Thu Oct 16, 2014 4:26 pm
Fri Oct 17, 2014 11:19 am
Fri Oct 17, 2014 11:37 am
Fri Oct 17, 2014 12:14 pm
Fri Oct 17, 2014 3:10 pm
guitar1580 wrote:Hi, I posted in the new member area. Getting a 1983 Cavalier that should be here next week. It has gold hardware, and is missing the trem arm. Were the arms on these gold too? I would think, but I haven't seen many with the gold hardware.
I figure it's near impossible to find a gold one. I did see the ESI ones, and I saw the Mustang arms for $7.
Just wondering if anyone else has had to try to locate a gold arm. Thanks.
JT
Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:47 pm
Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:32 am
guitar1580 wrote:Does anyone if this one will work on the '83 Cavalier? It looks different from Very's arm pictured above, but the description says it's for the early USA models. Is anyone familiar with this one?
http://g-l-online-store.myshopify.com/c ... o-arm-gold
JT
Diameter: approximately 0.25" or 6.35mm
If you have an early- to mid-1980s G&L model such as SC-3 or F-100 which uses a screw-in vibrato arm, you can use this style arm by replacing your vibrato arm socket (080170-100) available elsewhere in the G&L Online Store. However, our recommendation is to use a vibrato arm for a USA Fender Stratocaster equipped with the vintage style vibrato. Screw-in Fender Stratocaster vibrato arms are available from many retailers such as Stewart-MacDonald or Allparts. Note that the early G&L vibratos using screw-in arms had black plastic tips. Often retailers will sell replacement arms with white tips but will sell different color arm tips separately.
Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:56 am
Craig wrote:Diameter: approximately 0.25" or 6.35mm
If you have an early- to mid-1980s G&L model such as SC-3 or F-100 which uses a screw-in vibrato arm, you can use this style arm by replacing your vibrato arm socket (080170-100) available elsewhere in the G&L Online Store. However, our recommendation is to use a vibrato arm for a USA Fender Stratocaster equipped with the vintage style vibrato. Screw-in Fender Stratocaster vibrato arms are available from many retailers such as Stewart-MacDonald or Allparts. Note that the early G&L vibratos using screw-in arms had black plastic tips. Often retailers will sell replacement arms with white tips but will sell different color arm tips separately.
If you want to keep it as original as possible, I suggest going with either Gabe's (ESI) replacement or get one from Stewart-MacDonald or ALLPARTS.
Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:37 am
guitar1580 wrote:Craig wrote:Diameter: approximately 0.25" or 6.35mm
If you have an early- to mid-1980s G&L model such as SC-3 or F-100 which uses a screw-in vibrato arm, you can use this style arm by replacing your vibrato arm socket (080170-100) available elsewhere in the G&L Online Store. However, our recommendation is to use a vibrato arm for a USA Fender Stratocaster equipped with the vintage style vibrato. Screw-in Fender Stratocaster vibrato arms are available from many retailers such as Stewart-MacDonald or Allparts. Note that the early G&L vibratos using screw-in arms had black plastic tips. Often retailers will sell replacement arms with white tips but will sell different color arm tips separately.
If you want to keep it as original as possible, I suggest going with either Gabe's (ESI) replacement or get one from Stewart-MacDonald or ALLPARTS.
One thing I'm unclear on. Does my '83 Cavalier have a screw in arm like a Strat or an unthreaded one like a Mustang? I just got it and it did not come with an arm. The gold arms at StewMac seem to be threaded, or too large a diameter. Sorry for the confusion on this. I'm new to G&L.
JT
Wed Oct 22, 2014 11:02 am
Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:59 pm
guitar1580 wrote:Yes, it has the set screw, and appears to be the smaller diameter. It's nowhere near 6mm. Looks like maybe 5mm or slightly less ... or 3/16". So I guess it's like the Mustang bar. If I can't find the gold one, I'll get one from Gabe.... also found the set screws & nylon inserts on the G&L website store. Thanks for all the help.
JT