Prs whammy bar setup

While at this point it is also a good idea to check your nut for wear. Just make sure you have the right gauge of strings. If you decide to change the gauge you will also need to set up and balance the tremolo system again. Begin by first putting your springs back onto the rear side of the tremolo bridge. Then put on your guitar strings.

Once the new strings are on your guitar, proceed to tune them using your tuner. As you tune, the strings will fluctuate quite a bit until the spring tension is adequate.

So it will take a little while to obtain proper tuning. You may also notice that once in tune, the bridge may be at a drastic angle. Before we proceed to make any other adjustments, we need to balance the bridge. If it is angled too far in either direction, then we cannot set the string height accordingly. With your strings now in tune, if the back of your bridge is angled up, you need to add spring tension. To do this, you need to tighten the two large screws on the bracket that your springs mount to inside the vibrato cavity.

When you tighten them, only turn them a quarter turn at a time. This is because you will be adding tension to your strings at the same time. This will require you to then tune your strings again. When you do you will find that they are tighter after the adjustment. Once you loosen them to get back to proper tuning, the bridge will have relaxed a bit more which can make a large change.

Of course, if the back of the bridge is sunken into the body, then you will need to loosen the springs and tighten your strings. But all this depends on whether you changed string gauge or if the guitar was badly out of adjustment. Radius gauges can be used now to set the saddle height to match that of the fretboard.

This is not a mandatory step but you do want to verify that your strings are set to the same radius as your fretboard. In order to adjust, simply turn the adjustment screws to lower or raise each saddle.

You will find that some saddles have 2 screws that will need to be adjusted depending on your bridge design. Just make sure you are using radius gauges to make these adjustments.

If you were never unhappy with how the springs played on the fretboard, you are probably OK to skip this step. The overall string height can also be adjusted at this point. This can be done by turning the two posts that make contact with the knife edges. This adjustment and setting the radius may need to be done together.

In most cases you will be fine, but if the bridge is incredibly out of adjustment or has been replaced keep this in mind. When you proceed to set the radius, you may need to adjust the string height. But again, if you did not experience any string buzz or discomfort when fretting strings, the adjustment can be skipped.

If it is out of adjustment then your notes will be sharp or flat at certain frets. In order to verify this, simply play an open harmonic at the 12th fret on a string. Now play the 12th fret to see if the note is exactly an octave higher than the open harmonic. SonicBlue61 Member. One thing that made my Strat trem work WAY better was to use Graphitall to lubricate the 6 bridge screws. Friction at this point can be another source of tuning instability and this stuff did just the trick.

Something to consider because your graphite nut shouldn't be a problem or your tuners since they are the locking type. Madison Member. Messages 7, I only use the trem moderately on my PRS, and the guitar stays in near perfect tune. My PRSi are extremely stable. Stay in tune as well as anything I have. My DGT is extremely stable, surprisingly so given the amount I work the trem during gigs. I've never been happier with the tone or feel of an instrument more than this guitar, and the tuning stability of it is the icing on the cake.

In fact, not uncommon to go through the entire life of a set of strings without needing to retune other than maybe a minor adjustment due to temperature change, but even then that is rare. Messages 12, PRS trems are known to work really well or really badly. I have had both. I can make any PRS trem work well, but it takes some time. First, all six screws HAVE to be on the knife edge. Some of the PRS trems do not have the base completely flat, so you have to check this.

The easy way is to loosen each screw until it becomes harder to turn, and then turn it back to where it moves freely. Do this for each and lube. Channel each to an appropiate U and lube. Carmex works great and is cheap.

Make sure the springs are not stuck the trem block at an angle. If they are pressing down into the body of the guitar, so each spring is concave, then remove the spring from the claw, and while still in the block, bend until that part is at a right angle.

For those interested, you can also get a version of the SE custom 24 that comes with a Floyd Rose floating tremolo and locking tuners:. At that price, we'd be comfortable saying it's one of the single highest-value electric guitars on the market, just because it performs so much better than other guitars in that price range.

A few different factors are in play that are helping PRS keep the cost of this guitar down. We'll talk specifically about the three most notable. The South Korea manufacturing is a big part of what keeps the cost of these guitars low. However, it's a big part of why they're able to offer the SE series so cheap. If you lookup a mainline PRS guitar, you'll notice a significant difference in the contour of the body. For example, take a look at the body design on the anniversary model Custom Body contour and design on the mainline Custom This smoothing and curvature takes some significant craftsmanship and is a major time investment.

I've talked to wood workers and luthiers in my area who have said that the increase in price could be justified by this feature alone. Compare it to the flat body style of the SE Custom The body design on the SE Custom 24 is a lot more flat and simplified. While it still looks really nice, it's almost completely flat, with just a little bit of sanding around the edges. My guess is that this plays a major role in the lower price you get with the SE models.

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You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. How do you setup your guitar's whammy bar? Thread starter kgk Start date May 29, How do you configure your guitar's whammy bar? It's fixed in place and can't move. Votes: 2 5. It floats can go sharp or flat. Votes: 28 It can only go flat. Votes: 9 Total voters I was wondering how people set up their whammy vibrato bars. I always make mine "float," so I can make a note go sharp or flat, but I understand that many people either fix them in place, or make it so they can only go flat so a broken string doesn't ruin the show.

I was trying to figure out what was most popular, and then I realized, "oh, I can have a poll and actually get the right answer! TG3K Power User.