replacement trem arm squier vintage modified strat

[benniekong]

Hey all,

I have a squier vintage modified sss strat with a missing tremolo arm. I was going to buy one of the shortened ones ala gilmour. When I contacted Callaham they told me it would not match up with the squier's bridge. With that in mind, I bought a replacement from my local shop but when I took it home it was too small "diameter that is".

Does anyone know if I can use the fender standard 5/8 threaded arm? with this model.

[chuck]

you need a metric threaded bar

[newey]

Chuck's right, there's 2 sizes to the Strat-type arms, a USA-spec and an import-spec, the import one being metric.

A while back, we had a discussion about DIYing a shortened Strat arm:
guitarnuts2.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=whammy&action=display&thread=3344


EDIT: Oh, and BennieKong-

Happy Birthday!

[thetragichero]

if you have the funds, i would suggest swapping out the entire trem-o-leo with a beefier drop-in replacement... those squier bridges are kinda crummy