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Re: Looking for original TransTrem



I think if you buy a new *American* Steinberg it does come with 
something very close to the original Transtrem type 2.  The cheaper 
ones do not.  I could be wrong.  Does anyone have a new Steinberger?  
Mine is still going strong but I'm curious.

Mark

On Thursday, September 25, 2003, at 06:53  AM, Scott Hansen wrote:

> well, if you contact ed roman (world class guitars), you might have 
> some luck, be prepared to shell out some $$$$$, the prices he charges 
> are quite high (but
> he has a lot of original steinberger stock).
>
> in all honesty, i'm not sure why you'd want an orginal, ttrem,
> i had one on my original gl3t (built in early '86), and after i 
> changed the strings from
> the guy i bought it from, i could never get the thing to work, so i
> just used it as a standard trem. but the treaded ball ends were tricky
> to change. and of course i never knew how to set it up....
> of course now, after i've had some experience building a guitar i know
> how to set up guitars, and would be able to set intonation, etc,
> but alas, the guitar has long been sold.....onwards to new things i 
> guess....
>
> good luck, you might want to just check ebay and see if any of the 
> early
> steinbergers go up for sale and hope that they have good pics of trem 
> area
> so you can make sure it's got the original, if that's what you want.
> s---
> ps-you also might want to check the steinberger world yahoo group....
>
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>     I'm looking for an original Trans Trem system. Not the Music Yo 
>> ones. Any
>> help is appreciated.
>>
>>                                     Thanks, James
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