Marillionfan Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 My son and my father have installed a tremelo into my sons Squire 51 but the mounting holes drilled into the body and the block hole routed into the back are off by (without measuring) about 1/8 inch the pickups are picking up and the strings stay on the neck but with the strings tuned they are pulling on the block so there is no whammy effect capable with the arm. Should we plug and fill the body and reset the bridge or rout out a little more to allow the block to be able to float? any suggestions would be helpful. Thank you in advance from a mod newbie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 sounds like you have two problems 1.an 1/8 of an inch is not a lot of movement in the first place the block on all my floyds move over a 1/2" at full dump im not sure youll get that much on a standard trem but it should not be too much less 2.sounds like you dont have enough spring pressure how many springs and how much travel do they have to adjust them. or how long is the spring pocket from the bottom route? it should be around 5" in length giving you room to tighten the springs to pin or almost "block"the bridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionfan Posted July 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Thanks for the reply and yes we were looking at the springs as maybe being the problem I didn't measure the distance from the block to the spring mount but the springs are not streched at all when at rest we may have to rout a little more and reset the spring mount for a little more pressure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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