PRS TREMOLO HELP

[sup]

hey,i have recently fot a prs se standard 24
(made in PT wildwood ,indonesia). Its an amazing guitar but the tremolo is very wobbly
any ideas on how to tighten
I think i need to tighten the set screw but i need an Allen key so any idea on the size required?

THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!!

 

[JoeDirt]

I also have a SE Standard 24 and I agree it's a great guitar. I would just get a small set of metric Allen keys if you don't already have one. You would need them to adjust string height anyway. I'm assuming you mean the tremolo arm is wobbly and not the tremolo itself? I haven't had that issue with mine, but I've had one other issue. My guitar was a wall hanger at Guitar Center. It sounded pretty good in the store and played great. The tremolo stayed in tune too and I just liked the way it felt, so I went ahead and got that actual guitar even though they had one new in box too. The only thing wrong was that the strings felt "icky" (term from teenage daughter).

My minor problem came after changing the strings. I put a set of Super Slinkies on there and the G string sounded dead. Back to GC and I got a set of D'Addarios, which are what comes on them. After that string change the G string was OK and the B and E sounded dead. I wound up changing the nut and now it sounds great. This was a great buy for me. I also added a set of Schaller locking tuners that I had left over from another guitar, which makes string changes very easy. Now the only problem is that I want another PRS! Now I'd like to get a 24.5" scale non-tremolo guitar. Only problem is I really want the wide thin neck because that's what feels good to me.

Any of my PRS brothers know of a fixed bridge model with the 24.5 scale and a wide thin neck profile????

 

[benh1972]

hey,i have recently fot a prs se standard 24
(made in PT wildwood ,indonesia). Its an amazing guitar but the tremolo is very wobbly
any ideas on how to tighten
I think i need to tighten the set screw but i need an Allen key so any idea on the size required?

THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!!

I think you'd be looking for a 1.5 Allen key. If you got your guitar new, it should have come with a gig bag, trem arm & tool kit, with the appropriate sized Allen key & Truss Rod tool.
If you look around the bottom of the bridge, just under where the hole is for the trem arm, you'll see the screw there.
If it's been loosened or wiggled about in transit & you can only see a hole, or the Allen key doesn't seem to catch on anything, you may need a new screw; but hopefully it doesn't come to that.
Now if you did get the gig bag with your guitar but aren't sure about the tools, have a fossick about in all the pockets in the bag, chances are your tools are hiding in there.

 

[dogrocketp]

I think the easiest way to adjust the Trem arm wobble (assuming it`s that, and not the trem unit) is to drop the arm in, and then tighten the screw until you can`t feel any resistance. The arm should go in with a little bit of force when you insert it. It`s also recommended you remove it when you put the guitar in the gig bag. this is from my luthier. He worked at PRS in 97-98.