Vintage Type Trem Help Needed Please

[Chubbles]

I have a 70s SG copy. The bridge has an attachment for some type of trem.

Would this....



Fit this...



I've never owned this type of trem before (other than this), but I do think they have some mojo. The arm is a cheap one from Amazon. It's about 10.00. The guitar didn't come with an arm. I appreciate any help you can give me.

Here's some pics...

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Looks like it would work.

 

[JohnnyGoo]

I mean the hole in the bridge looks a little bigger than hole in the arm but for 10$ it will look better than not being on there at all.

 

[Chubbles]

True. I was also hoping to get it functional. If you push down on the bridge mount, it dives. There is a screw that adjusts the tension.

 

[Hackmaster]

That arm looks perfect.
If the holes are off, drill the arm to match the trem, then get a smooth head stainless bumper bolt, in either 1/4" or 5/16" or what ever the larger of the two holes is.
Just use the fibre washer between the trem & the handle.
You won't need the spring from that Bigsby type arm, as your trem has it's own springs.

Good luck Chubbles, and show us how it turns out.

 

[eSGEe]

wHAT HE SAID-- but in a more Redneck way

 

[eSGEe]

AND -- might I add -- COOL SG DUDE!

 

[Chubbles]

For a while, I was looking for for better mini humbuckers. Now that we have the internet, I'm glad I never found them.

Oh, thanks.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

What do you mean? Chub.

Glad you kept the Mini's you have? If that is the case, I agree. They look sharp, I am betting you found em to sound good and maybe tweaked the adjustment, turned some tone and volume knobs, etc and if this is the case, it seems you found the winning combo.

I would say that sounds like a win win.

 

[Chubbles]

Exactly. It sounds ok the way it is.

I shouldn't post when I'm sick. It sounds incoherent.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Awesome, Chub. Glad it sounds good. Pretty sure smitty has some mini hums he likes too.

 

[Chubbles]

It was a Japanese import and my first electric guitar. I bought it in 1978. I was in junior high school at the time.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Chub, I am so glad you still have it. Most everyone probably knows I miss my 79 LP STD I got just after High School.

 

[Chubbles]

My wife told me to sell mine a half a dozen times. It's more sentimental value. The neck is awesome. It has the perfect shape for me and is very fast. I bought a Gibson Sonex 180 deluxe in 1980. The neck on my first was so much better, I ended up selling my Gibson. The white strat I bought feels as good as my first.