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Custom designed and manufactured
tremolo arm for genuine Fender®
Strat® tremolo bridges only that
accept a screw-in tremolo arm, NOT Squier®. Fabricated from
precision centerless ground 303
stainless steel which produces a satin silver finish.
These tremolo arms are NOT
designed for any of the Squier®
Strat's®, so DO NOT purchase for any Squier®. These tremolo arms will NOT work
with any Strat that accepts a pop-in tremolo arm
such as the American Deluxe, Elite, Ultra or Pro
Strat, none of those accept a screw-in tremolo
arm.
Featured here is a unique new design
for a Strat® tremolo
arm; The "Drop Trem". As you already know, when in use, the standard Strat® tremolo arm
comes straight toward the neck as it comes up and out of the bridge, with the
"Drop Trem" design it drops down at an angle before turning and coming back toward the
neck (as depicted in the photo to the right and
below).
This in effect lowers the tremolo arm and places it in a more forward and
natural angle within the hand when swung into the playing position. This drop is
NOT referring to any relationship between the tremolo
arm tip-to-pickguard distance.
The "Drop Trem" design is very comfortable for
those that like to hold or rest the tremolo arm in their hand while playing, it
also facilitates palm muting of the strings with ease.
All of our tremolo arms are designed around a free-floating
bridge setup to create their proper tip-to-pickguard distance. To effectively use any of our
tremolo arms your bridge
must be setup as
free-floating with the back underside edge of the bridge plate up off the body
by 1/8".
Each of our "Drop Trem" tremolo
arms are custom manufactured by hand from precision
ground 303 stainless steel
in three lengths for the Fender® Stratocaster®. The
precision ground finish provides a smooth satin
finish. They are not chrome plated. The "Drop Trem" tremolo arms are threaded at the attachment end
in either American UNF 10-32 or Metric 5mm threading, they are also threaded on
the tip end to accept standard plastic tips.
The "Drop Trem" is
manufactured for right handed guitars only.
 If you have
one of the half-thickness tremolo blocks on your
import bridge then our custom tremolo arms won't
have the proper bend angle for that style of bridge,
those bridges accept the tremolo arm into the block
at a 10 degree different angle than the typical
Strat tremolo bridge. You can confirm this by
the removal of the back plate on your Strat and
looking at the bottom of your tremolo block where
the tremolo tension springs clip on, the tremolo
block will only be 1/4" thick and that is not what
you want to see, so don't purchase one of these
tremolo arms for that bridge.
We
Offer The 'Drop Trem' In Three Lengths:
- 4¼"
Short Length.
- 5¼"
Intermediate Length.
- 6"
Standard Length.
Lengths are measured from the center
of the first bend as it comes up and out of the tremolo
block to the tip.
Available In Two Attachment Threading's
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10-32 - American
Strat® that accepts a 10-32 threaded screw-in tremolo arm.
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Metric 5mm - Import Strat's; Mexican
and Japanese Strat's® that accept the M5 x 0.8
threaded screw-in tremolo arm, NOT Squier's®.
If you have a genuine Fender tremolo
bridge and are unsure as to the
correct attachment threading in your bridge read our
article on how to
determine your tremolo arm attachment threading
before ordering. These tremolo arms are not designed for
Squier's or any aftermarket or non-Fender tremolo
bridges.
The tip end of the tremolo arm is
threaded to accept one of our screw-on plastic tips which
are
available in six different colors; black,
cream, vintage cream, mint green, parchment or white.
The plastic tip color you are selecting is supposed to
match your "Accessories" which are your tremolo arm tip,
switch tip, knobs and pickup covers, so select a plastic
tip color that most closely matches your accessories,
you are not trying to match the tremolo arm tip with
your pickguard color, that is incorrect.
Genuine Fender tremolo arm tips are slightly too small
to fit the 5mm tremolo arms, however the tips can be
reamed out by about 0.010" and then they will fit.
These tremolo arms are custom
manufactured for each order, they do not qualify for
return, exchange or refund. Give us up to 14 days to get
your tremolo arm fabricated.
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