Call of Cthulhu (2)

For older guitars, once you remove the trem spring for maintenance & re-install it, it won't stay put. It keeps popping out of the hole where it's supposed to anchor. I've had enough of this nonsense so an easy fix here would be to wedge in an extra bit of string & hammer in the spring together with it for a tight fit. You can then proceed to trim off the extra bit to make it look more presentable. In this case, a bit of .011 string length was used. So there.

To be continued...

Pencil stopper

The prevailing reason- for us guitar owners dealing with a dual-action, locking whammy bridge- for not removing all strings from the bridge during a re-string exercise, is the bothersome collapse of the bridge into its cavity.When this happens, we cannot access the locking end of the bridge to free the strings from the clamps.

You can use a pencil or any other firm contraption to wedge it between the bridge & the cavity. Do lay a piece of cloth under the pencil to prevent it from denting the body surface.