Tremelo on a 620

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:55 am

If you stretch out your strings properly when you put them on, every vibrato unit stays in tune "good".

(No hope for poor ol Doc Kaufmann, though.)

lyle_from_minneapolis · Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:09 pm

mike_d · Post by **mike_d** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:48 pm

I put an Accent on a 1991 610 FG. It dropped right in using the strap peg from the R tailpiece. It's stays in tune if you don't use the vibrola.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:51 pm

...or if you actually want to use the unit, just stretch your strings when you put them on.

I abuse the whammy bar on the Accent and have no tuning woes. I can't believe the thing hasn't broken yet.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 4:32 am

Same here. It is bulletproof, unbreakable, and stays in tune just fine.

STRETCH those strings!!!

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:55 am

+1 on stretching. I make unholy sounds with the Accent but never slip out of tune.

mike_d · Post by **mike_d** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 4:36 pm

Just becareful that you don't impale yourself on the sharp pointy arm! I jabbed my leg once with it.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:18 pm

A lot of people get one of those rubber or plastic tips to put over the pointy end of the arm. Home Depot or Lowe's should carry them.

mike_d · Post by **mike_d** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:48 am

Indeed. I use a toggle switch tip from a pickup selector switch.