]

i'm surprised how little these people working in the shops know...my friend bought an ibanez rg2550 off the floor, and for a tremolo bar they gave him the cheapest looking completly wrong type for the edge tremolo...and they sell the correct bar there as well.