WHAMMY- VEGA-TREM ....Strat drop in whammy as good as a Floyd?

 VEGA-TREM 

$295.00 USD

Who doesn't know about a Floyd Rose? The idea of being able to use a whammy bar to replace the Fender strat style that doesn't go out of tune has been the goal of many, many manufacturers. All have improved on it a bit. The Floyd Rose clamps the string down at both the bridge and the neck and this does work very well but it is bulky, cumbersome and requires a tech and to literally alter your guitar majorly to install it. If you then do not like it your guitar is F. ed!

V.G has designed 2 drop in replacements one for

a vintage style whammy and one for the modern style.

They come in the usual chrome, black or gold colors.

Installation requires a screwdriver and an hour of your time. 

It does not lock at the nut. Ideally you should get a graphite or Graph-Tech nut so your strings can move 

across the nut but can not bind. 

Locking tuners would also add a lot as you do not have 2 or 3 extra winds around the post that can relax then move back in a slightly different position out of tune.

CONCLUSION

Is it perfect??? No! but it is as good as it gets for a conventional whammy.

If used in traditional manner it probably will rarely go out of tune. If you are going to dive bomb and pull up and down on it you could put a string or two out but probably not so bad you could not finish a tune.

They are not cheap but to get this much accuracy they must be machined to a very high tolerance. Since it is a drop in you can put back your original whammy if you sell the guitar.