Anyone ever used a Hipshot Tremsetter?

[RandomHero]

I'm sick and tired of tuning instability in the world's mot stable trem system. From dive to trem, I can shift universally as much as a quarter step sharp or flat, and in the context of a band, ew.

I'm a bit too broke to throw the hand I've been given and buy a hardtail or TOM 6 and 7 string, and I hate blocking the trem because I -do- use it.

Has anyone had any experience with the Hipshot Trem-Setter tremolo stabilizer? Stew-Mac sells them.

Thanks for reply.

[Runewalker]

I have also been interested in these devices. However, when I researched them they seem to prefer two springs, and have the capability for 3 but in an unbalanced array. I have read evals saying they work but need light strings --- .008s or .009s.

I use 10 then go heavy to 52 or even 56. So I have to use 4 springs on the trem to obtain balanced tension. In that scenario the tremsetter seems to have issues.

Are you dive bombing or just warbling.

I saw a guy playing a Carvin with locking spertzles and a Wilkenson, and he used it for nearly every song -- but just warble style. He never tuned over a two hour set.

i just put some knurled 10/32s tapped into the inertia block on a conventionlal 'vintage' trem. The guitar is a different animal, sustaining, ringing, stable and intonation is spot on and stays that way. But had to sacrifice the warble, much less the 'bombs bursting in air"

I say just build up 4, two locked, two tremed, switch em out when outta tune ---- or hand them to the Roadie!

[bam]

they're no good when you use extreme whammies.

I personally found a solution by getting myself accustomed to pull the bar up a bit ater whammying.

[jamie]

My guitar(strat) had a tremsetter preinstalled when i bought it. It can work well by returning your trem back to its original position.

So if you have probs with tuning because of your springs, it would come in handy.

It is hard to set right, unless, unlike me, you have some mechanical knowledge.

I dont use tremelo at all, but i do have a floating bridge
(i would prefer hard tail).

I use it for quite the opposite. I set the main tremsetter spring cushoined hard, so my bridge hardly moves at all, even after breaking a string.

[ceesvanbavel]

Anybody who has used the rockinger Black box (see