Dumb Question of the Day - Trem Arm Spring?

[strat63]

On a Strat, you put a spring in the trem hole before screwing in the trem arm. Does the PRS trem have a similar spring? I've owned more PRS guitars than I can count and I never once thought about this until last night when I found a spring on the floor after changing the strings on my CU22. It might have been an extra spring that I knocked off my workbench but now I really wonder. Can anyone help? Thanks.

 

[justmund]

I've never heard of it and it would be counter intuitive since a PRS trem arm is a friction fit/push in only arm. If there was a spring in there it would push the trem arm out.

I've been wrong before though!

 

[sergiodeblanc]

I've been wrong before though!

Not today.

 

[justmund]

Not today.

Not yet...

 

[Mikegarveyblues]

I'd be surprised if it's from your PRS... Not quite sure enough to bet on it though!

 

[strat63]

I'd be surprised if it's from your PRS... Not quite sure enough to bet on it though!

The other odd thing is that my CU22 is the only guitar with a Trem that I have. I have no idea where the spring came from if not from the PRS.

 

[justmund]

Can you post a pic of it? Maybe then Shawn can chime in

 

[Mike Duncan]

Nah, there's no Strat style mini spring in the PRS trem. You're good. Now go find what's missing that spring.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Nah, there's no Strat style mini spring in the PRS trem. You're good. Now go find what's missing that spring.

Check your saddles, could be one of them thar saddle springs.

 

[justmund]

Check your saddles, could be one of them thar saddle springs.

and you'd have a screw loose too... There's no way it's a trem claw spring, those things are very difficult to remove!