Wang bar wobble

[Spudman]

I own several Strats from various countries and it seems every tremolo bar that screws in wobbles. It's always bugged me because it isn't a problem I have with any of the locking tremolo bars.

Tonight I unscrewed the trem bar on my Squier Deluxe Strat and took a few wraps of Teflon tape around the threads at the end of the bar and then threaded it back into the bridge. PERFECT! Worked like a charm. I don't know why I never thought of this before. I guess I was always looking for some more magical fix or something.

 

[t_ross33]

now if you had said "duct tape" instead of "Teflon tape", I would be impressed

 

[Spudman]

now if you had said "duct tape" instead of "Teflon tape", I would be impressed

I use that to hold the rocket ship together.

 

[markb]

Plumber's tape fixes it nicely. Or you can buy a packet of these. You'll need to buy he whole pack 'cos you'll lose them.

 

[Rocket]

Plumber's tape fixes it nicely.

Plumber's tape = Teflon tape... same-same.

 

[SuperSwede]

I own several Strats from various countries and it seems every tremolo bar that screws in wobbles. It's always bugged me because it isn't a problem I have with any of the locking tremolo bars.

Tonight I unscrewed the trem bar on my Squier Deluxe Strat and took a few wraps of Teflon tape around the threads at the end of the bar and then threaded it back into the bridge. PERFECT! Worked like a charm. I don't know why I never thought of this before. I guess I was always looking for some more magical fix or something.

Wow, never thought about that either, gonna install on my strat a.s.ap.. thanks spud :beer:

 

[markb]

Plumber's tape = Teflon tape... same-same.

Indeed, just offering a synonym before the "what is teflon tape?" questions started