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Planning to buy a trem arm but not at this price, keeping my eye out https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F124029583177
Thanks everyone for the advice and please keep going! I'll note it all down and mention it to my old teacher who is going to fit some new strings for me
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Cheers @Sparky
So nothing is wrong with it? This model has no back plate so must be done from the front somehow? Roughly makes sense on this video to me as a layman at 14:40 https://youtu.be/Q6aAAtYC9a4
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Was in tune yesterday when I tested it out. Just plugged it in and started tuning it here as it seemed out of tune. I'm always mindful to tune gently as I once snapped a string by tuning the wrong peg and getting frustrated that it wasn't adjusting (when I was a kid)
Anyway, wouldn't stay in tune at all and tightening a string even slightly pulls the bridge up. It's like the bridge isn't fixed down to the body. Hopefully it's just loose? Not really sure why this has happened and I've been so gentle with it, can't be anything I've done. Any ideas? I've texted the seller to mention it straight away with a video -
Went for it! Just felt right
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think it needs a FreeFlyte tremolo which is not cheap. They appear to be like Hen's teeth https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1983-1984-Fender-Stratocaster-Elite-Freeflyte-Vibrato-Tremolo-Whammy-Bar-Arm/124029583177?hash=item1ce0bd3f49:g:QAQAAOSwq15eCjX1
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@rickster absolutely clean and yeah missing it. The guy was saying you can pick them up cheap on eBay but I think the standard ones for sale wouldn't fit. Looks to push in and twist round not screw in (hopefully the pictures make that make sense)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbgfi92RCy8
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Broken left ring finger means I can't really play at the moment but checked it out anyway and was able to do a small test. Sounded gorgeous even through a basic 5 watt amp playing. So original, one tiny ding and unfortunately missing the push in whammy bar. The guys brother got it new and he inherited it 20 years ago. Seller is left handed so had it strung accordingly for years but barely used it.
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two knob one yeah! serial number is consistent with 1983-85 american made strats. Literally round the corner so going to take a look anyway. Cheers @rickster
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Still mulling over the Gibson Les Paul studio from 2007. Seller is firm on 500.
Happened to be walking through my village today and saw an ad in the papershop for a 1983 fender 'Dan Smith 2' with hard case. No dings. Didn't have my phone so couldn't take a photo of the ad. Wrote down the sellers number to see if it's still available. He was asking 800 ono. Any thoughts from the thread? I'm not a guitar nerd and don't know very much! Looked identical to this
Been after a an XL CDF for ages and just won one on eBay. Not collected it yet. Please can someone recommend some mudguards and remind me of clearances? Used to have a kaffenback 2 and it was such a faf to fit mudguards around the disk brakes. Also going to start thinking about if I can get away with just a front rack for commuting. Cheers