tremmy

Steinberger is a maker of musical instruments. Staring in the 70′s, Ned Steinberger made some pretty funky stuff, possibly the niftiest being the ability to tune the instrument once, then use a ‘TransTrem” bar (like a wammy bar) to  pitch-bend all of the strings at the same time. (see here for more details) Over the years, the company was purchased by Gibson, and parts for some of the older guitars became scarce. The TransTrem is a necessarily complex mechanism that operates under tension, balanced by a good sized spring and the strings of the guitar. There’s a particular piece that holds it all together. It’s cast aluminum. It’s been known to fail. Replacement pieces are getting harder and harder to find.  (more…)