Members swampfox99 Posted April 24, 2005 Members Share Posted April 24, 2005 Can Wilkinson trems be blocked, if so how? Pics would help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members XXX Posted April 24, 2005 Members Share Posted April 24, 2005 Originally posted by swampfox99 Can Wilkinson trems be blocked, if so how? Pics would help. All a blocked trem is you place a block of wood in the gap between the trem underneath the guitar and the guitar so that the trem doesnt move . Why would you have a Wilkison trem if you want it blocked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikep76 Posted July 16, 2010 Members Share Posted July 16, 2010 Check out www.p-whammy.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Larry the Dog Posted July 16, 2010 Members Share Posted July 16, 2010 Check out www.p-whammy.com P-whammy? That's the name? Really? Not a very good design either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fuelish Posted July 16, 2010 Members Share Posted July 16, 2010 Not a very good design either. Agreed - seems an odd position .... I like having the bar under my hand as I play when I need it .... that seems it would take too much of a conscious move to slide your hand back there to use it. And being that short, you'd lose leverage, which I would equate with losing subtle nuances to vibrato.....I think...heh Not for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Larry the Dog Posted July 16, 2010 Members Share Posted July 16, 2010 Agreed - seems an odd position .... I like having the bar under my hand as I play when I need it .... that seems it would take too much of a conscious move to slide your hand back there to use it. Not for me... Yeah...regular bars are pretty convenient......if you're just doing dive-bombs and that other lame 'trick', why change it at all? New innovations are supposed to IMPROVE the way things function, not take 2 steps backward.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted July 16, 2010 Members Share Posted July 16, 2010 In Europe, people can buy the Wilkinson VS100C convertible tremolo. These can be locked to become a fixed bridge. Trev Wilkinson sells these through his European dealers but THEY WILL NOT SELL TO NORTH AMERICA, it would violate his deal with Gotoh. Gotoh owns the Wilkinson brand in North America and they don't choose to offer the VS100C. It was offered before the sale to Gotoh, but I've never seen a used or NOS one for sale. The only UK dealers I've seen list Trev Wilkinson's VS100C insist they won't ship them across the pond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted July 16, 2010 Members Share Posted July 16, 2010 I think that if you put a properly sized piece of wood on the spring/claw side of the block and tightened the springs it could be made quite stable. The wood should be the size required to make the bridge parallel to the top of the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fuelish Posted July 16, 2010 Members Share Posted July 16, 2010 I think that if you put a properly sized piece of wood on the spring/claw side of the block and tightened the springs it could be made quite stable. The wood should be the size required to make the bridge parallel to the top of the guitar. That'd work .... I have a Wilkinson trem on one of my guitars, and it's incredible in terms of returning to tune - dunno if it's the trem itself, the locking tuners, or what, but .... it's amazingly good. If I don't want a trem on a guitar, I grab the LP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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