built my tremolo

well, its in its first incarnation, and i've managed to do it without modifying the instrument at all, no extra holes nothing, under the bridge there was a small cavity which i made a small plate to fill it in which i drilled at tapped the holes so the four holes from where the strings used to go through are which i put 4 bolts through to hold it...i used 5mm thick stainless steel for all the plating, FAG bearings, and other stainless steel...i've removed it again, i need to modify it some more, im only getting a semitone pitch bend, im going to make the shaft more like a cam to get more extreme pitch shifting, need to change the handle too...but it works!!

 

its very bigsby inspired...i just wanted to make a trem that i could install without having to modify the instrument at all..all i did was swap the original ibby bridge off it and i had one from an old samick lying around which i milled out to allow the strings to pass right through...

really it just shows how much spare time and how bored i get at work lol