Members valued customer Posted October 1, 2006 Members Share Posted October 1, 2006 jazzmaster question - 2 of em actually : posted this on the effects board, but thought I'd try here too... this thread got me thinking about my JM: a beaten but unbowed 67 which has been in semi-hibernation for a while. ( needs a new nut and the electronics cleaned up...for starters) but I noticed something the other day that sort of embarassed me a bit -- that is, when I played another jazzmaster at a GC, I saw and felt -- I guess for the first time -- how the floating tremolo is *supposed* to work: you can pull up on it as well as down... all these years, I (inadvertently) had mine set up so it ould only be bent down. (jeez, and I bought it to pretend I was tom verlaine, duh.) so after seeing how the thing is *supposed* to work, i came home and thought "well, this weirdo locking button (the one you're supposed to use if you break a string -- according to the JM "literature" --well, that must be the culprit -- it must be in the locked position on mine. So i tried to push it back, up...thing wouldn;t budge for love or money. so I'm wondering what the dealio is on mine. does anyone have an opinion on what might be the trouble? do you think i can switch the button if i take the strings off and release some tension? or am I going to need to get out the screwdriver and get under the covers with this thing? oh yeah, the other thing i noticed was that the MIJ one I was playing had a much longer and lower whammy -- when i've ordered replacements (from all parts I think) i get what appears to me to be a shorter version than what the vintage spec was. any ideas on sources for the right (longer, down-angled) whammy? thanks for any/all help you can supply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ExtraGum Posted October 1, 2006 Members Share Posted October 1, 2006 You need to adjust the tension on the spring until the lock can move forward.http://www.jagandjazz.com/jagandjazz/jmaster.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members valued customer Posted October 2, 2006 Author Members Share Posted October 2, 2006 thanks much for the link. With the Q&A info, I got the button to move... but my bridge is still not "floating." on effects forum I was told I have to remove the plate to loosen the spring. if you have any insight on that procedure please lead on -- otherwise, thanks again for the help thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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