Members AJ6stringsting Posted May 29, 2015 Members Share Posted May 29, 2015 I bought two Wilkinson VS-100 tremolos over twelve years ago, love those systems. Get locking tuners, a rolling bridge, set the intonation and you're set. I got them because I wanted to keep my Strats as traditional as possible, because I have other guitars with Floyd Rose's ( which are great too).Does anyone in this forum know where to get spare parts for them ? One bad thing, the tremolo arm retainer that attaches to the bottom of the base plate has gotten lose and is making some noise .... getting spare parts for the Wilkinson VS-100 is HELL !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted May 29, 2015 Members Share Posted May 29, 2015 Best bet is to keep trolling EBay for a used one you can scavenge parts from. http://www.ebay.com/bhp/wilkinson-vs100# Or you could just spring for a new one. I have had success with some trem arm mounts epoxying them into place. I fixed up my buddies Jackson recently. I Bought a new arm and mount which fits through the plate and has a nut on the bottom to hold it in place. While I was waiting for it to show up I epoxied the old one in place and epoxied over the loose nut. Dam if the thing didn't hold up. I gave him the new arm when it showed up and told him I'd put it in if and when the old one failed. I couldn't get the epoxy to loosen even with maximum dive bombing so I guess he's good for awhile and has the backup for the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AJ6stringsting Posted May 30, 2015 Author Members Share Posted May 30, 2015 They should sell spare parts, like they do for Floyd Roses. Many of the Kahler tremolo's fell out of favor with many guitarist for that fact back in the 1980's. Wilkinson should do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted June 1, 2015 Members Share Posted June 1, 2015 Its essentially looking for a spare part for a part. They do sell the entire unit which is a part. The individual pieces have to either be provided by the manufacturer or the bridges need to be popular enough to have generic companies step in to make the individual parts available. Floyd's and Fender bridges have been around a long time so either the manufacturer or a generic company has found it profitable to sell the parts. Fender guitars for example have become over saturated. A replica only costs $10 these days that includes all the springs and the arm. They are even made as well made as the original. But those bridges have been on guitars for nearly 65 years. The fact is the VS 100 hasn't been around that long and/or isn't as popular as other bridges. It may have been sold on enough factory guitars to make the entire bridge available, but not popular enough to make the parts available. You should be glad the entire units available. There are many unique bridges for popular guitars where you cant even find the entire bridge. Last time I bought a replacement for my Epiphone Dot, I had a hell of a time finding one, and paid top dollar to get it. When you only have one source you have to pay what they want for it or go without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AJ6stringsting Posted June 7, 2015 Author Members Share Posted June 7, 2015 A friend of mine is going to weld it back into being solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members motterpaul Posted June 17, 2015 Members Share Posted June 17, 2015 The original locking vs100 is not available in the US due to a patent issue. You will only find the non-locking VS100N. There are parts for that, but if it is the locking mechanism you need you will not find parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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